Mandya’s chess prodigy A.N. Shefali, a fourth standard student of Santhome Public School, representing India in the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017 won the gold in the U-8 Girls category on the concluding day of the championship in Delhi, yesterday. Shefali, who won her second successive gold in the Commonwealth Chess Championships, is also the reigning…
Commonwealth Chess Open Championship 2017: Abhijeet Gupta wins title; Thejkumar fares well
July 11, 2017GM Abhijeet Guapta won the Commonwealth Chess Open Title scoring 7.5 points from nine rounds in the championship which concluded here yesterday. Mysuru lad IM M.S. Thejkumar fared well in the championship by securing 6 points from 9 rounds and finished 17th in the final placings. GM Vaibhav Suri and GM Tejas Bakre tied with…
Commonwealth Chess 2017: IM Thejkumar shocks GM Praveen Thipsay
July 10, 2017Mysuru lad IM M.S. Thejkumar (Rating 2491), taking part in the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017 in Delhi, shocked GM Praveen Thipsay (Rating 2419) in the eighth and penultimate round of the championships yesterday. After eight rounds, Thejkumar has secured 6 points and is placed sixth in the rankings. Three players GM Abhijeet Gupta and GM…
Commonwealth Chess Tournament 2017: Thejkumar held to a draw
July 9, 2017IM M.S. Thejkumar (Rating-2491), representing India and taking part in the Commonwealth Chess Championship in the Open Section, drew his seventh round tie against FM Mitrabha Guha (Rating 2301) and at the end of the seventh round has secured 5 points and is placed 14th in the rankings on Saturday at the tournament being held…
Commonwealth Chess Championships: Thejkumar scores over Soham Kamotra
July 7, 2017IM M.S. Thejkumar representing India scored a convincing win over India’s Soham Kamotra in the fifth round of the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017, played at Delhi on Thursday. In the fourth round, Thejkumar (Rating 2491), scored a good win over WIM Gagare Shamili (2067). After five rounds, Thejkumar has secured 3.5 points and is placed…
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017: Thejkumar goes down to Aradhya
July 6, 2017IM M.S. Thejkumar taking part in the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017 at Delhi yesterday lost his third round tie against Aradhya Garg. Aradhya scored an upset win over (2281) Thejkumar (2491) third round. After three rounds Thejkumar has secured 1.5 points. GM Vaibhav Suri, GM Ankit R. Rajput, K. Priyanka, GM Swapnil S. Dhopade, GM…
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017: Thejkumar wins over Rautela
July 5, 2017IM M.S. Thejkumar representing India in the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017 Open at Delhi won his second round tie against India’s Saksham Rautela (Rating 1892) on yesterday. After two rounds, Thejkumar has secured 1.5 points. In the first round, Thejkumar was held to a creditable draw by P. Bala Kannamma (Tamil Nadu). After two rounds,…
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