Dronavalli Harika and G Rohit all but confirmed individual Grandmaster norms after commendable performances in the eighth and penultimate round in the Aerolfot chess tournament.
Dronavalli Harika and S Vijayalakshmi also tasted success, beating Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian and GM Denis Khismatullin respectively in the Aeroflot International Chess tournament.
Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi continued his fine run to defeat International Master Ivan Popov of Russia in the 10th and penultimate round of World Youth Star chess tournament.
The Indian GM beat Bulgaria's Sergei Zigalko in a blitz game to become the only Indian to enter the second round of the Chess World Cup.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday.
Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi added another feather in his cap. The 20-year-old continued his brilliant form and clinched the Politiken Cup 2013 after emerging with a fine score of nine out of a maximum possible 10 points, in Copenhagen, Denmark on Sunday.
The Indian GM went down to Kazakh GM Darmen Sadvakasov in the fifth round of the Aeroflot Chess tournament.
Hungarian Grandmaster Peter Leko was the surprise inclusion in defending champion Viswanathan Anand's team even as his Norwegian challenger Magnus Carlsen kept his cards close to his chest ahead of their much-anticipated World Championship match starting on Saturday.
He settled for a draw against Ruslan Ponomariov in the 10th round of the Aerosvit International Grandmasters Chess tournament.
Despite the draw the Indian Grandmaster held joint-lead with Zaven Andriasian of Armenia after the sixth round in the World Youth Stars International chess tournament.
The Indian Grandmaster split the point with the Romanian GM to maintain a half point lead after the penultimate round in the third Mtel Masters.
Viswanathan Anand took sole lead after ten rounds of the Morelia Linares Super Grandmasters chess tournament.
With two more rounds remaining, Harikrishna is lying low with paltry three points.
Playing with black pieces, Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran had to settle for a draw against his higly-rated English compatriot Michael Adams in the opening match of the M-Tel Masters 2007 in Sofia.
As India's Vishwanathan Anand squared off against Norway's Magnus Carlsen to defend his title as world chess champion, 11-year-old Shyamsundar and his 9-year-old sister Padmapratibha unfolded their cloth chess boards and sat cross-legged in the lobby of the hotel where the grandmasters were playing.
The draw took Anand to two points out of a possible three in the Corus Grandmasters 'A' chess tournament.
The Hungarian won the final of the ACP World Rapid Cup in the second blitz game, after first two rapid games ended in draws and the first blitz game also fizzled out similarly.
The Indian GM was beaten by Grandmaster Alexander Morozevich on time in the World Rapid Cup chess tournament.
Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi failed to break the defenses of Ziska Helgi Dam and had to agree for a draw and settle for 12th place in the Hogehschool Zeeland International Chess tournament.
Parimarjan Negi went down to second seed Grandmaster Michal Krasenkow in the eighth round and bowed out of the championship race in the Hogeschool Zeeland International chess tournament.
The former World junior champion won the Marx Gyorgy international chess tournament after settling for an easy draw with GM Ferenc Berkes in the 10th and final round game.
The Indian ace, who is a full point clear of nearest rival Zahar Efimenko of Ukraine, needs only a draw in the final round to win the Marx Gyorgy memorial chess tournament.
The former world junior champion beat defending champion Zoltan Almasi of Hungary in the eighth round of the Marx Gyorgy International Chess tournament.
The Grandmaster defeated Dinesh Kumar Sharma in the 8th round of the National 'A' chess championship.
The Indian chess ace beat young Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the Linares-Morelia Super Grandmasters tournament.
Viswanathan Anand may not quite have an heir yet among Indian chess players, but the country has youngsters with the highest aspirations.
Former Under-14 world champion and Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi won the bronze medal in the World Junior Chess Championship after settling for a quick draw with winner Yu Yangyi of China in the 13th and final round that concluded in Kocaeli, Turkey.
Grandmaster and Commonwealth champion Abhijeet Gupta created history at the Hoogeveen International chess tournament by becoming the first player ever to win the title twice in a row in the FIDE Open that concluded in the Dutch hamlet.
The five-time World champion played out his third draw on the trot as he signed peace with Etienne Bacrot of France in the third round of Grenke Chess Classic.
Viswanathan Anand will start his campaign against the world's youngest-ever Grandmaster, in the Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament.
Grandmaster Sergey Fedorchuk of Ukraine won the Dubai Open chess tournament on a better tie-break score.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Swati Ghate were crowned winners at the National 'A' chess championship
The world No. 2 said Parimarjan Negi has all-round talent but lacks the experience needed to handle crucial situations.
P Harikrishna went down fighting against Alexander Grischuk in the fourth round of Aerosvit chess
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran beat GM Konstantin Landa in the fifth round and moved to second place in the Aeroflot Open.
Former Russian champion Peter Svidler held the Indian ace in the ninth and penultimate round of the Mtel Masters chess tournament.
The Indian ace beat Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in just 37 moves at the Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament.
Ukraine GM Valerij Neverov won the Hastings tournament after a quick draw with Merab Gagunashvili of Georgia.
Abhijeet Gupta scored a thumping victory over Woman Grandmaster Aarthie Ramaswamy at the Dubai Chess Open
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