Abhimanyu Mishra on Wednesday became the Youngest Chess Grandmaster (GM) in history. The 12-year-old player from New Jersey scored his third GM norm in Budapest, having already crossed the required 2500 Elo rating barrier. “On Wednesday, Mishra won the biggest game of his short but sweet career so far. He defeated the 15-year-old Indian GM…
Four Indians, including Grand Masters (GMs), Nihal Sarin and D. Gukesh, advanced to the semifinals of the FIDE Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships in their respective categories yesterday. Only four of the 12 Indian players who made the quarterfinals stage in various categories managed to reach the last four. The highly-rated Sarin…
Mysore/Mysuru: Yadav School of Chess, Shivamogga, will be conducting Online Chess Training for children and interested public. The 30-day training will be given using voice, video and pictures though WhatsApp group. This training is only for those who know very little or nothing about Chess. Online Training will be held from June 12 to July…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES), Government of Karnataka, will be hosting an online Chess Tournament to raise funds for COVID-19 relief, in association with United Karnataka Chess Association (UKCA – Affiliated to AICF, recognised by the Karnataka Government) and Bengaluru-based Mobile Premier League (MPL), a mobile gaming platform. The tournament will…
Chess is a mind game. It improves memory and thinking ability. This game is gaining huge popularity day by day. Many players from Mysuru are winning medals in State and National level events and bringing laurels to the city. One among them is Dhatri Umesh, an upcoming 12-year-old chess champion from Mysuru. She started playing…
Mysuru: Girish A. Koushik, former World U-10 champion from Mysuru, became India’s 63rd Grand Master when he gained 11 points in the Balaton International Chess Festival GM Round Robin Tournament in Europe on Monday, by reaching a live rating of 2500.7 Elo points. The 1997 born Girish Koushik becomes the third chess player from Karnataka…
FM M.G. Gahan with 6.5 points from seven rounds won the title in the Akshayakalpa Grandprix Finals Chess Tournament at BEL Officers Club, Jalahalli, Bengaluru, on Sunday last. IM Ravi Gopal Hegde finished second with 6 points, while Mysuru’s GM M.S. Thejkumar secured the third place with 5.5 points from seven rounds. Mysuru’s IM Girish…
Mysuru lad M.P. Ajith and V.P.S. Darshan (CAR, Police Training School, Mysuru), tied with 6.5 points from seven rounds, but the former’s better tie-break score of 32.75 to the latter’s 29.25, enabled Ajith to clinch the title in the Open category in the MDCA Open Chess Tournament conducted by MDCA at the University Gymnasium Hall…
Playing with black pieces on the top board, Ritviz Parab (Rating 2252) shocked GM M.S. Thejkumar (Rating 2471) in the sixth round of the BRDCA All India Open FIDE Rated Chess Tournament-2018 being held at Huballi yesterday. Two players — Ritviz Parab and Sameed Jaykumar Shete — share the lead with six points from six…
Kodagu’s WCM Ananya Suresh won the Karnataka State U-19 Women’s Chess Tourney held at Kalaburagi from Oct.20 to 22, with six points from seven rounds. Mysuru girl and former State women’s chess champion H.R. Manasa finished runner-up with 5.5 points from seven rounds. In the open section, Samarth J. Rao won the title with 7.5…
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