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WARSAW, May 19: Former world champion and Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand got off to a flying start in the Rapid section of the Superbet Rapid and Blitz Poland chess tournament here on Thursday, registering wins in the first three rounds. Playing as a wildcard, the Indian chess maestro defeated Radoslaw Wojtaszek of Poland in the first round, before getting the better of American Wesley So and ended the day one of the tournament with a win over Anton Korobov of Ukraine. […]

The Indian GM lies in joint 12th spot after eight rounds with eight points NEW DELHI, Feb 21: Young Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa stunned world no. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament. Praggnanandhaa won with black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation game early on Monday to halt Carlsen’s run of three straight wins. The Indian GM lies in joint 12th spot after eight rounds with eight points. […]

Young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa stunned World No.1 Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament.

Airthings Masters: R Praggnanandhaa defeated world no.1 Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round with black pieces in 39 moves.

Praggnanandhaa defeated the World No. 1 with black pieces, ending Carlsen's 3-match winning run at the Airthings Masters.

Praggnanandhaa won with black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation game.

Chess: P Harikrishna slips to 10th spot, Magnus Carlsen bounces back to top in online championship Harikrishna, who had drawn all his four games on the opening day, went down in round five to Dutch GM Anish Giri and had three draws. Tata Steel Chess/ Facebook Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna slipped to 10th spot after just one win and three draws on day two of the Champions Chess Tour Airthings Masters online chess championship. World champion Magnus Carlsen bounced back to the top. Harikri...