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Ganguly edges Kidambi for Junior title
Surya Sekhar Ganguly completed a
wonderful year winning his second major National title edging defending champion S Kidambi
in the "tie-break" games for the National Junior ... |
Balasubramaniam wins West Tambaram Rapid Chess
Former National "B" Champion and ICF star R Balasubramaniam won his second
straight title in a month in Chennai on the last sunday of the millennium i.e., 26 Dec
1999... |
Padma
Seshadri HSS wins title
With two of their
players scoring cent percent on their way to board prizes, Padma
Seshadri Bala Bhavan HSS, Chennai took the title... |
Humpy,
Harikrishna, Abhijit and Mary Ann clinch titles
In a big sweep, Indian youngsters made the country proud by winning four of the six titles
in the Asian Youth Chess championship... |
Venkataramana
wins at Calicut
The Brio trophy All India FIDE Rated Chess tournament at Calicut saw talented
Venkataramana of ICF, Chennai, emerging a clear winner... |
Rajalakshmi
and Sivashankar win at Devakottai
C.V. Rajalakshmi with a better progressive score claimed the TN State Under -18
Girls title ahead of Iswarva Shobana of Salem... |
Balasubramanian
regains lost glory
For a person who won the final five rounds of the National-B Chess Championship to
qualify for the National-A, some years back... |
All
India Inter Bank Tournament, Hyderabad - Indian Bank Triumphs
In a dramatic final round, holders Indian Bank
came from behind to upset the apple cart of topseeds Union Bank. In the top board, IM G B
Prakash outplayed .... |
Saheli
retains Women "B" crown
Saheli Barua of Railways, claimed the 26th Godrej GE
Appliances National Women `B' Chess Championship at Sangli. Saheli retains... |
Millennium
Open International Chess Tournament, Calcutta
Topseed IM Ziaur Rahman of Bangladesh won the Millennium Open FIDE Rated Chess
tournament in a four-way tie at the Gorky Sadan ... |
National
Rapid for Under 12 & 14 Boys & Girls, Calicut
The little lass from Pune, Eesha Karvade, stole the show winning her second
national title in succession. She emerged a clear winner... |
Calcutta
wins National Cities Team Championship, Nagpur
Consistent Calcutta leading by a point and going into the final round won the National
Cities title by a big margin of two points when top-seed Chennai... |
Shradha
completes a double triumph
Shradha Samani of Maharashtra had a grand double in
just about three months when she won the National Sub Junior title for girls after a shaky
start. Shradha lost the first round to Nabeela Farheen of TN but hit back strongly... |
Ganguly
wins National-B Championship, Mumbai
16-year-old Surya Sekhar Ganguly of GNCA, Calcutta, braved heavy odds to win the
37th National "B" Chess Championships organised by the Bombay Chess
Association... |
Young
Brigade Steal Thunder at Omkar Open, Aurangabad
Indian Chess had its brightest moment when its three young stars, all below
twenty years, shared the first place in the Omkar Open Rating Chess Tournament ... |
Muralikrishanan
takes title
The traditional Sri Mappillai Vinayagar Chess tournament for this year, the 36th of
its chapter conducted at the spacious Muthu Thangam Thirumana Kalyana Mandapam and
held during July 19 to 23 had its own turns... |
Vijayalakshmi
retains crown
Women's Chess, in India, has come a long way since the domination of
Khadilkar sisters. More so it has gone the way of Chennai lass Subburaman Vijayalakshmi, who won her third title in
the last five years. The star from Indian ... |
PSCB retains
trophy
In the very first round PSCB were held to 2-2 draw by Vidharba Chess team. PSCB's
Sahikiran sacrificed an exchange against Soman and lost the game. Though the loss was more
due to mistakes in time rather than Exchange Sac which reminded ... |
Sudhakar
Babu 's back-to-back title
Lightning may not strike twice at the same place, but Sudhakar Babu sure
does.
N. Sudhakar Babu of Indian Bank, Chennai won the
S. K. Vaidya Memorial All India Open Chess tournament securing 8.5 points .... |
Atanu
Lahiri peaks
Atanu Lahiri of LIC sprung a surprise by winning the Commonwealth Chess
Championship held at Bikaner, Rajasthan, from April 16 to 26th. With this
victory, Atanu became the first ever untitled ... |
Sashikiran,
New Champion
Eighteen-year-old Chennai lad, Krishnan Sashikiran, is the new National Chess
Champion.Scoring a record 13 points from 17 rounds, Sashikiran clinched the title and the
Kibe Gold medal with a round to spare. International Master Sashikiran, who
recently... |
Kidambi
Sundararajan Triumphs
Kidambi, as he is fondly called by his chess friends, won the 28th
National Juniors
(Under 20 ) Chess champioship at Jallandhar, Punjab. Fighting bitter cold and a very tough
opposition, Kidambi lifted the Rathina Nadar trophy to mark a new peak in his career. Born
on 29th December,1982. to doctors ..... |
All
India Inter Universities Tournament, Pilani
Every year a hoard of students from Chennai migrate to the the Birla Institute of
Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, to pursue their higher education. Well, this
time, for a change, a few went there to play Chess... |
Chakravarthy
Wins Tirupur Open
A better progressive score saw K Chakravarthy of Salem clinching the title ahead of IM
T N Parameswaran (Air India) and A L Kasi (P&T) in the third... |
Arvind
Triumphs at SPIC Open, Tuticorin
C. J. Arvind of Loyola College,
Chennai, won the Dr. P. R. Sundaravadivelu Trophy in the SPIC Open FIDE Rated Chess
Tournament, in Tuticorin, recently. He scored seven points... |
Raghuraman
clinches title State Sub Junior Chess Championship
S.Raghuraman, of Sri Narayana Mission School, Chennai, won the 26th Tamil
Nadu State Sub Junior Chess Championships at Mangai Mahal, Thiruthuraipoondi, near
Nagapattinam, with a score of seven points from... |
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