Wednesday, Jul 29, 2026

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  • Praggnanandhaa wins Norway Chess Open, finishes well ahead of rivals

    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 […]

  • Himesh, Aasritha hog limelight at Telangana State Ranking Chess Tournament

    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. […]

  • 213 teams including from Ukraine registered for Chess Olympiad

    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 […]

  • Dhruva emerges champion of Telangana State boys and girls Chess selection tournament

    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 […]

  • Surya, Gopalkrishna triumph in Brilliant Trophy Chess Tournament

    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 […]

  • Viswanathan Anand to mentor Indian chess team for 2022 Asian Games

    New Delhi: With eight months left for the Asian Games 2022 to start at Hangzhou, China on September 10, the All India Chess Federation (AICF) is hopeful of a rich medal haul from their men’s and women’s team when the chess discipline returns to the Asian Games fold after 12 years. “Eyeing the four gold […]

  • Varun clinches chess title

    Hyderabad: V Varun maintained a clean slate with six points from as many rounds to clinch the title in the Sadvini Memorial Open Chess tournament, at the Little Flower Junior College, Uppal on Sunday. Basiq Imrose and Amitpal Singh took second and third places with five points each.Top 10: 1.V Varun, 2.Md Basiq Imrose, 3.Amithpal […]

  • Telangana’s Samhita earns silver in National Under-8 chess

    Hyderabad: Telangana’s promising chess player Samhita Pungavanam ended in a blaze of glory in the National Under-8 Open & Girls Online Chess Championship when she won a silver medal. By this impressive performance and the second finish helped the seven-year-old Samhita earn a berth in the the Asian Youth Under-8 Chess Championship, slated to be […]

  • Suresh clinches Brilliant Trophy chess title

    Hyderabad: Suresh Duvvala scored 9.5 points from 12 rounds to emerge champion in the open category of the 184th Brilliant Trophy chess tournament, on Monday. In the junior category, Gopalakrishna took the top honours with 11 points from 12 rounds. He was tied for the top spot with Yatharth Patel but Gopalakrishna from Meerut won […]

  • Telangana Online Ranking Chess tourney to be held on September 5

    Hyderabad: The inaugural Telangana State Online Ranking Chess tournament will be held on September 5 for Under-7,9,11,13,15 boys and girls on the online playing platform www.tornelo.com with 9 am start with trial round and then under Swiss format . A total of five rounds will be conducted. Time control will 15+10 seconds increment from move […]

  • Telangana’s Arjun clinches maiden title in Portugal

    Warangal lad, who travelled over 11,000 kms in the last 55 days and competed in 6 tournaments, achieves 2,600 rating points

  • Telangana’s Samhitha bags Asian u-7 girls chess title

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

  • AICF nominates Koneru Humpy for Khel Ratna award

    The 34-year old Humpy, currently ranked number three in the world, has qualified for the FIDE Women's Candidates event next year.

  • Arjun Erigaisi eyes good outing in Asian Rapid Chess tourney

    Telangana’s first Grandmaster is among four Indians to be selected for the Champions Chess Tour event

  • Sai Sarthak wins junior chess title

    Hyderabad: Naga Sai Sarthak clinched the chess title in the junior category after scoring 11.5 points from12 rounds in the 181st Brilliant Trophy chess tournament on Monday. Open category Top 10 places: 1. P.Uma Harsha, 2. Mathiazhagan, 3. Vignesh Advaith, 4. Ayush Jain, 5. Parth Sehra, 6. Chidvilas sai, 7. G.Poojitha, 8. Kesavan, 9. K.V.K Karthik, […]

  • Covid-19: Chess queen Harika on a different mission

    Game wise, Harika was not able to play in tournaments because of the second wave of Covid-19.

  • India to bid for Chess Olympiad, start Indian Chess League: AICF president

    "We want India to become the chess destination for the world. We have drawn out a detailed plan to achieve this goal," Sanjay said at a press conference, immediately after a power-packed AGM.

  • Chess.com, FIDE agree to broadcast rights deal for 2021 WC

    The groundbreaking agreement between Chess.com and FIDE will bring the world chess championship to a wider audience than ever before. As the world's biggest online chess platform

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