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Sardinia World Chess Festival 2025 Round 7: Christopher Yoo takes the sole lead

01/05/2025 -

The 7th round of the Sardinia World Chess Festival 2025 saw the emergence of a Sole leader for the first time in this event! GM Christopher Yoo defeated GM Francesco Sonis to take the sole leader with an extraordinary 6.5/7 points. IM Miguoel Admiral took down GM Leon Mendonca with the Black pieces in a wild game full of ups and downs. GMs Harshit Raja and SL Narayanan are the top two Indian players at the moment with 5/7 points each. Photo: Niklesh Jain

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Sardinia World Chess Festival 2025 Round 5-6: Christopher Yoo and Loic Travadon share the lead

01/05/2025 -

It was an exciting day of double-round action yesterday at the Sardinia World Chess Festival 2025. After the 5th and 6th rounds, there have emerged two players who are sharing the lead - GM Christopher Yoo and IM Loic Travadon, both on 5.5/6 points. GMs Francesco Sonis and Daniel Dardha are hot on the trail with 5/6 points. Leon Mendonca is leading among the Indian players right now with 4.5/6 points. Photo: Niklesh Jain

Balkishan wins 2nd Maharashtra Chess Festival Below 2200 Rating Tournament 2025

01/05/2025 -

Balkishan A, Advik Amit Agrawal, Kartavya Anadkat and Nameet Chavan scored 7.5/9 each at 2nd Maharashtra Chess Festival Below 2200 Rating Tournament 2025. Balkishan won the tournament due to better tie-break scores. The remaining three were placed second to fourth respectively. Only Kartavya remained undefeated among them. The total prize fund was ₹1000000. The top three prizes were ₹110000, ₹95000 and ₹85000 along with a trophy each. The four-day nine round Below 2200 rating tournament was  organized by Maharashtra Chess Association from 20th to 23rd April 2025 at Amanora Mall in Pune, Maharashtra. This is Balkishan's first rating tournament triumph of the year. Photos: Shahid Ahmed

Arpan Das clear first at Sivasagar Rating Open 2025

01/05/2025 -

Arpan Das scored an unbeaten 8.5/10 to win Sivasagar Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Soram Rahul Singh and FM Kumar Gaurav scored 8/10 each. They secured second and third place according to tie-breaks. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹300000. The top three prizes were ₹35000, ₹25000 and ₹20000 along with a trophy each respectively. The six-day ten round Rating Open tournament was organized by Sivasagar Chess Academy at Milan Mondir in Sivasagar, Assam from 5th to 10th April 2025. This is Arpan's third overall, second consecutive rating tournament triumph of the year in Assam.

Vladimir Fedoseev dominates Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2025, Praggnanandhaa third

01/05/2025 -

Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) scored 26.5/36 to win Grand Chess Tour Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2025 with three rounds to spare. He remained undefeated in Rapid, posted one of the highest scores ever in GCT and suffered only one loss against Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) in Blitz Round 12. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) made a strong comeback on the final day by scoring 7/9, total 21.5/36 to secure second place. R Praggnanandhaa scored 5/9 on the second day of Blitz to finish third with a total score of 20.5/36. The top three prizes were US$ 40000, 30000 and 25000. The next event of the series is Superbet Chess Classic which will take place at Grand Hotel Bucharest in Bucharest, Romania from 7th to 16th May. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

KCA 1st GM R1: Yeshas stuns Semetei Tologon Tegin

01/05/2025 -

12-year-old Yeshas H scored the first upset win over IM Semetei Tologon Tegin (KGZ) in the first round of KCA's God's Own Country 1st GM 2025. The boy managed to promote a second queen and his IM opponent had to resign as the checkmate became inevitable. Adhrit Das Purkayastha, Jude Dorison Gnanaseelan (SRI) and Sinthia Sarkar held GM Alexei Fedorov, GM P Karthikeyan and GM Laxman R R to a draw each respectively. The total prize fund of the tournamet is ₹2000000 in Category A. The top three prizes are ₹300000, ₹200000 and ₹150000. Round 2 starts today at 9:30 a.m. IST. Photos: IA R Anantharam

Aaryan Varshney dominates 1st Maharathi Rapid Rating Open 2025

30/04/2025 -

IM Aaryan Varshney scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win 1st Maharathi Rapid Rating Open 2025. He finished a half point ahead of the field. IM Aaditya Dhingra and FM Garv Gaur scored 8/9 each. They secured second and third place respectively according to tie-breaks. Aaryan defeated Aaditya in the penultimate round. The total prize fund was ₹721111. The top three prizes were ₹51111, ₹41000 and ₹31000 along with a trophy each. The two-day nine round Rapid Rating Open tournament was organized by Maharathi Chess Academy at S G Public Senior Secondary School in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh on 12th and 13th April 2025. This is Aaryan's ninth overall, fourth rating tournament triumph of the year. Photo: Maharathi Chess Academy

Superbet Blitz 2025: Fedoseev regains sole lead, Praggnanandhaa climbs to the second place

30/04/2025 -

Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) maintained his pole position by scoring an unbeaten 8/9 at Grand Chess Tour Superbet Blitz 2025. The only two draws were against R Praggnanandhaa and Alireza Firouzja (FRA). Despite starting with two losses, Praggnanandhaa bounced back strong by scoring 5.5 points in the next seven games. He moved up to the second spot with 15.5/27, 3.5 points behind Fedoseev. Aravindh Chithambaram struggled on the first day of Blitz event by scoring only 3.5 points including a hat-trick of losses. The last nine rounds of Blitz games will be played today starting from 12 p.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

Sardinia World Chess Festival 2025 Round 4: Yoo, Leon and Loic keep the lead

29/04/2025 -

After 4 rounds of play at the Sardinia World Chess Festival 2025, there are 3 players who share the lead with a perfect 4/4 score - GM Leon Mendonca, GM Christopher Yoo, and IM Loic Travadon. The biggest result of the day was undoubtedly IM Loic Travadon winning a fantastic game with the Black pieces against the top Italian seed, GM Francesco Sonis! SL Narayanan scored his 3rd win in a row to chase the leaders with 3.5/4 points. Photo: Niklesh Jain

Sardinia World Chess Festival 2025 Round 3: Leon Mendonca and Harshit Raja among 6 leaders

29/04/2025 -

After the first 3 rounds of play at the Sardinia World Chess Festival, 6 players remain at the top with perfect score. Among the Indian players, Grandmaster Harshit Raja and Leon Mendonca are on a perfect 3/3 points! The 4 other players on 3/3 points are: GM Yahli Sokolovsky (2546), IM Loic Travadon (2451), GM Christopher Woojin Yoo (2588), and the homeboy GM Sonis Francesco (2576). Round 4 starts from 3 PM local time, 6:30 PM IST. Photo: Niklesh Jain

Firouzja, Aravindh and Fedoseev top Superbet Rapid 2025

29/04/2025 -

Aravindh Chithambaram started the day with a scintillating win over Jan-Krzysztof Duda (POL) at Grand Chess Tour Superbet Rapid 2025. He took the game to Duda and the FIDE World Cup 2021 winner did not have a good reply to it. He suffered a loss against the World Blitz 2021 winner, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA. However, he bounced back in the final round with a win over Alireza Firouzja (FRA) who ran out of time. Aravindh joined Firouzja and Vladimir Fedoesev (SLO) at the top of the Rapid standings 11/18 each. R Praggnanandhaa is close behind them at 10/18 along with Levon Aronian (FRA) at shared fourth place. Nine rounds of Blitz games will be played today starting from 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

P Gopinath decimates Chess for Everyone Rating Open 2025 in Madhya Pradesh

29/04/2025 -

The top seed of the tournament, P Gopinath scored an unbeaten 8.5/9 to win Chess for Everyone Rating Open 2025. He finished a full point ahead of others. Four players - Atharv Palta, C Karuppasamy, Mayank Sonare and Binish Kumar Sharma scored 7.5/9 each. They were placed second to fifth respectively. The total prize fund of the tournament was ₹51000. The top three prizes were ₹10000, ₹7000 and ₹5000 along with a trophy each. The five-day nine round Rating tournament was organized by District Chess Association Shahdol at Shreyash Resort in Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh from 2nd to 6th April 2025. This is Gopinath's first rating open tournament triumph of his career. Photo: Amarjeet Bagga

Second edition of The Big Chess Inter-School Tournament begins from 16th May

28/04/2025 -

The Big Chess Inter-School Tournament returns for its second edition from 16th to 18th May 2025 at Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla. Any school-going student (up to 10th standard) is eligible to participate in this event. The entry fee for this event is Rs. 100. This is an 8-round Swiss tournament with a time control of 30 minutes + 30-second increment per move. There will be six age categories with specific eligibility criteria. The top 15 in each category will get exciting prizes. The top two finishers in each category will have the chance to play in a simulation against GM Harshit Raja. Check out the article to learn how to register.

Sardinia World Chess Festival 2025: Francesco topples the top seed, Leon and Harshit make perfect start

28/04/2025 -

The Sardinia World Chess Festival 2025 kicked off yesterday, 27th April at the ITI Marina Orosei Resort in Sardinia, Italy. A total of 219 players are taking part across 3 different categories in Italy's strongest chess tournament! After the first two rounds, we have two of three Indian Grandmasters making a perfect start - Leon Mendonca and Harshit Raja. Francesco Bettali created the biggest upset of Day 1 by defeating the top seed and defending Champion, GM Daniel Dardha! Check out all the biggest results and photos from Day 1 in the report. Photos: Niklesh Jain

Superbet Rapid 2025 R4-6: Firouzja joins Fedoseev in the lead, Aravindh in pursuit

28/04/2025 -

Alireza Firouzja (FRA) joined Vladimir Fedoseev (SLO) in the lead 8/12 at Grand Chess Tour 2025 Superbet Rapid. Firouzja started the day with a win over R Praggnanandhaa when the latter refused to draw by repetition and paid a heavy price for it. Praggnanandhaa drew with Levon Aronian (USA) before finishing the day with another loss, against Veselin Topalov (BUL). Aravindh Chithambaram climbed up to the third spot 7/12. He outplayed former World Champion, Topalov. Then he drew with Fedoseev and David Gavrilescu (ROU) respectively. Praggnanandhaa has slipped to seventh place with a score of 5/12. Round 7 starts today from 2 p.m. local time, 5:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour

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