Grandmaster

Published By: Ritayan BasuLast Updated: July 26, 2023, 22:06 ISTIndia's 83rd Aditya S Samant Grand Master (Twitter)To become a Grand Master, a chess player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 Elo points.Aditya S…

Aditya S Samant on Wednesday became India's 83rd chess Grandmaster. The 17-year old Samant, an International Master, became a GM when he started his ninth round game against compatriot Aryan Chopra at the BielChess MTO 2023 tournament. He…

NEW DELHI: In a remarkable achievement, 17-year-old Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaaemerged as the champion in the V Geza Hetenyi Memorial Super GM chess tournament 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.Praggnanandhaa secured 6.5 points, finishing…

Stella Schwartz, 16, hopped on the chess bandwagon earlier this year after hearing about the game from her older brother, Hugh, a high school senior in San Francisco. Alex Post, a freshman at Colorado University, started playing in…

K. Humpy. File photo. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Two-time Asian Games gold medallist Grandmaster Koneru Humpy could give the continental multi-discipline event later this year a miss since the Games are being held in China, the…

Double Asian Games gold medallist Grandmaster Koneru Humpy is unsure about her participation in the continental event later this year as it is being held in the Chinese city of Hangzhou, saying she'll make up her mind closer to the…

Last Updated: March 02, 2023, 16:23 ISTDonnarumma Gukesh becomes the youngest to beat Magnus Carlsen (Photo: Twitter / @DGukesh)The Asian Chess Federation honoured the 16-year-old player with the accolade for clinching the gold medal with a…

Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi became the fourth Indian to stun Norwegian chess wizard Magnus Carlsen, in a Pro Chess League online match. Playing for team Indian Yogis, Gujrathi capitalised on a mistake committed by world number one Carlsen,…

Stockholm: M Pranesh clinched the title in the Rilton Cup, the first tournament of the FIDE Circuit, here to become India's 79th chess Grandmaster. The 16-year-old Pranesh crossed the 2500-rating threshold and became a GM, having completed…

IMAGE: M Pranesh, 16, crossed the 2500-rating threshold and became a GM, having completed his three norms before the Rilton Cup. Photograph: AICF/Twitter M Pranesh clinched the title in the Rilton Cup in Stockholm, the first tournament of…