Grandmaster-norm holder Debashish Das came up with a fantastic effort to beat Ni Hua of China in the first round of Fujaira International Open chess tournament in the UAE on Wednesday.
Grandmaster GN Gopal's defeat against Ni Hua cost India dearly as it lost the fourth round match to higher rated China in the men's chess team event to slip to the second position in the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Sunday.
Former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta give out an impeccable performance to beat compatriot and his BPCL team-mate G N Gopal and jumped to joint lead after the seventh round of the Asian continental chess championship in Subic Bay, Philippines on Wednesday.
Grandmaster and defending champion Abhijeet Gupta showcased his positional acumen to outwit Grandmaster Amin Bassem of Egypt in the sixth round of 14th Dubai International Open chess tournament in Dubai.
Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda continued on his giant-killing spree and stunned top seed Baadur Jobava to jump into the joint-lead at the end of the sixth round of the Fujairah International Open chess tournament in Fujaira, UAE, on Monday.
Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda played out a draw with overnight co-leader Miezis Normunds of Latvia to tie for the first place in the 14th Dubai International Open chess tournament that concluded on Tuesday. Ni Hua of China emerged the winner with the best tie-break after a five-way tie.
Former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta outwitted Nguyen Huynh Minh Huy of Vietnam to become joint second on 4.5 points after the sixth round of the Asian Continental Chess Championship in Subic Bay, Phillipines.
Viswanathan Anand and National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly were held in a 2-2 draw in the fifth round of the Chess Olympiad.
Grand Master Abhijit Kunte with 7.5 points, was tied with five other players, but was adjudged champion on the basis of a better progressive score.
The World Junior Champion retained his half point lead over Alexander Motylev in the 10th round of the Grandmasters chess tournament.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand continued to struggle with his form as he lost to 16-year old International Master Benjamin Gledura of Hungary in the seventh round of the Masters section of Gibraltar International Chess festival
P Harikrishna went down fighting against top seed Alexander Motylev at the Sanjin Hotel Cup Grandmasters chess tournament
Grandmaster Levon Aronian and Ni Hua share the lead after the sixth round in the World junior chess championships.
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand continued to struggle in his first open tournament in 23 years as he suffered a shock defeat at the hands of French Grandmaster Adrien Demuth in the fifth round of the masters section of Gibraltar chess festival in Gibraltar on Sunday.
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