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The Hindu
18-06-2025
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- The Hindu
Lalit Babu and 23 others in lead
Grandmaster Tornike Sanikidze beat Grandmaster Raset Ziatdinov in 42 moves in the thrid round of the Aurionpro Grandmaster chess tournament at the World Trade Centre on Wednesday. Raset opted to exchange his queen for a couple of minor pieces and pawns, but it did not work to his advantage. Tornike made a second queen and ripped through the defence. Except for two boards, the rest of the top players won their third round. There were as many as 24 players with three points, including International Master Soumya Swaminathan. After two tough rounds, Grandmaster Lalit Babu eased to victory in 23 moves against Prakhar Raj. In the junior section, 12 players led with three points The results (third round): Levan Pantsulaia 3 bt Shrayan Majumder 2; Daksh Goyal lost to Manuel Petrosyan 3; Luka Paichadze 3 bt Rupesh Jaiswal 2; Arnav Agrawal 2 lost to Mihail Nikitenko 3; Lalit Babu 3 bt Prakhar Bajaj 2; Arshpreet Sigh 2 lost to Mamikon Gharibyan 3; Boris Savchenko 3 bt Alluri Reddy 2; Aamuktha Guntaka 2 lost to Vedant Panesar 3; Tornike Sanikidze 3 bt Raset Ziatdinov 2; Guru Prakash 2.5 drew with Deepan Chakkravarthy 2.5; Arsen Davtyan 3 bt Yohan Boricha 2; Sri Sandipagu 2 lost to Duc Hoa Nguyen 3; Alexander Slizhevsky 3 bt Om Nagnath 2; M Mridav 2 lost to Aleksej Aleksandrov 3; Alexei Fedorov 3 bt Akila Kavinda 2; Ram Parab 2 lost to Nayaka Budhidharma 3; Neelotpal Das 3 bt Samuel Noble 2; Dinesh Jaganathan 2 lost to Nithin Babu 3; Van Huy Nguyen 3 bt Adhiraj Mitra 2; Vinayak Kulkarni 2.5 drew with Semetei Tegin 2.5; David Gochelashvili 3 bt Ashish Chaudhari 2; Siddhant Salunke 2 lost to Soumya Swaminathan 3. Under-13: Mysha Perwez 2 lost to Aansh Nerurkar 3; Madhesh Kumar 3 bt Advik Reddy 2; Shitiz Prasad 2 lost to Madhvendra Sharma 3; Samuel Noble 3 bt Rishen Jilowa 2; Hriday Maniar 2 lost to Shaunak Badole 3; Adhiraj Mitra 3 bt Aarav Dhayagude 2; Taseen Tadavi 2 lost to Vyom Malhotra 3; Jai Vanum 2 lost to R Nijesh 3; Sameer Shergill 2 lost to Andalamala Varshan 3; Ramesh Goutham 3 bt Johny Arixander 2; Shaashvat Gupta 2 lost to Mahir Taneja 3; Sahejveer Singh 2.5 drew with Aradhy Roy 2.5; Amber Gangwal 2 lost to Shaurya Singh 3; V tripurambika 1.5 lost to Amit Agrawal 2.5; Avirat Chauhan 2 drew with Pratyush Kumar 2; HP Angada 1.5 lost to Aadik Lenin 2.5. = = = EOM
Time of India
16-06-2025
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- Time of India
'Earlier, I used to beat Indians at will': What global chess stars in their 30s, 50s, and 80s say about India's dominance
Tornike Sanikidze (left), Rani Hamid (right), and playing hall (in the middle) NEW DELHI: After Gukesh Dommaraju won the Candidates last year in Toronto, Garry Kasparov — former world champion and one of the greatest players in history — famously said, 'The 'children' of Vishy Anand are on the loose.' He later hailed Gukesh's achievement as 'shifting tectonic plates in the chess world. ' Kasparov was proved right when, six months later, at the age of 18, Gukesh became the youngest world chess champion in history, surpassing Kasparov himself, who had won the crown in 1985 at the age of 22. Kasparov's prophetic words appear to be coming true. A glimpse of that shift was seen last week at the Tivoli Garden Resort in Delhi's Chhatarpur, where a cavernous hall — large enough to host an indoor football match — was transformed into a battlefield of brains for a week. Playing hall of Section 'A' at Delhi GM Open Tournament. (Special Arrangement) The Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament, held from June 7 to 14 under the aegis of the Delhi Chess Association (DCA), drew a fascinating mix: Grandmasters (GMs), International Masters (IMs), Women International Masters (WIMs), Candidate Masters (CMs), and Woman FIDE Masters (WFMs) from across the globe. And in that sea of talent, one thing was unmistakable: India's young stars were setting the board on fire, leaving even seasoned players in awe. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trading CFD dengan Teknologi dan Kecepatan Lebih Baik IC Markets Mendaftar Undo 'It's so much harder now' Take 36-year-old Georgian GM Tornike Sanikidze. After each game, you'd find him stepping out for a smoke, often joined by compatriot and fellow GM Levan Pantsulaia. Their conversations, between drags, almost always circled back to one theme: the fierce challenge posed by India's young guns. 'This tournament is very beautiful and very hard,' Sanikidze, who was seeded 18th but finished 53rd, admitted to after his final round. 'There are so many grandmasters, and so many kids. That makes it a very strong tournament. It was very hard for me.' 'Cricketers Aren't Cattle... ': Harish Thawani on the IPL and Business of Indian Cricket Sanikidze knows what he's talking about: 'I was here in 2013. Even then, I could see the new generation coming. Back then, I was rated 2518, and I left at 2513; that's how hard it was to play Indians. And now? Look at the top 10. There are four Indians. The world champion is Indian. That says everything.' A chess revolution Slovak GM Mikuláš Maník, 50, is no stranger to Indian tournaments; this was his 44th. But even he admits he's been taken aback by the meteoric rise of India's chess scene. 'Every year, the tournaments here get stronger,' Maník observed, often seen outside the playing hall analysing games on a sideboard after a round of play, especially when his opponent was a prodigy. 'India has done remarkable work with its young talents. And it's only getting better. The chess quality here is improving at a rate that's hard to believe,' he added. ' Before, I'd beat Indians at will' Perhaps the most striking perspective came from 80-year-old Rani Hamid, the legendary WIM from Bangladesh and the oldest in the fray. A 20-time national champion and former British chess champion, Hamid has seen decades of subcontinental chess unfold. 'I used to beat Indian girls at will,' she said with a gentle smile. 'It felt good back then. But now, look where India is, and where we are. The difference is too big.' And perhaps the veterans have a point. In all, last week in India's national capital was a snapshot of a global chess community coming to terms with a new order. In this new era, India — with its fearless young players and a growing stable of grandmasters — is not content with being a mere participant. There is a fire in their belly; each one of them wants to win, and without an iota of doubt, India is leading the charge in world chess.
