Former Under 16 world chess champion SP Sethuraman of PSPB bounced back from his second round loss to score a crucial win over Deep Sengupta also of PSPB, third highest ranked player of the tournament in the third round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur…
Bodda Pratyusha’s winning spree was halted by V Varshini in the fourth round of the Ramratna National Women’s Chess Championship that is taking place at Kolkata. Varshini went for a big king side offensive against Pratyusha’s Sicilian defence. Pratyusha won three pieces for the queen. Varshini repeated the position with…
Neelotpal Das of PSPB inflicted a shocking defeat on the defending champion SP Sethuraman, also of PSPB in the second round of the ONGC 53rd National Premier Chess Championship, organised by Tiruvarur District Chess Association at Kasi’s Inn, Tiruvarur today. On the day of upsets, IM Arghyadip Das of Railways…
The fourth National Amateur Chess Championship is on from November 15-20, 2015 at New Delhi. It is organised by the Delhi Chess Association. International Arbiter Sakti Prabhakar from Chennai is the chief arbiter. The Amateur Chess Championships are played for those with less than 2000 Elo. The top finishers will…
Round three of the Ramratna National Women’s Premier Chess Championships saw shocking results. Top seed and defending champion Padmini Rout of Odisha and her expected challenger R Vaishali of Tamil Nadu tasted their first defeats at Kolkata. Former champion and world junior girls champion, Soumya Swaminathan beat Vaishali with the…