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Anand, Humpy to launch Checkmate Covid ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Mon, May 3 2021 22:12 IST | ​ 17 Views Anand, Humpy to launch Checkmate Covid. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, May 3 : Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand and Asian Games gold medallist Koneru Humpy will kick-start Checkmate Covid -- an All India Chess Federation (AICF) initiative -- on Tuesday to provide medical and financial assistance to those affected by the pandemic. The AICF in a tweet on Monday w...

Collector felicitates Koneru Humpy Updated: Updated: She won the Sportstar’s Sportswoman of the Decade title Share Article She won the Sportstar’s Sportswoman of the Decade title District Collector A. Md. Imtiaz felicitated world rapid chess champion Koneru Humpy for being named the ‘Sportswoman of the Decade (Individual non-Olympic sports)’ at the 2021 Sportstar ACES Awards, by the Sportstar magazine of The Hindu Group. Ms. Humpy, who hails from the city, met the Collector at his of...

Humpy wins BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Tue, Mar 9 2021 10:06 IST | ​ 1 Views   Indias Koneru Humpy has won the womens World Rapid Chess championship beating Lei Tingjie in the Armageddon after the winner was determined through a playoff.. Image Source: IANS News New Delhi, March 9 : Chess player Koneru Humpy won the BBC India Sportswoman of the Year award for 2020. The award was based on a public vote in which Humpy beat sprinter Dutee Chand, ...

Koneru Humpy: Chess player is BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year Last updated on BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year winner Koneru Humpy gives advice to young athletes Chess player Koneru Humpy has won the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award for 2020, following a public vote. The 33-year-old beat sprinter Dutee Chand, airgun shooter Manu Bhaker, wrestler Vinesh Phogat and India hockey captain Rani Rampal to the award. Humpy is the World Rapid Chess champion having won the title in December...

Updated Feb 25, 2021 | 16:35 IST In India, cricket is a religion, where fans and sponsors flock to. But, some companies have not shied away from supporting the less-watched game of chess. Anand Mahindra (File photo)&nbsp When two Anands sign on a deal, it is bound to be of epic proportions! On February 22, Anand Mahindra, chairman of Mahindra Group, took his Twitter followers by surprise when he announced a first-of-its-kind Global Chess League. In the tweet, he n...

Why women lose at chess GM Koneru Humpy and Chinese GM Ju Wenjun at the 2019 Skolkovo Women Grand Prix. Photo: David Llada/Fide 12 min read Share Via Read Full Story When she first started participating in chess tournaments at age 7, Koneru Humpy would play in both draws—of boys and girls. “They considered girls as ‘underdog players’, so I was allowed to participate," she recalls. “But mostly girls themselves didn’t dare do that because the competition (in the boys’ draw) was very...

€29.90 The game and a bit of backstory In this episode we look into a game played by Humpy early in her career against the strong Chinese International Master Shen Yang. Humpy explains at the start of the stream that Shen Yang is a very tactical player and that she has actually had a good score against her playing positionally. However, this one time things panned out a little differently, in that, Humpy, who is usually known for her poise and solidity, found herself deliveri...

BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year nominee Koneru Humpy on her journey to the top of the chess world.

The shortlist for the BBC Indian Sportswoman is announced in Delhi.

The Queen’s Gambit has been conquering Netflix viewing records much like its protagonist, a chess player named Beth Harmon, conquers the chess world. The story is gripping and inspiring. The chess content has been expertly curated, which is pretty rare for a piece of popular entertainment about chess. Nevertheless, one aspect of the show is wildly unrealistic, as Monica Hesse, writing in the Washington Post, and Dylan Loeb McClain, writing in the New York Times, have pointed out: The men Harm...