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The D Sripadarao Memorial All India Open Chess Championship (below ELO 1600) will be held in Hyderabad from August 29-31, offering ₹8 lakh prize money, with registrations closing on August 27

Vincent Keymer won the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters chess title with a round to spare, becoming the first sole champion. His performance also elevated him into the world’s top 10 rankings

Nishanth Challa won the Brilliant Trophy Juniors online chess championship with 11 points, ahead of Advay Bharatram and Manas Arun Sritej. Category winners included Jesshar Nekkalapudi, A H Suryanarayana, and V Dhansika

Nishanth Challa won the Brilliant Trophy Juniors online chess championship with 11 points from 12 rounds. Advay Bharatram and Manas Arun Sritej finished second and third, respectively, with 10.5 and 10 points

Vincent Keymer stayed atop the Chennai Grandmasters table with a draw against Vidit. Arjun Erigaisi followed closely, while Abhimanyu Puranik extended his lead in the Challengers section with another win

Nihal Sarin ended Arjun Erigaisi’s unbeaten run in the Chennai Grand Masters, while Vincent Keymer maintained the lead. In Challengers, Abhimanyu Puranik emerged as sole leader after a crucial win

At 38, Koneru Humpy continues to inspire the chess world with her latest FIDE World Cup final appearance. A two-time World Rapid Champion, Humpy’s grace, resilience, and quiet brilliance underscore her three-decade journey at the top.

A Vishwa won the Brilliant Trophy Open Online Chess Championship after a three-way tie with K V K Karthik and Nishanth Challa, all scoring 10 points. Teja Anusha was best woman player

Kandi Ravi clinched the title in the Board Drama Chess Championship with 5.5 points from six rounds, earning Rs 2,000. Sarath Kumar Nanda came second with five points

Entering the tournament as the sixth seed, Rithvik delivered a strong performance, securing 7 points across 9 rounds with six victories, two draws, and a single loss. The championship saw participation from 533 elite players representing 26 nations, including the USA, Canada, France, Germany, India, Sweden, Italy, and China.

Adwitha was selected to take part in the state-level event by standing in the top position in girls’ category at a district competition, results were declared on Monday.

In the girls category, another Maharashtra player Shreya G Hipparagi was in the lead with eight points after as many rounds

Vignesh scored 7.5 points from nine rounds in the boys category to clinch the title

TSWREIS student Akash Kumar won team silver along with Ujjain Battacharya at the 16th Asian Schools Chess Championship

The sixth standard student of the Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad scored 6.5 points from nine rounds to emerge second best.

Hyderabad: Samhita Pungavanam of Telangana clinched a bronze medal with nine points from 11 rounds at the 34th U-8 Girls Chess Championship held at the K L University, Vijayawada recently. The eight-year-old stunned Aaradhya Upadhyay of Rajasthan in the bronze medal match. Earlier, she lost in the fourth and sixth round before bouncing back with […]

Hyderabad: Telanagan’s Aarush Bathula clinched a bronze with nine points from 11 rounds in the MPL 34th National U-8 Chess Championship held at the K L University, Vijayawada recently. Aarush stunned Vihaan Anupam Agarwal of Maharashtra in the bronze medal match. Earlier, he began with two back victories before losing the next two games. He […]

Although she lost in the sixth round against Phillipines Gaye Thale Ventura, Samhitha bounced strongly in seventh round.

Bharat Kumar Reddy, with seven points, took the second spot while Aditya Varun Gampt stood in third with 6.5 points. Rajasekhar, with 6.5 points, finished at the fourth spot