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GCL turns Mumbai into chessboard, flags off 1,000-plus Chess-themed taxis,
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
As the league prepares to take over the Royal Opera House from December 13 to 24, a fleet of purple-and-white GCL cabs has begun rolling through the city in an eye-catching prelude to the world's premier team chess event. In line with the rollout, GCL has partnered with District as its offic
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FIDE World Cup 2025: Karthik Venkataraman packs off Deac to reach fourth r
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Karthik, who had drawn the first rapid game with white, pinned Deac's king in one corner and made the most of the additional bishop on the board to win in 43 moves.
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FIDE World Cup: Vidit Gujrathi ends 12-year-old Faustino Oro's hopes
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
India's Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi finally managed to crack the defence of Argentine wonder kid Faustino Oro in the second rapid game. Meanwhile, Pranav V and Pranesh M also got the better of their respective opponents in the first set of rapid games to advance to the third round of the FIDE
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"It is a matter of great pride for me": CM Pramod Sawant expresses joy in
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday expressed pride in hosting the ongoing FIDE World Cup 2025 and welcomed all the players from different countries competing in the tournament.
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FIDE World Cup 2025: World junior champion V Pranav, GM Arjun Erigaisi win
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
World Junior Champion V Pranav and the highest rated Indian GM Arjun Erigasi pounced on the error from their respective opponents to win with black pieces while Vidit Gujrathi survived a scare against the tournament's youngest player in the first game of Round 2 in the FIDE World Cup 2025 h
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Chennai Grand Masters 2025: Karthikeyan M upsets Vidit Gujrathi with black
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Grand Master (GM) Karthikeyan Murali lit up Round 7 of the Chennai Grand Masters 2025 on Monday with a stunning win over GM Vidit Gujrathi, prevailing with the black pieces after a gritty battle.
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Chennai Grand Masters: Vincent Keymer held to second successive draw, reta
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The result kept Keymer a point clear of nearest rival Arjun Erigaisi, who was also held to a draw by compatriot Pranav V. Erigaisi, and Keymer will play each other in a clash between the table toppers on day 6, with the latter starting with whites.
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Vincent Keymer makes it 3 wins in row at Chennai Grand Masters 2025
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The day also saw a strong performance from Arjun Erigaisi, who defeated American GM Ray Robson to stay firmly in the hunt for the top spot. Vidit Gujrathi bounced back with an important win over Nihal Sarin, while Awonder Liang scored his first victory of the tournament, stunning Dutch GM Jo
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Chennai Grand Masters returns featuring Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi amo
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Organised by MGD1, the tournament will be split into two categories: Masters and Challengers. The Masters field boasts global stars and Olympiad champions, including Anish Giri, Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi, Nihal Sarin, Jorden Van Foreest, Liang Awonder, Vincent Keymer, Ray Robson, Vladim
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Chennai Grand Masters returns with biggest field yet, featuring Arjun Erig
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
With its largest field and prize pool yet, the Chennai Grand Masters, India's most prestigious classical chess tournament, returns for its third edition from August 6 to 15 at the Hyatt Regency Chennai.
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"Feel this will bring more people into this game": Vidit Gujrathi after D
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Following D Gukesh's historic FIDE World Championship title win, Indian Chess grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi believed that this victory would attract a lot of more people to the game of Chess.
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Chennai Grand Masters 2024: Aravindh Chithambaram inflicts first defeat of
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi and Levon Aronian are now in joint lead with four points each with Aravindh, after his first win in the competition, while Amin Tabatabaei is half a point behind.
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