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Norway Chess, Round-7: Praggnanandhaa defeats reigning World Champion Lire
Updated : 1 year, 12 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, 12 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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Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur hands over Chess Olympiad Torch
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Honorable Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur on Wednesday, February 14 handed over the Chess Olympiad Torch to Budapest, Hungary, the official host of the 45th edition of the Chess Olympiad.
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8-year old Indian chess prodigy Advay Dhoot stuns international chess circ
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 11 (ANI): Advay Dhoot, a young chess player from Mumbai, participated in chess tournaments in the European circuit, in Germany and France and came out with strong performances, making him a top junior chess contender from India.
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DCA, says tournament as per WCF norms
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Delhi Chess Association on Tuesday clarified that the entry fee and the participation structure for the recently concluded Commonwealth Chess Championship was as per regulations of the World Chess Federation (WCF).
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