The 16-year-old Praggnanandhaa defeated world number one chess player, Magnus Carlsen, on Monday in the eighth round of the ongoing Airthings Masters - an online rapid chess competition.
A day after a stunning victory over world No.1 Magnus Carlsen, the 16-year old scored two wins and drew against Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
A day after a stunning victory over world No.1 Magnus Carlsen, the 16-year old scored two wins and drew against Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
It was Praggnanandhaa's first win in any form of chess against the Norwegian Grand Master and came on the back of having lost three games in a row.
The 29-year-old grandmaster unbeaten through nine rounds and accumulated 6.5 points to finish half a point ahead of Icelandic GM Hannes Stefansson, the runner-up.
World Chess Champion Malika Handa recently took to Twitter to express her anger against Punjab government. She alleged in the tweet, that, Punjab government had promised her reward and a job, which hasn't been fulfilled.
Anand lost by identical 0.5-1.5 margins. After losing to Rauf Mamedov of Azerbaijan in the first round on the opening day on Saturday, the Indian chess ace could not register any win in his two matches on Sunday. He lies in sixth spot with two others.
India, which has qualified for the quarterfinals, will face France in the fifth and final preliminary match later on Wednesday.
The US will face Russia who got the better of China in Wednesday's finale.
12 year old Abhimanyu Mishra from New Jersey on June 30 scored his third GM norm and became the youngest chess grandmaster in history. He already crossed the required 2500 Elo rating barrier.
Mendonca, who achieved the feat at 14 years, 9 months and 17 days, is the second GM from the coastal state.
During normal times, state chess tournaments and others would have been held but it was not to be this year, the official added.
The top-seeded Indians, who were sixth after three rounds, were held to a 2-2 draw by a strong Kazakhstan team, seeded second, in the sixth round.
Te Indian chess team recently emerged joint champions (with Russia) at the recently-concluded FIDE online Chess Olympiad.
The Tamil Nadu player scored seven and half points out of a possible nine with six victories and three draws to finish on top, ahead of many higher-rated Grandmasters, a press release said on Thursday.
India won the chess Olympiad gold for the first time in the tournament's history and the team's skipper Vidit Gujrathi has revealed that this win is on par with how Indian cricket was put on the world map after their 1983 World Cup win against the West Indies in Lords.
The former world champion said "most Indian parents are right" that chess will help their children do better in school.
Vaishali registered a 6-5 win over Bulgarian opponent late on Wednesday after having beaten strong players like Valentina Gunina and Alina Kashlinskaya in the qualifying stages.
USA will meet China in Sunday's Superfinal after they beat the top seeds 2.5-1.5 in the final round later in the day.
India were held to a 2-2 draw against Europe in the Online Nations Cup Chess tournament.
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