Another unedited excerpt from my upcoming autobiography: I wanted to make history. For that, I would need to use this event (New York Open) to show the world I was more than just a public interest story. I got...
Tej Kumar becomes India’s 50th Grandmaster
Grandmaster Tej Kumar felicitated September 8, 2017 CT BUREAU Mysuru, September 8:- First grandmaster of Karnataka, M S Tej Kumar was felicitated by District Chess Association at Mysuru Press Club here on Friday. “I was able to achieve this...
Awonder Liang, America’s newest GM at 14
Congratulations to Awonder Liang, America’s newest Grandmaster, and currently the youngest Grandmaster in the world. His title has just been officially approved by FIDE.
Girls’ Chat During Lunch At SPICE Chess Camp
Girls’ Chat During Lunch At Chess Camp 2 young girls (one African American and the other one is white) were talking during lunch (about 9-11 years old) at SPICE Chess Camp. The younger one said I want to be...
Akshat Chandra & Ruifeng Li officially become GM
GM FED Baghdasaryan, Vahe ARM Henriquez Villagra, Cristobal CHI Fang, Yuxiang CHN Lei, Tingjie CHN Arenas, David COL Ziska, Helgi Dam FAI Aryan Chopra IND Lorparizangeneh, Shahin IRI Stella, Andrea ITA Warakomski, Tomasz POL Jurcik, Marian SVK Bogdanovich, Stanislav...
Could Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa be the youngest GM in history?
LONDON • An 11-year-old Indian boy with a very long name is changing chess history. Already the youngest international master (IM), the Chennai prodigy is likely to eclipse Sergey Karjakin’s longstanding world record as the only pre-teen player to...
India: The next Chess Powerhouse with Homegrown Talents
‘India can be next USSR in producing chess Grandmasters’ By IANS | Published: 17th October 2016 12:37 PM | Last Updated: 17th October 2016 12:37 PM CHENNAI: A slight tweaking of the national chess championship rules, increasing the prize...
List of FIDE titles approved by the General Assembly in Baku, Azerbaijan
FIDE publishes the list of titles approved by the General Assembly held in Baku, Azerbaijan on 11-13 September 2016. More here: http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9828-list-of-titles-approved-by-the-general-assembly-in-baku-azerbaijan.html GM FED Preotu, Razvan CAN Moussard, Jules FRA Lomsadze, Davit GEO Heimann, Andreas GER Svane, Rasmus GER Gledura,...
First Goan GM-elect
Anurag Mhamal is first Goan to become Grand Master (elect) He will now need 48 more points to officially get title certificate from World Chess Federation 01 Aug, 2016, 06:18AM IST PANJIm: Dempo Goodwill Ambassador (promoted by Devashri Real...
Legendary GM Bill Lombardy about to be evicted from his NY City apartment
An End to a Chess Grandmaster’s Eviction Battle Could Be Near The Appraisal By MATT A.V. CHABAN MARCH 14, 2016 William J. Lombardy was in the midst of explaining the virtue of the Philidor Defense when a knock came...