World Champion D Gukesh faced a surprising defeat against Jorden van Foreest at the Prague International Chess Festival, while Aravindh Chithambaram drew his game.
World champion D Gukesh drew with Hans Moke Niemann in the first round of the Prague International Chess Festival.
Indian Grandmasters D Gukesh and Aravindh Chithambaram had contrasting results in the second round of the Prague International Chess Festival, with Gukesh drawing and Aravindh winning his game.
World champion D Gukesh was held to a draw by David Navara in the fourth round of the Prague International Chess Festival, while Jorden van Foreest took the lead with his third victory.
World champion D Gukesh aims for a strong performance at the Prague International Chess festival after an early World Cup exit and underwhelming Tata Steel Masters showing.
The experienced Surya Shekhar Ganguly, GM Raunak Sadhwani and GM Karthik Venkatraman scored comfortable victories while M Pranesh played out a draw to advance to the second round, while IM Aronyak Ghosh defeated GM Mateusz Bartel of Poland to force a tie-breaker, in the FIDE World Cup 2025 in Panaji on Sunday.
World junior champion V Pranav of India lost to seasoned Grandmaster Jan Emmanuel Garcia of Philippines in the first round of the Asian Continental Chess Championship.
Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi was held to a draw by 12-year-old Argentine sensation Oro Faustino in the first game of the second round of the FIDE World Cup in Panjim on Tuesday.
Grandmaster Diptayan Ghosh caused the biggest upset of the World Chess Cup, ousting former world championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia after winning the second game of the second round, in Panjim, on Wednesday.
Grandmasters Raunak Sadhwani and S L Narayanan, India's two best hopes, were held to draws by Daniel Barrish of South Africa and Steven Salas Rojas of Peru in the first game of the opening round of World Chess Cup, in Panjim, on Saturday.
India's Narayanan, Diptayan, Aronyak advance to second round
Top seeded Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov strengthened his position at the top in the World Jr. chess, maintaining a ghalf point lead.
The duo joined overnight leaders Pavel Kotsur, Saidali Iuldachev and Serik Temirbaev at the top after the penultimate round in the Parsvanath chess tournament.
Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly kept himself in contention, drawing with Sergey Fedorchuk of Ukraine in the fifth round of Fujairah International Open chess tournament in Fujairah.
The victory did not help Jha even improve his last place in the premier chess event.
Deepan Chakravarthy secured his final norm after an exciting draw with defending champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly
Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly outwitted higher-rated compatriot Abhijeet Gupta to maintain a clean slate after the end of the second round in the Fujairah International Chess tournament, in Fujairah (UAE), on Thursday.
Barua beat GM Pendyala Harikrishna while Ganguly accounted for Sriram Jha in the third round of the National 'A' chess championship to forge ahead.
Dronavalli Harika and S Vijayalakshmi also tasted success, beating Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian and GM Denis Khismatullin respectively in the Aeroflot International Chess tournament.
Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly continued with his demolishing form and defeated Yaroslav Zherebukh of Ukraine to jump into sole lead after the end of the third round of the Fujairah International Open Chess tournament in Fujaira, UAE, on Friday.
The Indian Grandmaster led the boys' field by 0.5 points after the third round in the World Junior chess championship.
The Grandmaster suffered a shocking defeat in the 2nd round of 43rd National 'A' chess championship.
The national champion registered a second straight victory over United States champion Hikaru Nakamura to advance at the World Chess Cup.
Grandmasters Surya Shekhar Ganguly and GM Sandipan Chanda continued to share the lead with 5.5 points after the conclusion of the seventh round of the 42nd National 'A' Chess Championship.
Kadir Guseimov of Azerbaijan kept the top spot in the boys' section in the World Jr chess championships.
The double GM norm holder handed the PSPB GM and leader his first defeat in the National A chess championship.\n\n
The national champion was beaten by Somya Ranjan Mishra in the second round of the Parsvnath International Chess tournament.\n\n
The two Indian Grandmasters emerged as joint leaders with victories in the second round of Gibraltar Chess Congress.
The victory helped the national champion join overnight leaders Deepan and Pavel.
Grandmaster S S Ganguly trounced teammate T S Ravi to record his fifth victory in a row at the 41st National 'A' Chess Championship.
The PSPB Grandmaster beat team mate R B Ramesh in the 12th round of the National 'A' chess championship to sit pretty at the top.
The Indian randmaster beat the former Russian champion in the second round of the Aeroflot International chess tournament.
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania and World champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan lead the field in the category-16 Super Grandmasters Pune chess festival.
Grandmasters Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Sandipan Chanda settled for a quick draw and shared first place along with Alexander Moiseenko of Ukraine in the Fujairah International open chess tournament that concluded in Fujaira, UAE, on Wednesday.
The Indian GM beat Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia to move to joint fourth place in the World junior chess championship.
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.
Marcin Dziuba of Poland, Leonid and Guseinov, all with 3.5 points apiece, shared the lead.
Jharkhand's Pritam Singh beat the GM as unfancied players ruled the roost on second day of the Tata International chess championship.
Azerbaijan Kadir Guseinov leads the boys' section in the World Juniors chess championship.
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