2019 became a 'Year to Remember' in Indian sports for trailblazing performances in Olympic disciplines
The victory did not help Jha even improve his last place in the premier chess event.
Ganguly holds Zvjaginsev to a draw\nKrishnan Sasikiran opened his account with a draw against GM Oleg Romanishin of Ukraine in the third round of the Aeroflot International open chess tournament.
Parimarjan Negi drew his fifth round match with Andrey Zhigalko of Belarus to take another stride towards to his International Master title at the World Junior Chess Championships.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Overnight joint leader Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte settled for a quick draw as lower ranked players took the honours.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
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Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Surya Shekhar Ganguly finished second in the Gibeltelecom Masters International Open Chess tournament.
The two Grandmasters lead the field with six points in the Commonwealth chess championship.
Krishna Sasikiran was held to a draw in the final round but managed to edge past Abhijit Kunte on better progressive scores.
Uzbekistan Grandmasters Saidali Iuldashev and Dzhumaev Marat have joined him on 7.5 points.
The International Master drew his ninth round game to keep a half point lead in the National 'B' championship.
The Indian GM beat IM Enamul Hossian of Bangladesh for his second win in the Brtish Open chess.
K Sasikiran registered his third consecutive win to join R R Laxman at the top after the sixth round.
The Commonwealth champion's winning streak was halted by International Master Tahir Vakhidov of Uzbekistan in the Tata Open Chess tournament.\n\n
The Indian bounced back to joint lead after splitting a point with Eduard Gorovykh of Russia in the ninth round.
The Vietnam GM beat Chinese GM Zhang Peng Xiang in the eighth round in the Commonwealth chess championship.
Will the fans rush back to the stadium once sport resumes? Will training abroad be as hassle-free as it used to be? What about contact sports where social distancing can't really be practised? Some of India's biggest sportspersons -- current and former -- gave their views on future of sports once the action resumes.
International Master Martin Breutigam, a longtime contributor to German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, accused Topalov of soliciting help from his manager Silvio Danailov through gestures and signals during some of the games.
He settled for a draw against Ruslan Ponomariov in the 10th round of the Aerosvit International Grandmasters Chess tournament.
The Indian Grandmaster lost to Alexei Shirov in the seventh round of the Aerosvit International Grandmasters Chess tournament.
Grandmaster RB Ramesh pipped top seed Surya Sekhar Ganguly to clinch his first Commonwealth Chess title.
"I had played against him only at the county level. He was then playing for Glamorgan and me for Yorkshire. He is my hero and playing against him is a special moment in my life. I cherish that", said Tendulkar.
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 went down to Kazakh GM Darmen Sadvakasov in the fifth round of the Aeroflot Chess tournament.
It took Gujrathi 40 moves to outwit Benjamin and now he shares the lead with six others. The fourth Indian to cross the 2700 ELO rating barrier, Gujrathi will face American Grandmaster Aleksandr Lenderman in the fifth round.
With two more rounds remaining, Harikrishna is lying low with paltry three points.
Swati Ghate helped the Indian eves salvage a draw against third seed Georgia at the Women's chess Olympiad
The Indian ace beat International Master Safarli Eltaz of Azerbaijan in the eight round of the World Youth Stars chess tournament to move to second place.
The Indian ace beat International Master Falco Bindrich to forge ahead after the third round in the World Youth star chess tournament.
She was the only remaining Indian woman in the World chess championships in Russia
How does Yuzvendra Chahal's 6/25 stand up against other fine T20I performances? Fascinating figures from Rajneesh Gupta.
The Indian is seeded 8th in this strong tournament and has so far produced fine flair.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday.
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.
Grandmaster Sergey Fedorchuk of Ukraine won the Dubai Open chess tournament on a better tie-break score.
Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Swati Ghate were crowned winners at the National 'A' chess championship
He settled for a quick draw with Pavel Kotsur in the final round of the chess tournament.
