R Praggnanandhaa clinched the Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2026 title with 23.5 points, finishing 1.5 points clear of Javokhir Sindarov after an impressive week in the Grand Chess Tour event.
R Praggnanandhaa became the first Indian to win the prestigious Norway Chess title in Oslo. CM Vijay felicitated the 20-year-old Grandmaster with a ₹50 lakh cheque and a memento in Chennai.
R Praggnanandhaa became the first Indian to win the prestigious Norway Chess title in Oslo. CM Vijay felicitated the 20-year-old Grandmaster with a ₹50 lakh cheque and a memento in Chennai.
The Indian Grandmaster capitalised the errors made by his French counterpart and defeated him for the first time.
The Chess Esports World Cup 2025 main event will take place from 29 July to 1 August.
In the day’s first match, the young Indian player forced Carlsen to capitulate in 43 moves while playing with white pieces.
His exceptional performances have put him on the top spot ahead of Fabiano Caruana, Magnus Carlsen, and Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
“Don’t think it really matters”, the top-ranked Indian Grandmaster stated.
Earlier, this year, he bagged the Tata Steel Masters 2025 and the Superbet Classic in Romania.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa joins Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the Team Liquid Chess lineup.
Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Fabiano Caruana and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu shared the lead of 2.5 points respectively after Round 4.
India’s Divya Deshmukh’s struggles continued by losing to GM Marc Maurizzi with the black pieces.
The notable success is Praggnanandhaa’s maiden triumph at the Masters level in chess.
PM Modi interacted with Indian medallists at the Chess Olympiad 2024, and during the interaction, he also enjoyed a bullet chess showdown between Erigaisi and Praggnanandhaa.
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R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh are in tied fourth place in the Sinquefield Cup 2024.
Gukesh played out a draw against GM Ian Nepomniatchchi in round two, whereas GM R Praggnanandhaa settled for a draw against French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
In the GMT Challengers, R Vaishali went down to GM Alexander Donchenko of Germany.
Real Madrid confirmed the signing of French forward Kylian Mbappé on a free transfer, concluding years-long wait for him to join the Spanish club.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa entered the world’s top 10 in classical chess in FIDE’s live ratings.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has pulled off wins against the world number one, Magnus Carlsen, and the world number two, Fabiano Caruana, in the Norway Chess 2024 thus far.
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China won their 16th Uber Cup when they swept Indonesia 3-0 in the finale of the tournament on Sunday.
Dommaraju Gukesh has joined Ian Nepomniachtchi in the lead of the Candidates Chess 2024 with 3.5 points each after five rounds.
Liverpool failed to win a match against Manchester United in the 2023-24 football season.
In the women’s competition of the Candidates Chess 2024 tournament, Vaishali Rameshbabu drew her match, while Koneru Humpy found herself on the losing end.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa holds 4-3 win-loss record over Vidit Gujrathi in classical chess.
World number 2 tennis player Carlos Alcaraz expressed his uncertainty over the chances of playing doubles with Rafael Nadal at the Paris Olympics 2024 due to fitness issues.
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The Masters group saw Anish Giri emerge as the sole leader after he secured victory over D Gukesh.
Sat-Chi reached the top of the BWF rankings in October 2023 and thus became the only Indian doubles pair to do so.
The European Court of Justice found that FIFA and UEFA’s rules were “contrary to EU law.”
Everton’s appeal to the Premier League for docking 10 points will be heard and concluded before the end of the ongoing football season.
Vaishali defeated Turkey’s 37-year-old FIDE Master Tamer Tarik Selbes (Elo rating of 2238) in the second round.
Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller extended his best wishes to the Indian cricket team for the World Cup 2023.
Asian Games 2023 are set to officially begin on September 23, with 15 days of action across 40 different sporting disciplines.
R Praggnanandhaa also became the third-youngest player ever to qualify for the Candidates Tournament.
The Indo-Australian pair of Bopanna and Ebden locked horns with the American-British pair of Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury, as went down 6-2, 3-6, 4-6 in a mouth-watering match that lasted for more than two hours.
On his first trip to India, Maxime finished at the top with seven points, followed by second-placed Teimour Radjavov, with 5.5 points.
Praggnanandhaa became the youngest Indian to have played in a Chess World Cup final, where he lost to World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in a tie-breaker.
Praggnanandhaa, who hails from Chennai, became the youngest Indian to reach the final of the Chess World Cup. He also became the third youngest player to qualify for the Candidates Tournament after Carlsen and Bobby Fischer.
The 18-year-old surpassed all expectations when he earned a silver medal in the recently held Chess World Cup.
The Indian shuttler won the game against the defending champion 13-21, 21-15, 21-16 in a thrilling 68-minute battle in Copenhagen to seal the semifinals berth and assure a medal finish for India.
The Chennai-born grandmaster took down the former World Number 3, Italian American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana along with World Number 2, the American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in the tournament.
R Vaishali talked about how her brother R Praggnanandhaa will bring glory to the nation in the near future.
Gayarti-Treesa gave a tough fight to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Silver Medallists, but their efforts fell short and they lost the game 14-21, 9-21.
Magnus Carlsen has won the FIDE World Cup for the first time in his illustrious chess career.
Ronaldo and Al-Nassr had to pull off a gruelling comeback to stay alive in the continental tournament after being 2-1 down at the 46-minute mark.
R Praggnanandhaa is the first Indian to reach the final of the FIDE World Cup after the legend Vishwanathan Anand.
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While Deepak Punia won a bronze medal in the 77kg category, Sumit made it to the final of the 60 kg category of the Greco-Roman competition.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is the first Indian player after Vishwanathan Anand to reach the semi-final of the FIDE World Cup.
Notably, no Indian has reached the last four stage of the Chess World Cup, except Anand, who won the first two editions of the tournament in 2000 and 2002.
Before Priya, Antim Panghal had been the only Indian woman to win gold and earn the prestigious title, as she won gold in last year’s edition of championship.
On Monday, the Indian Grandmaster denied Carlsen a fourth straight victory with his black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation.