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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. […]

Hyderabad: Chidvilas Sai Surapaneni of Narayana High school, RK Puram bagged top honours in the open category with 10 points from 12 rounds of the Brilliant Trophy Online Chess Tournament on Tuesday. Meanwhile, KSR Anjani Kumar emerged champion in the juniors category with 10.5 points from 12 rounds. Anjani Kumar defeated Katta Sriansh in the […]

Hyderabad: Ritesh Maddukuri of Jubilee Hills Public School bagged top honours with six points from six rounds in the juniors category of the 194th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament held at the Brilliant Grammar High School, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad on Sunday. M Deekshitha and Suhaas Kuppili settled for second and third places. Meanwhile, Challa Saharsha emerged champion […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s Adireddy Arjun bagged top honours with 5.5 points from six rounds in the Telangana State Junior Under-19 Boys Chess Championship held in Hyderabad on Thursday. Arjun defeated Challa Saharsha in the final round of the tournament. Meanwhile, Md Bhashiq Imrose defeated Sri Charan Sandipagu to claim the second place with 5.5 points in […]

Hyderabad: Velpula Sarayu stunned third seeded D Nigamasree to emerge champion in the final round of the Telangana State Junior Under-19 Girls Chess Championship held at the Hyderabad Boat Club, Hyderabad on Tuesday. Meanwhile, G Sahithya defeated fourth seed Sai Mahathi Alapati to claim the second place. Sai Mahathi Alapati and Sai Janani Pothula settled […]

Hyderabad: Praveen Prasad bagged top honours in the open category with five points from as many rounds at the Pragathi Chess Foundation Open Prize Money Chess Tournament held at the Sundaraiah Bhavan, Pragathi Nagar, Hyderabad on Tuesday. Mohammad Mudassir settled for silver. Meanwhile in the U-15 category, Nidhish Shyamal emerged champion in boys with 4.5 […]

Hyderabad: Prathul Marreddy and Aadya Rupesh of Hyderabad bagged the top honours with five points from five rounds in boys and girls categories respectively at the Telangana State U-7 Boys and Girls Chess National Selection Tournament held in Hyderabad on Tuesday. Vutkuri Nihal and top seed Nidhish Shyamal settled for second and third places in […]

Oslo: India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won the title in the Norway Chess Open, the Group A event being held on the sidelines of the top tier classical event that involved Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand, finishing with 7.5 points from nine games. The 16-year-old Indian Grandmaster, who is on a high after finishing runners-up in the Chessable […]

Hyderabad: Himesh Empally bagged top honours with five points form five rounds in the U-15 boys category while Aasritha Gandham clinched gold with four points from five rounds of the 35th Telangana State Ranking U-7, U-9, U-11, U-13, U-15 Open Chess Tournament for boys and girls held at the L B Stadium, Hyderabad on Sunday. […]

Chennai: A total of 213 teams from over 100 countries including Ukraine, have registered to compete in the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held at Mahabalipuram, said an official of All India Chess Federation (AICF). “Till now 115 teams in the open category and 98 teams in the women’s category from over 100 countries have registered […]

Hyderabad: Dhruva Thota scored 5.5 points from six rounds to emerge champion in the under-14 boys category at the Telangana State Under-14 and Under-10 boys and girls Chess selection tournament at the Yoga Hall, LB Stadium on Friday. Challa Saharsha, with five points, emerged first runner-up. In the Under-10 boys category, Pavan Karthikeya, who took […]

Hyderabad: A Surya from Chennai and Gopalkrishna from Meerut bagged the titles in junior and open category categories respectively in the 189th Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament conducted online on Monday. In the junior’s category, Surya won the top honours with 10.5 points while P Harshith and J Niranjan settled at second and third places by […]