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Sarath Kumar Nanda emerged unbeaten at the Rank Chess Academy Rapid Chess Tournament in Secunderabad, scoring five out of five and winning ₹2000, ahead of Vijaya Bhaskar and S K Abdul Azeez

Dheeraj Shankar and M Chaitra Sree clinched U-14 titles at the Pragathi Chess Foundation tournament, while Pranav Kolluru and Gujjari Sanvika emerged champions in the under-10 boys’ and girls’ sections

C. Anshika Reddy and Devansh Pallagani won the girls and boys under-7 titles respectively in the Telangana Chess Academy chess tournament for sub-juniors

Mumbai will host the Rs 40 lakh Aurionpro International Grandmaster and Junior Chess Tournaments from June 16–24 at the World Trade Centre. Over 400 players from 17 countries, including 16 Grandmasters, will compete in one of India’s richest chess events.

Koneru Humpy believes her calculations have improved vastly now

Tanishq from Srinidhi Global School clinched the title with a perfect score of six points from six rounds, while Vrishank Meduri secured second place with 5.5 points, and R. Manotej finished third with five points.

The Pro 64 Classical chess tournament was organised by BS Chess Academy, in Hyderabad

Tournament will be held at the academy premises, JNTU Metro Station. For details, call Bollam Sampath on 90 66 567 567

Adhyayan Banerjee of Delhi Public School wins with 10.5 points from 12 rounds

Viswaksen won the open category title with 5.5 points from six rounds

The 226th Brilliant Trophy open chess tournament is being held at the Brilliant Grammar School, Hyderabad

The two Indian chess sensations are a full point ahead of nearest challengers after the fifth round at Prague Masters

Chithambaram scores his first victory with black pieces after squeezing himself out of the danger zone in his first-round game against Czech Grandmaster Nguyen

The 23-year-old reiterated that he regrets the “awkward situation” that arose because of his actions

With just one decisive game in the 14-player round-robin tournament at De Morian on Saturday, Abdusattorov and Praggnanandhaa maintained their shared lead with 4.5 points out of a possible six, while Gukesh remains close behind, trailing the leaders with four points.

Krishna earned 11 points from 12 rounds, securing first place ahead of Sai Sree Nandagopal, who finished second with 10 points, and Adhyayan Banerjee, who took third place with 9.5 points.

Praggnanandhaa survived by the skin of the teeth against Alireza, who held a completely winning position for a long time

Harshit with 10 points clinched the title in the tie-break ahead of Sri Saivedansh and Shivnandan, who settled for second and third places respectively.

Manasarun of Silver Oaks International School, Bachupali emerged winner in the tie-break after being tied in first place with Abhinav Gandham with 5.5 points out of 6 rounds, who finished second and Ayaanraj Kottapally got third place with 5 points.

This victory marks his first-ever classic chess wins against both world number one Magnus Carlsen of Norway and world number two Caruana.