First Chinese Male World Chess Champion Crowned: On Monday, May 1, 2023, Ding Liren won the men's global chess championship after defeating Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi. After 14 first-round games, the 30-year-ol
14. Divith Reddy becomes the world champion in the U-8 Cadets Championship. Divith Reddy of Hyderabad became champion of the Under-8 World Cadets Chess Championship. He secured 9/11 points equal to compatriot Sattwik Swain. Divith Reddy clinched the gold based on his tiebreak score.He has ...
The President will present the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award to World Chess Champion D Gukesh, Double Medalist in Paris Olympics Manu Bhaker, Indian Hockey Team Captain Harmanpreet Singh, and Gold Medalist in Paris Paralympics Praveen Kumar. Arjun Award will be given to 32 players. These...
Iranian refugee Alireza Firouzja defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in the final of the $78,000 Banter Blitz Cup. Alireza Firouzja left his native Iran, due to its policy of forbidding games against Israeli opponents, and now plays under the Fide global chess body flag....
The elections to the world chess body were held during the FIDE Congress, conducted alongside the 44th Chess Olympiad.Viswanathan AnandViswanathan Anand, the legendary Indian chess player and five-time world champion, began playing chess at six years old after learning the game from his mother. ...
In Chess, Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa clinched the prestigious Tata Steel Masters 2025 title in a thrilling showdown, defeating reigning World Champion D. Gukesh in a nail-biting tiebreaker at Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands.This victory makes R. Praggnanandhaa the first Indian since ...
These games are a testament toHou Yifan’scapabilities. Even when theformer and current World championface her, she can hold them off. Conclusion We as chess fans have high expectations forHou Yifan. Even at the age of27we still expect her to come back to the game. Possibly to compete at...
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand finished second at the Isle of Man Chess Championship at Douglas. He defeated the Chinese grandmaster Hou Yifan in the ninth and final round. He took 53 moves to overpower Yifan to finish with 7 points. Anand shares second position with America's ...
Extensive sport-specific deliberate practice (DP) is thus a pre-requisite to world-class performance in sports with a large participant base. A widely held view, based on seminal work in chess [261] and music [262], is that 10 years and 10,000 h of DP are necessary and sufficient to...
Kush was honoured for his three-gold medal wins at the first ever Western Youth Chess Championship 2016 at UAE. He has also won the U-7 Maharashtra State Championship 2016 title and the World Schools Under 7 Blitz champion in Sochi (Russia)....