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Arjun Erigaisi faces daunting challenge at World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship

NEW DELHI: Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi is set to navigate formidable obstacles as he begins his campaign at the prestigious World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship. With aspirations of becoming the first Indian to qualify for the 2026 Candidates' Tournament, Erigaisi trails American Fabiano Caruana in the qualification race. To…

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Chennai Grandmasters: Pranav bags Masters berth with Challenger title win

CHENNAI: V Pranav won the Challenger section of Chennai Grandmasters tournament to make it a double sweet for home state Tamil Nadu.

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Anish downs Anand, Nihal wins again as Knights inch closer to Global Chess League title

NAGPUR: Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave spearheaded the PBG Alaskan Knights, American Gambits and Mumba Masters to resounding victories as the black pieces prevailed in the seventh round of the Global Chess League in London on Tuesday.

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Raunak finishes joint second, Divya third in Abu Dhabi International chess festival

NAGPUR: City's star masters Raunak Sadhwani and Divya Deshmukh missed the podium finish by a small margin in the Masters group of the 30th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival, which concluded late on Saturday.

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Raunak Sadhwani, Divya Deshmukh play seventh round draw in Abu Dhabi chess festival

NAGPUR: Raunak Sadhwani and Divya Deshmukh drew their respective seventh round games in contrasting fashion in the Masters group of the 30th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival on Thursday.

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Raunak Sadhwani regains lead on top, Divya Deshmukh goes down fighting in Abu Dhabi chess festival

NAGPUR: City's first Grandmaster (GM) Raunak Sadhwani defeated compatriot Bharath Subramaniyam to jump to joint lead in the 30th edition of the Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival on Wednesday.

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World junior rapid chess champion Raunak gets silver finish at blitz championship

NAGPUR: Two days after being crowned world junior rapid chess champion, 17-year-old Raunak Sadhwani - city's first Grandmaster - finished second in the blitz format of the U-20 World Championship organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE) which concluded in Italy on Monday.

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Maharashtra's youngest Grandmaster Raunak crowned U-20 world junior rapid chess champion

NAGPUR: One of Nagpur's brightest shining stars, 17-year-old Raunak Sadhwani, added another jewel to his bejewelled crown by emerging the U-20 World Junior Rapid Chess champion in Italy on Friday. Only last week, Raunak - Maharashtra's youngest and Nagpur's only Grandmaster (GM) - helped world no.1 Magnus Carlsen lift his…

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On Carlsen's invite, Raunak helps world no.1 win first European chess title

NAGPUR: City's first Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani was on cloud nine when he got an invite from Magnus Carlsen to play beside him for a club founded by the world no.1 in Oslo, Norway.

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Raunak Sadhwani wins summer classic chess silver in US

NAGPUR: City's first Grandmaster (GM) Raunak Sadhwani proved his mettle by winning silver in the second leg of summer classic tournament organized by Saint Louis Chess Club at Missouri in the USA on Friday.

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Raunak Sadhwani remains unbeaten to clinch Serbia Open Masters chess tourney

NAGPUR: The precocious Raunak Sadhwani is now a master of the Serbia Open. The 17-year-old remained unbeaten to emerge champion in a strong field of 233 participants at the Masters group of Serbia Open chess tournament, which concluded at Belgrade on Monday.

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Tamil Nadu's Rohith holds Belarus GM to win Maharashtra Grandmasters Chess Open

NAGPUR: Tamil Nadu's 20th seeded International Master (IM) Rohith Krishna played out a 39-move draw with Belarus GM Aleksej Aleksandrov to clinch the second Maharashtra International Grandmasters Open at the Naivedhyam Northstar hall, Koradi Road, on Friday.

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Indian masters checkmate British, Russian challenge as Raunak, Vidit win by 12 & 7 points

NAGPUR: Indian youngsters Raunak Sadhwani and Vidit Gujrathi prevailed over their opponent British and Russian Grandmasters respectively to clinch the challenge match of Maharashtra Chess Festival in style at the Naivedhyam Northstar Hall, Koradi Road, on Tuesday.

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Divya Deshmukh wins Asian Continental Women blitz silver in Kazakhstan

NAGPUR: Much like the heroics of Raunak Sadhwani in the fastest format, Divya Deshmukh brought home a silver medal in the Asian Continental Women blitz chess championship at Kazakhstan.

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Raunak makes short work of Short to win Challenge Match with a day, 2 Rapid & 4 Blitz rounds to go

NAGPUR: Maharashtra's youngest Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani dominated the shorter format to take former World Championship Challenger Nigel Short in stride and emerge champion on the penultimate day of their Challenger Match in the state chess festival at Naivedhyam hall, Koradi road, on Monday.

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Vidit, Raunak hold Svidler, Short to maintain lead before shorter formats

NAGPUR: The fourth and final classical games of the Challenger Match in Maharashtra chess festival ended in a draw as Maharashtra's best Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and Raunak Sadhwani maintained a handy three-point advantage over experienced overseas GMs Peter Svidler and Nigel Short on Sunday.

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Indian challengers Vidit, Raunak regain lead with contrasting wins over Svidler, Short

NAGPUR: Saturday saw the return of Indian youngsters Vidit Gujrathi and Raunak Sadhwani in their Challenger Match of Maharashtra chess festival.

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Maharashtra's best Vidit, Raunak falter as Svidler, Short bring parity with easy wins in round 2

NAGPUR: A day after Maharashtra's best Grandmasters gave an emphatic start to their campaign, Vidit Gujrathi and Raunak Sadhwani came under time pressure as experienced overseas GMs Peter Svidler and Nigel Short brought parity in their Challenger Match of the Maharashtra chess festival on Friday.

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Rs 66 lakh prize money Maharashtra international GM chess meet in Nagpur from June 1

NAGPUR: Maharashtra Chess Association (MCA) will conduct the Rs 66 lakh prize money International Grandmaster (GM) chess tournament in the city from June 1 to 9.

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World Blitz championship: Indian GM Sadhwani in 9th spot

ALMATY (Kazakhstan): Teenaged Indian Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani was in the ninth spot in the Open event with 8.5 points after 12 rounds in the FIDE World Blitz Championship here on Thursday.

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Vedika emulates Raunak, Divya's international heroics, wins maiden Asian Schools chess gold in Sri Lanka

NAGPUR: Eight years after city youngsters turned Grandmasters Raunak Sadhwani, Divya Deshmukh and Sankalp Gupta started making their mark around the globe, nine-year-old chess prodigy Vedika Pal pocketed her maiden international gold medal in Sri Lanka.

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Unbeaten Raunak pockets gold in Spain's international chess tourney

NAGPUR: Raunak Sadhwani remained unbeaten to emerge champion in the La Nucia Open international chess tournament in Alicante, Spain, on Sunday.

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We can have next Chess World Champion from India by 2025: Viswanathan Anand

KOLKATA: Viswanathan Anand firmly believes that India has enough talent to produce the next Chess World Champion but not before 2025 since there is no "quicker pathway" and the process to create one will take that much time.

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Raunak rules blitz show in Abu Dhabi with a performance rating of 2755

NAGPUR: Raunak Sadhwani's love for Abu Dhabi is no secret. City's first Grandmaster (GM) was back with a bang at his favourite tournament as he ruled in the blitz event of the 28th Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival on Monday.

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A strong domestic base is propelling Indian chess to great heights

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