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Rohit,
Harikrisha & Harika win medals @ Greece
Talented G Rohit of
India played out a hard-fought draw against Marcus Ragger of
Australia in the 11th and final round to clinch the silver medal
in the Under-14 boys category of the World Youth Chess
championship here yesterday.
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Mourel
Jounusof triumphs @ Istanbul
Rajesh Oza was the lone
Indian to win in the ninth and final round and IM Mourel Jounusof
of Kazhakstan became the champion, beating IWM Zsiltzova Lisenko
in the final round of the tenth Individual World Chess
Championship for the Visually Impaired at Istanbul here today.
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Sandipan
shares eighth place @ Bad Weissee
Second seed Russian Grandmaster Konstantin Landa (Elo 2632,
also playing in the Bundesleague for Bremer SG von 1877) took the
first spot in a seven way tie, ahead of GMs Malakhov, Oratovsky,
Aronian, Hertneck, Khenkin with 7.5 points.
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 Silver
for Vijayalakshmi, Russia & China triumph
WGM Subburaman Vijayalakshmi did India proud winning the
silver medal in the top board with a 9.5/13 score, while Russia
and China retained their team titles, at Bled Sports Hall,
here today....More
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 Sandipan
excels in German league
Germany seems to become the favourite chess country of India's
double GM Norm holder Sandipan Chanda. During his second season
in Germany after 2001, Chanda had some fine results beginning with
a joint third place in the "Münsterland Open"...Oliver
Kniest writes from Deutschland
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 Anand
beats Karpov, makes it three-in-a-row
Indian Super Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand came back from a first
game defeat, to down Russian Anatoly Karpov in the finals, at
Bastia, France. Anand clinched his third title in a row with a 4-2
score, winning the final two tie-break games, here today...
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Anand
triumphs at Chess Classic Mainz, Germany
Indian World No. 3, Viswanathan Anand lived up to his reputation
as the world's best rapid chess player with an outright victory
against FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in the
Mainz Chess Classic, here today.
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ROW
triumphs 52-48 @ Moscow, Shirov impressive
Led by India's Viswanathan Anand, the Rest of the World team
scripted a historic triumph at Moscow, here today. Going into the
final round with a big four point cushion, the ROW team held its
own, matching Russia's two wins by an equal number.
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 Anand retains title, wins 4.5 - 3.5
Former World Champion and World No. 3 Viswanathan Anand scored a thrilling
final game victory over Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine, clinching the title 4.5 - 3.5,
making it three-in-a-row... Results | PGN | Game Viewer
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 Ramesh wins British Championship
IM R B Ramesh made history by becoming the first Indian to win the British
Championships after seven decades. India's Mir Sultan Khan had won the British title in
1929, 1932 and 1933 respectively...
Rousing reception accorded to Ramesh
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Gold
for Rohit at World Youth meet, Kuala Lumpur
G Rohit won the individual gold medal on the fourth board even as
the young Indian chess players faltered at the final post to
finish fourth in the World Youth Chess Olympiad that concluded
here on Tuesday.
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WGM Norm for Swati, Indians finish
well July 28
WIM Swati Ghate made her maiden WGM Norm, while Indian stars
Sasikiran and Harikrishna drew their final round games, finishing with 6.5 points, half a point behind the
seven player tie to the top...
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Sasikiran wins at Qingdao
July 8
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran added one more feather to his cap with an emphatic
performance at the Tan Chin Nam Cup Open at Qingdao, China. Scoring 6.5 points from nine games and....
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Deepan
and Tania Champs, India sweeps all medals
July 5
Deepan Chakravarthy and Tania Sachdev clinced the Asian Junior
Boys and Girls championship titles respectively at the end of the
final day's play at Club Palm Bay, Marawila here today. In an
unique result, India swept all the six medals in the two
sections...More
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Kramnik
beats Anand 3.5-2.5
Playing for the first time in an Advanced Chess
Match, Vladimir Kramnik come out the winner after holding to
his over night lead of one point with two draws on the third and
final day. After a well fought draw with Black pieces in game
five, Anand needed a win with white, to stay in the match...but
then we had a Berlin Wall again.
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 Humpy
finishes fifth @ Budapest June
13
Grandmaster Elect Koneru Humpy Humpy defeated Sergei Erenburg of
Israel in the final round finishing in the fifth place with 7.5
points, here today...
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 Kasparov
wins title
June 05
Top seed Gary Kasparov defeated fellow Azerbaijan Grandmaster
Teimour Radjabov 1.5-0.5 in the two game finals, clinching the
Moscow Grand Prix 2002 title. Grandmaster Alexander Khalifman took
the third spot defeating Slovenian Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky
1.5-0.5, here today....Game
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Humpy
shares the title with IM Evegeny Postny May
28
Junior World Champion Koneru Humpy achieved her third and final
Grandmaster Norm and became the Youngest Ever Women to become a
Men Grand Master in the world. The Bank of Baroda Sponsored Koneru
Humpy has setup a new World Record...
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 Anand
wins Eurotel trophy May
05
Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand drew his second game in 34
moves emerging from a Slav defence, defeating the Russian Anatoly Karpov
1.5-0.5 in the mini match, taking the Eurotel trophy, here
today...More |Game Viewer |
PGN | Results
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Goloschapov
wins the Dubai Open 2002
April 25
Grandmaster Alexander
Golshchapov took the title and the winner's purse of USD 5000 at
the Dubai International Open with a quick final round draw against
Grandmaster Andrei Kharlov.
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 Leko
emerges Champion
April 08
Hungarian Super Grandmaster Peter Leko took the first FIDE Grand Prix
title defeating Russian Grandmaster Alexander Grischuk 3-2 in the
sudden death taking the winners cheque of USD 43200, at Dubai here today...More
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 Challenger
tourney for Kramnik announced
Apr
07
Sparkassen Dortmund Chess Meeting 2002 becomes the Einstein Candidates' Tournament,
with seven of the top ten in the world confirming their entries,
in addition to local flavor GM Christopher Lutz. The winner of
this event earns the right to challenge Vladimir Kramnik...More
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 Harika,
Negi, Nikhilesh and Sahithi strike gold
Apr
04
Young Delhi lad, Parimarjan Negi who gave India its first gold medal
led the medal sweep with Harika, Nikhilesh Kumar, Sahiti striking
the gold, while their counterparts striked it rich winning six
more medals...More
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 Kasparov
beats Shirov, makes it four-in-a-row Mar
10
Garry Kasparov claimed a fourth successive title at the Category
20 City of Linares Super GM tournament, widely regarded as the
Wimbledon of chess. Overall it was Kasparov's eighth title win in
Linares, since his first win in 1990...Photos
by Vijay Kumar
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Humpy drops
out Mar
12
Women Grandmaster Koneru Humpy (2539) withdrew from the First Saturday GM
tournament at Budapest, as per reports, reaching here today...
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Harikrishna and Harika take Under-18 titles
Feb 29
Grandmaster P Harikrishna took the Asian Boys Under-18 Boys title with a draw against Tahir Vakhidov in the concluding round
here at the Lakshminivas Palace...
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Pavlodar
triumphs, Delhi finishes fifth Feb
16
A brilliant 2.5-1.5 victory over fifth seed Tehran (Iran) in the final round helped Delhi finish a creditable fifth,
while Pavlodar city team from Kazakhstan took the title with a fantastic 31.5 points with a huge margin of six and a half points...
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