Indian Grand Masters bowed out of title contention in the Gibraltar Chess Festival

January 31, 2020 12:12 PM

Indian Grand Masters bowed out of title contention in the Gibraltar Chess Festival

In Chess, all the four Indian Grand Masters including teen sensation R Praggnanandhaa have bowed out of title contention in the Masters category of 18th Gibraltar Chess Festival in Gibraltar. Grand Master Aryan Chopra secured the best finish among the Indians, taking the 11th place while Karthikeyan Murali was 13th. The experienced K Sasikiran took 18th spot while Praggnanandhaa was 20th. Twenty-one-year old Russian David Paravyan beat compatriot Andrey Esipenko and China's Wango Hao in...

Four Indians in joint 2nd spot after penultimate round of Gibraltar chess

January 30, 2020 12:19 PM

Four Indians in joint 2nd spot after penultimate round of Gibraltar chess

Teen sensation R Praggnanandhaa drew his penultimate round game against Russian Mikhail Kobalia to hold on to the joint second spot, along with four other Indians, in the 18th Gibraltar Chess Festival. Five players shared the lead with seven points after nine rounds in the Masters category of the event yesterday. Wang Hao, David Paravyan, Parham Maghsoodloo, Mustafa Yilmaz and Andrey Esipenko formed the leaders' pack with seven points. A 16-player pack including four Indians -- B Adhiba...