D Gukesh held reigning world champion Ding Liren of China to a draw in a highly anticipated contest
Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh played out a hard-fought draw yet again, signing peace with top seed and local favourite Fabiano Caruana.
The medals tally at the Paris 2024 Paralympics.
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R Praggnanandhaa navigated his match against the reigning world champion Ding Liren with remarkable ease
With all games ending in draws, the lead positions remained unchanged and Gukesh continued to be at the top of the tables along with Fabiano Caruana of United States who drew a keenly contested game against Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan.
D Gukesh and R Praggnanadhaa played out their eighth draw in as many games at the Sinquefield Cup.
Nakamura, who started off as the favourite in the blitz section, is in sixth spot on 13.5 points, ahead of tour leader and compatriot Fabiano Caruana who has 13 points.
World Championship challenger Dommaraju Gukesh survived by the skin of his teeth against compatriot Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.
India need nothing more than a win against a tricky Syria to keep alive their faint hopes of making the knockout stage.
Having lost three and drawn three coming into the third and final day of rapid, Praggnanadhaa lost to Lenier Dominguez of the US in the seventh round.
A dream come true, a nice feeling. The maiden Chess Olympiad gold meant different things for the members of the five-strong Indian men's team, spearheaded stupendously by the youngest ever challenger to the world title -- D Gukesh.
The Indian youngster won the singles and doubles crown in the ITF Grade 4 Junior championship there.
'I like to be challenged by the strongest players on the planet, even though it's going to get more difficult with this young Indian generation coming up. But I am not entirely depressed.'
Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi and Vaishali have trained at the Westbridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA) that the bespectacled chess wizard set up four years ago in Chennai. The 18-year-old Gukesh and the 19-year-old Praggnanandhaa have often stated that they would not be where they are without "Vishy sir".
After scoring their fifth victory on the trot, the Indian men maintained their joint lead with 10 points along with China, Vietnam and Hungary.
Harsh Mankad and Prakash Amritraj won the reverse singles to help India beat Uzbekistan 5-0 and qualify for the World Group Playoffs
Sumit Prakash Gupta and Rupesh Roy gave India a 2-0 lead in the Asia-Oceania Junior Davis Cup.
A summary of Indian athletes' showing at the Paris Paralympics on Friday, September 6.
Caruana kept his slender half point lead going in to the final round in the 10-player round-robin tournament, a part of the Grand Chess tour.
'All the very best! We'll be cheering and supporting you'll,' Jemimah said in a video posted on AIFF's official X handle.
How India's athletes fared at the Paris Paralympic Games on Friday.
Zareena had arrived in India on a tourist visa and checked in a hotel at Seshadripuram four days ago, police said.
Hosts France secured a second straight victory as Kiliann Sildillia struck for a 1-0 success over Guinea, while Spain and Japan reached the quarter-finals in the second matchday of the men's Olympic soccer tournament on Saturday.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated overnight sole leader Nodirbek Abdusattarov of Uzbekistan to stake his claim for the top honours at the Prague Masters chess tournament.
The victory gave Uzbekistan a berth in the final of the JRD Tata football tournament.
The medal tally at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
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D Gukesh played out a draw with tournament leader and top seed Fabiano Caruana
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'The Indian Open team was extremely well prepared and motivated to win the gold medal.' 'With two players in the world top 10 club, and four players with over 2,700 ELO points (GMs Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, all below 20) and Vidit Gujrathi and P Harikrishna, it was a solid team.'
D Gukesh started off on a positive note, beating Deac Bogdan-Daniel of Romania
In another match in the Afro Asian Games football tournament, Zimbabwe held a fighting Iran to a 1-1 draw.
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Rutuja Bhosale and Ankita Raina won the singles as India secured the Fed Cup tie against Uzbekistan
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