17-year-old D Gukesh displaces Viswanathan Anand as India's No. 1 chess player
Other Sports | April 22, 2024 7:19 ISTTeenaged Grandmaster D Gukesh became India's number one chess player after a victory in the ongoing World Cup.
Teenaged Grandmaster D Gukesh became India's number one chess player after a victory in the ongoing World Cup.
Viswanathan Anand was the first Indian Chess player to win the Grandmaster title in 1988 and since then 82 Indians have won the prestigious title.
Five-time world champion Vishwanathan Anand was the first Indian chess player to win the Grandmaster title in 1988 and since then 82 Indian players have won the most prestigious Chess title award.
The showpiece event is scheduled from the 28th of July to the 10th of August.
Viswanathan Anand gave Indians a proud moment on Twitter when he posted a selfie with Chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa and grandmaster Sandipan Chanda. Take a look at it here.
Legendary chess player of India Viswanathan Anand finished at third position in Norway Chess tournament. Here are the details.
Anand, who was in second spot behind world No.1 Carlsen after seven rounds, slipped to third with 13 points at the conclusion of the eighth and penultimate round.
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand posted his second win on the trot, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the Classical section to take the lead at the Norway Chess tournament.
The Indian team had shared the title with Russia in the last edition and will look to emerge sole winner this time.
The duo will meet later on Sunday in the fourth and final game. Anand only needs a draw to triumph.
Anand needed 66 moves to beat Kramnik late on Wednesday in a match played as part of the "No-Castling" Chess devised by the Russian GM .
The victory came for the Indian maestro after three straight draws in rounds 10, 11 and 12 against Anish Giri (the Netherlands), Jan-Kryzstof Duda (Poland) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) respectively.
The former world champion had ended up at seventh spot after the Rapid section with nine points. He had posted two wins and drawn five and lost two matches.
The former world champion, playing black pieces, was held to a draw by Croatian GM Ivan Saric in 48 moves in a Sicilian Four Knights variation game.
He had drawn his fourth-round game against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) in 70 moves in an Alekhine variation game.
Anand told Saurabh Chaudhary that he has been hearing fantastic things about the shooters and hope that they would excel in the Olympics too.
At 12 years, four months and 25 days, Mishra achieved the feat after scoring his third GM norm in the April Vezerkepzo tournament in Budapest on Wednesday.
The event was conducted to raise funds for those suffering due to the coronavirus pandemic.
India is currently reeling under a devastating second wave of COVID-19 pandemic with more than three lakh fresh cases and over 3,000 deaths being reported daily.
All funds will go to Red Cross India and the Checkmate Covid fund of the All India Chess Federation (AICF).
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