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Andabatla Satvik and Modipalli Deekshitha emerged champions in the boys and girls categories respectively in the Telangana State Under -11 Chess Championship

Anurag Timmapudi from Zilla Parishad High school, Vellatur and Harshit Ranjan Sahu from St Xavier School, Cuttack won titles

Shaik Samad and Suresh Duvvala bagged top honours in the juniors and open category respectively of the 197th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament

Chidvilas Sai is in the lead with nine others with two points from as many rounds in the open category of the 197th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament

Arnav Pradhan of St Ann’s School clinched the overall championship of the Under-17 Prize Money Chess Tournament held at the Sundaraiah Bhavan.

Hyderabad: Chess champion Magnus Carlsen accused Hans Niemann of cheating him in the 2022 Sinquefield Cup match. The No. 1-ranked chess player enjoyed a 53-game unbeaten run until he was defeated by Hans Niemann in the Sinquefield Cup this month.  However, Hans Niemann denied allegations leveled by Carlsen as he said it was a conspiracy […]

Sushanth Shetty of Shakthi Residential School, Mangalore and Arul Anandh of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Coimbatore bagged top honours

Deekshitha Modipalli and Chidvilas Sai Surapaneni emerged champions in the juniors and open categories respectively.

G Pavan Karthikeya Varma of Sanghamitra School, Nizampet and S Kumara Srivatsa of Vignan Botree School, Nizampet bagged the top honours

Telangana chess player K Sushant settled for the second spot in the All India FIDE Rating Chess Tournament organised by the Ekagra Chess Academy at the Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda, Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Hyderabad: Aerramalla Bavasamavart, Sathvik Gulakaram bagged top honours in the U-10 and U-8 categories respectively of the Telangana Chess Academy U-8, U-10, U-14, U-16, U-25 Chess Tournament held at the Telangana Chess Academy, Hyderabad on Sunday. Results: U-8: 1 Sathvik Gulakaram, 2 Aadhyan Kukudala, 3 Jatin Sai Vuppala; U-10: 1 Aerramalla Bavasamavart, 2 Palutla Suhas, […]

Hyderabad: Taking inspiration from the recently concluded 44th Chess Olympiad held in Chennai, a police station in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, has come up with a new initiative to teach children the basics of chess. At present, children from the Karimadom colony and nearby colonies (known for high crime rate) of the police station are undergoing training. These […]

Miami: India’s chess star Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and world champion Magnus Carlsen made it two wins out of two as the FTX Crypto Cup favourites powered into an early lead. On Tuesday night, Praggnanandhaa narrowly beat Anish Giri in the four-game match to avenge a costly defeat the Dutch number 1 inflicted on him earlier this year […]

Hyderabad: B Naga Akhil Charan of Kakinada and Arnav Pradhan from Hyderabad bagged top honours in the juniors and open categories respectively in the Brilliant Trophy Online Chess Tournament on Tuesday. Akhil Charan won the tournament with 12 points from as many rounds, while Suhaas Kuppili settled for second place with 10 points. Purav Khandelwal […]

Hyderabad: Jaideep Reddy emerged champion in a tie-breaker after a three-way tie for the top honours in the junior section of the 195th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament at the Brilliant Grammar School, Dilsukhnagar, on Sunday. Jaideep Reddy was tied with S Aaryan Rudrapati and P Rishi for the top position with 5.5 points from six […]

Hyderabad: P Suhan and V Srivastav clinched top honours in the U-15 and U-9 categories respectively of the Pragathi Chess Foundation’s Children Chess Tournament held at the Sundaraiah Bhavan, Pragathi Nagar, Hyderabad. Suhan scored five points from as many rounds while Srivastav earned 4.5 points to emerge champions. In the U-9 category, Srivastav and A […]

Hyderabad: International Master from Odisha Rakesh Kumar emerged champion at the Ekagra All India Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda, Hyderabad on Sunday. After nine rounds, four players – Rakesh, Manigandan Ramanathan Balasubramaniam and IM N Krishna Teja – were tied for the top spot with eight […]

Hyderabad: IM Rakesh Jena, GM R R Laxman, S Manigandan and IM Ramnathan Balasubramaniam are in joint lead with 6.5 points from seven rounds at the Ekagra All India Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament being held at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda, Hyderabad on Saturday. In the seventh round, Rakesh Jena held […]

Hyderabad: Grand Master RR Laxman defeated V Kishore to share lead with 40 others with three points from as many rounds in the Ekagra All India Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament held at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda, Hyderabad on Thursday. In the third round, Telangana’s P Bharat Kumar Reddy drew with […]

Hyderabad: Top seed Grand Master RR Laxman of ICF entered the second round with a full point from the first round of the Ekagra All India Open Fide Rating Chess Tournament held at the Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium, Yousufguda, Hyderabad on Wednesday. He defeated N Ramesh of Tamil Nadu in the opening round. […]