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Hans India
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Hans India
Collector unveils poster of All India Junior chess competition
Karimnagar: District Collector Pamela Satpathy unveiled the poster of the 3rd All India Junior Chess Competition to be held on July 12 and 13 under the auspices of Genius Chess Academy in Karimnagar. Speaking on the occasion, she said that chess is a sport that gives a voice to the intelligence of children. Students who excel in chess will excel in all fields. She advised the organizers to organize the All India Competition to be held in Karimnagar with great enthusiasm. On this occasion, Genius Chess Academy Coach and Director Kankati Anoop Kumar explained to the Collector that the All India Chess Competition is being organised for the third time. All arrangements related to the competition are being made and the competition is being organised in the Swiss League format. Genius Chess Academy founder Kankati Kanakaiah, District Sports Department Officer Srinivas Goud, Employees Association President Daram Srinivas Reddy, Kali Charan, Bharadwaj, Sagar, and many others participated.
Daily Tribune
21-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Tribune
ISB@75 Chess Championship begins with grand opening and record participation
The ISB@75 Chess Championship, organised to mark the Platinum Jubilee of The Indian School Bahrain (ISB), kicked off yesterday with a grand opening ceremony at the Jashanmal Auditorium, Isa Town Campus. The two-day event is held under the patronage of the Bahrain Chess Federation and in collaboration with Arjun's Chess Academy (ACA). The event was inaugurated by Bahrain Chess Federation President Anmar Ibrahim Ahmadi, who attended as the Chief Guest. Also present were ISB Chairman Adv. Binu Mannil Varughese, Vice-Chairman and Member – HSSE & Sports Dr. Mohammed Faizal, Member – Transport Mohammad Nayaz Ullah, Principal VR Palaniswamy, ISB Platinum Jubilee General Convener Prince S. Natarajan, Vice-Principal (Senior School & Academic Administration) G. Satheesh, ACA CEO Arjun Kakkadath, Staff Representative Parvathi Devadas, Physical Education teachers, and community leaders. The championship opened with a Free Chess Workshop, accessible to students and enthusiasts across Bahrain. The session was led by expert coach Janelle Dela Cerna. With nearly 250 players and 60 school teams registered, the ISB@75 Championship is shaping up to be one of the largest chess tournaments ever held in Bahrain. The Interschool Team Chess Championship began this morning, featuring school teams competing in Under-12 and Under-19 categories. Schools are permitted to field multiple four-member teams, with matches played under FIDE Rapid Rules using the Swiss League format. Trophies and certificates will be awarded to the top three teams in each category. Later in the day, the Open Rapid Chess Tournament welcomed players of all ages. Prizes will be distributed across several categories, with special honours for the top 10 performers. All matches are being conducted in line with official FIDE regulations. The championship will conclude with a grand finale scheduled for 8:00 PM tonight.
The Hindu
12-06-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Mihail Nikitenko in joint lead with Abhijeet Gupta
Grandmaster Mihail Nikitenko beat Grandmaster Luka Paichadze to join Abhijeet Gupta in the lead with seven points at the end of the eighth round in the Delhi GM Open chess tournament at the Tivoli Gardens, Chhattarpur, on Thursday. In an even battle, Nikitenko hooked a knight on the 55th move and Paichadze promptly resigned. Overnight sole leader Abhijeet drew with Manuel Petrosyan, with two more rounds to go in the Swiss League competition. In the ninth round, Nikitenko will play black against Abhijeet. There are 12 players with 6.5 points and 16 players with six points, which could lead to a very lively climax. On the second board, Mamikon Gharibyan will play top seed S.L. Narayanan. Diptayan Ghosh will play Van Huy Nguyen. The results (eighth round): Manuel Petrosyan 6.5 drew with Abhijeet Gupta 7; S.L. Narayanan 6.5 drew with Neelash Saha 6.5; Mihail NIkitenko 7 bt Luka Paichadze 6; Aronyak Ghosh 6.5 drew with Vitaly Sivuk 6.5; Diptayan Ghosh 6.5 bt Boris Savchenko 6; Aditya Samant 6.5 bt Saravana Krishnan 5.5; Mamikon Gharibyan 6.5 bt Abhishek Kelkar 5.5; Mikulas Manik 6 drew with Adarsh Sriram 6; Viresh Sharnarthi 6.5 bt Hari Madhavan 5.5; Amit Agrawal 5.5 lost to Aleksej Aleksandrov 6.5; EU Ahaz 5.5 lost to Van Huy Nguyen 6.5; Semetei Tegin 6 drew with Arnav Agrawal 6; S. Nitin 6.5 bt Soham Roy 5.5; Alok Sinha 5 lost to Karthik Venkataraman 6; Deepan Chakkravarthy 6 bt Harshit Sahu 5; Alekhya Mukhopadhyay 5 lost to Harsh Suresh 6.
Time of India
29-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Erigaisi Arjun's 6-0 scoreline vs D Gukesh underlines India's chess might
D Gukesh turned his face away from the table after resigning against Erigaisi Arjun in the second round of the Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger on Tuesday. The 18-year-old world champion was really upset. He tried to hide his face, didn't look at Arjun, arranged his pieces back on the board and left the playing hall. He was in no mood to analyse the position on the board either. It was understandable. Gukesh had lost to Magnus Carlsen in the previous round and could not capitalise on the slip-up from Arjun. In a crazy bishop and pawn versus knight and four pawns endgame, Gukesh threw away his drawing chances with a dubious bishop move on the 56th turn. It was their 10th meeting in classical chess and Gukesh has won none. It was Arjun's sixth win over Gukesh. It is somewhat like a younger PV Sindhu winning a global-level honour before Saina Nehwal, but the latter enjoying a clear ascendancy in head-to-head battles. The depth of Indian chess can be seen with four players now a part of the world's top 12 in the May 2025 FIDE rating — No. 3 Gukesh, No. 4 Arjun, No. 7 Praggnanandhaa and No. 12 Aravindh Chithambaram. Interestingly, Gukesh has not won the national title yet. Of course, there are two important reasons for that: his rapid rise within the elite bracket and AICF's utter failure to organise the National Championship in the round-robin format, which generally offers up an undisputed champion as compared to the Swiss League format, which has fewer than optimal rounds vis-à-vis number of entries for correct final standings. Indian chess is so strong now that but for the world crown, even a player of Gukesh's calibre would struggle to prove that he clearly is the best of the lot. Arjun had suffered a heartbreaking defeat to Pragg in the quarterfinals of the 2023 World Cup, thereby hampering his chances of sealing a Candidates spot. But Pragg is not the only Indian that has troubled him. Arjun lost to P Harikrishna in the opening round of the 2023 Chennai Masters and went down to Aravindh in the same tournament last year. As long as these world-class players fumble their lines against their compatriots, the Indian fans won't complain much. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
Hindustan Times
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Bridge meet in Chandigarh: 8 teams qualify for Super League on Day 2
With the conclusion of the Swiss League, eight teams qualified for the Super League on the second day of the three-day 13th National Open Bridge Championship organised by the Punjab Bridge Association on Saturday. Day two also marked the beginning of pair event competitions. The eight teams that reached the Super League (EISK - 101.54 points; Steel Strips - 98.35 points; Kingspin - 93.46 points; Delhi Blues - 90.74 points; Sri Radhe - 87.48 points; Indian Chain - 86.04 points; Mohmaya - 85.75 points and Mansarovar - 84.24 points) will now play for the title on Sunday. Around 200 players from more than 35 teams are participating in pair and team events of the championship at a city hotel. The total prize money of the tournament is ₹8 lakh. During the competitions on the second day, Punjab Bridge Association president and tournament committee chairman KR Lakhanpal, vice-chairman of tournament committee and vice-president of Punjab Bridge Association Vishwajit Khanna, Kangaroo Group's Krishan Goyal, organising committee members JS Bahl, Arvind Gupta and Durgesh Mishra, and technical expert TC Pant were present. Steel Strips Group chairman RK Garg said bridge is now a part of Asian Games, adding that India had won silver in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games and gold in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. He further mentioned that they will connect students with bridge to popularise the game among young players. Clubs will be formed for the same. He added that efforts being made by the Punjab Bridge Association to take the game to the top are commendable.
