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Top Grandmasters Praggnanandhaa, Nodirbeck, Arjun among players for Global
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Joining the ranks of Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Viswanathan Anand in the second season are returning Superstars, including world number four Arjun Erigaisi, world number seven Nodirbek Abdusattorov, world number 12 Praggnanandhaa R, and world number eight Wei Yi
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Carlsen, Anand, Nakamura among top icon players for Global Chess League Se
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The league will feature a minimum of three marquee showdowns every day between the Icon players as they lead their teams into the chess arena. The first-of-its-kind franchise-based league will feature a total of six teams. Each team will consist of six players, including one Icon player, two
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Singapore to host 2024 FIDE World Championship match between D Gukesh and
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Singapore Chess Federation will host the match between November 20 and December 15, 2024.
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Global Chess League to hold second edition in London
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Following the success of the first edition, the league aims to unite the world's top chess players in one of the most historic cities.
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Norway Chess, Round-7: Praggnanandhaa defeats reigning World Champion Lire
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The World Champion Ding Liren, who has been underperforming with four losses in a row, finally stopped the bleeding with a much-needed draw against India's Praggnanandhaa R. However, he missed a trick and lost the Armageddon tie-breaker, with Pragg remaining on the third spot of the standing
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Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi breaks into world top-5 in FIDE rating list
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Arjun Erigaisi, with an ELO rating of 2769.7, has so far added 8.7 points to his tally and is only behind Magnus Carlsen of Norway, USA's Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. He had briefly reached a career-high live rating of 2771.2 earlier this week and is
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FIDE Candidates winner D Gukesh meets Sports Minister Anurag Thakur
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The 17-year-old Indian in April created history as he won the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2024, becoming the youngest-ever challenger to the world title held by Ding Liren after an exciting final round in Toronto.
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Gukesh receives rousing ovation as he exits venue after winning FIDE Candi
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In a video shared by the International Chess Federation on X, a large number of spectators were seen waving passionately at the Grandmaster and chanting his name, wanting to take a photo with the champion.
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ISRO Chairman Somanath meets Indian Chess player Praggnanandha at his hous
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Sreedhara Panicker Somanath met Indian chess player Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa at his house in Chennai on Monday.
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Sports Minister Anurag Thakur felicitates FIDE World Cup runner-up Praggna
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Praggnanandhaa expressed his joy for the support he has got and said that this motivates him to work harder.
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Chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa along with his parents meet PM Modi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Following his brilliant performance in the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup, 18-year-old Chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday.
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FIDE World Cup 2023 silver medallist Praggnanandhaa gives credit for succe
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Indian grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa expressed his happiness after finishing runners-up at the recently concluded FIDE World Cup 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Indian chess prodigy also thanked everyone for their support and especially his mother R Nagalakshmi.
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