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• Monnisha from Chess Gurukul wins National Under 13
• Michelle and Mugil of Chess Gurukul leading in TN State Under 15
• Divyalakshmi of Chess Gurukul wins a cycle at PSBB tournament!
• Chess Gurukul’s Monnisha in lead in National Under 13
• Shyam, Nitin lead after 8 rounds in Asian Juniors
• Bharathi and Pratyusha among leaders
• Kokarev Dimitry Wins Mayor’s Cup
• Chessgurukul Girls Sweep State U-13
• Anand to play in London Chess Classic 2010
• Mahalakshmi and Ashwini in lead
• Swati Mohota wins Womens FIDE rating tournament at Sangli
• One of the best games in my life! – game analysis by IM Shyam Sundar
• Outposts in Chess – Kavinayan Sivakumar
• 2nd GM Norm for Adhiban, Kravtsiv Martyn Champion
• Kunal wins Tamilnadu State Open
• Maiden GM Norm for 13-year-old Vaibhav Suri, final WGM Norm for Padmini Rout
• Three Share lead in Tamilnadu State championship
• Maxim Turov leads 7/8, Rathnakaran stuns GM Vokarev
• Anand wins 12th game, retains world title, 6.5 – 5.5
• Adverse Situations off the Board By WIM Saimeera Ravi
• Kunal surges ahead in TN State
• Nine players Share lead in Tamilnadu state
• Dreev among leaders @ SCS Grandmaster Open, Bhubaneswar
• Punishing in Chess – Kavinayan Sivakumar
• Laxman & Harika emerge Commonwealth Champions
• Interview of Grandmaster Alon Greenfeld
• CGOnline – Contact Us
• Parimarjan Negi shares lead, Priyadharshan holds Dreev @ Commonwealth, Delhi
• An experiment with TIME
• Initiative in Chess – Kavinayan Sivakumar
• Payment Details
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• CGOnline FAQ
• 24th National U-13 Boys & Girls Chess Championship 2010
• Game 11 drawn, Anand-Topalov tied 5.5 each
• Anand-Topalov battle poised @ 5-5, with two games to go
• Game 8 Topalov beats Anand, equalises 4-4
• 58th TN State Senior FIDE Rated Chess Championship
• Kasparov Chess Academy Children’s Tournament
• 21st TN State U-17 Boys and Girls Chess Championship
• 5th Rock and Rock Tamil Nadu State Level Children and Open Chess Tournament
• Game 7 drawn, Anand leads Topalov 4-3
• Girish Koushik is Karnataka State Rapid Chess Champion
• 33 board Simul display by GM Alon Greenfeld
• Anand-Topalov World Championship 2010 – A survey
• Chess Camp concludes at Chess Gurukul
• Grandmaster R B Ramesh analyses World Championship on SKYPE
• Game 6 drawn, Anand leads Topalov 3.5-2.5
• Grandmaster Alon Greenfeld camp at Chess Gurukul
• Special ICC membership offer!!
• Game 5 drawn, Anand leads Topalov 3-2
• Girish Koushik emerges as Karnataka State Champion
• Game 4 – Anand routs Topalov, leads 2.5-1.5
• Girish & Stany share lead @ Mangalore
• Game 3 drawn, Anand – Topalov tied @ 1.5-1.5
• Stany and Nihal Manjunath in joint lead @ Mangalore
• Game 2 – Anand beats Topalov, levels scores 1-1
• Stany wins opener @ Karnataka State FIDE Rated Open, Mangalore
• Game 1 – Topalov beats Anand, takes early lead
• Its Grunfeld in Game 1, Topalov holds the edge with knight sacrifice
• Topalov plays white in Game 1, starting Saturday, 24th April
• Manjula ties for the top spot @ TN State Under-11, Karaikudi
• Chess training camp concludes at Chess Gurukul
• Anand in Sofia – FIDE postpones Game 1 by a day
• Icelandic Volcano effect – Anand seeks 3 days postponement
• Girish Koushik & Gangamma are Karnataka Under-13 Champions
• Girish Koushik leads 5/5 @ Karnataka State Under 13 Championship
• IM Norm for Tejas Ravichandran @ Dubai Open 2010
• Neelotpal Das & Vikramaditya Kamble share lead @ Tata Open, Jamshedpur
• Tejas Ravichandran & Satyapragyan excel @ Dubai Open 2010
• Sharan Rao & Manasa emerge Karnataka Under 11 Champions
• Arjun Bharat leads in Karnataka State Under 11 Championship
• Akshita Gorti wins Pennsylvania State championship in K-3
• Raghunandan & Swathi Bhat emerge Karnataka Under-9 champions
• Swathi Bhat & Pranav Reddy off to winning start @ Karnataka Under 9 chess
• Sai Krishna 6.5/8 in sole lead @ National Blind “A” chess, Mumbai
• Sai Krishna leads 6/7 @ National Blind “A” Chess, Mumbai
• Jagadish & Kushi emerge Karnataka Under-7 Champions
• Varun Krishnan excels @ Agoura Hills, USA
• 38th Tamil Nadu State FIDE Rated Women’s Chess Championship
• Venkat Iyer ties for first in U-1800 section @ Mid America Open
• Carlsen retains No.1 spot, 8 Indians above 2600 mark @ FIDE Rating List March 2010
• 13-year-old Richard Rapport becomes a Grandmaster
• 2nd Manali International FIDE Rating Chess Tmt
• Interview of Ch. Divyasri
• 2nd Tata All India Open
• North 24 PGS FIDE Rated Chess
• GM Norms for Deep Sengupta & Arghyadip Das @ Cannes Open, France
• Purbachal Sakti Sangha FIDE Rated
• National Under-11 Boys & Girls
• 23rd TN State U-11 Boys & Girls Chess Championship
• PSPB Childrens Chess Tournament
• GM Norm for Harika @ Reykjavik Open 2010
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• Air India wins National Club Team Chess Championship 2010, PSPB second
• Abhijeet Gupta in four way tie @ Reykjavik Open 2010
• Harika holds GM Stefansson @ Reykjavik Open 2010
• Ashwini, Pranav Vijay, Dharani Sree shine @ R Muthusamy Memorial FIDE Rating, Erode
• Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy wins women’s title @ National Club Teams, Gurgaon
• Air India beats Railways “A”, maintains lead
• Air India shocks PSPB, moves into sole lead
• Topalov emerges Linares 2010 Champion, Grischuk finishes second
• Parimarjan Negi shares second spot @ Cappelle la Grande 2010
• Grischuk stuns Topalov, title race hots up @ Linares
• Harini stuns Mary Ann Gomes, PSPB & Air India share lead
• Dharani Sree of Chess Gurukul wins TN State Under 12 Rapid title
• Petroleum Sports Board share lead, Kerala stun Tamil Nadu
• Round 8 Linares – Grischuk beats Gashimov, reduces lead
• Le Quang Liem 7/9 wins Aeroflot Open 2010
• Round 7 Linares – Three quiet draws, Topalov leads 5/7
• Round 6 Linares – Vallejo Pons lets Topalov off the hook
• Round 5 Linares – Topalov beats Grischuk in a see-saw game
• Round 4 Linares – Topalov & Grischuk maintain lead
• Commonwealth Championships 2010 @ New Delhi announced
• Round 3 Linares – Aronian lets Topalov slip away with a draw
• Sasikiran holds top seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Le & Nguyen share lead
• Round 2 Linares – Grischuk & Topalov post wins, share the lead
• Sasikiran 4/6, Le, Nguyen, Grachev share lead @ Aeroflot Open 2010
• Vallejo Pons holds Topalov @ Linares 2010
• Sasikiran holds Cheparinov, Le, Nguyen & Grachev share lead @ Aeroflot Open 2010
• Nepomniachtchi, Bareev post wins, Le & Nguyen share lead @ Aeroflot Open 2010
• Chernyshov Konstantin surprise winner @ Moscow Open 2010, Sasikiran finishes fifth
• Cheparinov beats McShane, Le Quang Liem leads 3/3 @ Aeroflot Open 2010
• Le Quang Liem stuns Etienne Bacrot @ Aeroflot Open 2010
• Top seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave held by Andriasian @ Aeroflot Open 2010
• A Lousy Soap Sonnet
• Le Quang Liem upsets Sasikiran, shares lead @ Moscow Open 2010
• Sasikiran 6/7 in sole lead @ Moscow Open 2010
• Michael Adams champion, semi-final exit for Sandipan @ Gibtelecom Masters
• Sandipan Chanda in play-off for Gibtelecom title
• Maxim Turov 9.5/11 is Chennai Open 2010 Champion
• Lalith Babu makes 10 game GM Norm, Turov leads 9/10 @ Chennai Open 2010
• Maiden GM Norm for Siddharth, IM Norms for Swayams Mishra, Ankit Rajpara, Vaibhav Suri, Fenil Shah @ Chennai Open 2010
• Carlsen triumphs @ Corus Wijk Aan Zee 2010, Anish Giri wins Group B title
• IM Norms for Shyam Nikhil, Anwesh & Siddharth, Turov leads 7.5/8 @ Chennai Open 2010
• Anand beats Kramnik, Carlsen leads 8/12 @ Corus Wijk Aan Zee 2010
• Lalith Babu 6.5/7 shares lead with GM Maxim Turov
• Carlsen 7.5/11 joins Kramnik in lead @ Corus Wijk Aan Zee 2010
• Lalith Babu stuns GM Zubarev, Arun Karthik holds Iuldachev @ Chennai Open 2010
• Anand beats Shirov, Kramnik leads 7/10 @ Corus Wijk Aan Zee
• Siddharth upsets GM Ziaur Rahman, leads with GM Maxim Turov @ Chennai Open 2010
• Anwesh, Ankit, Siddharth among leaders, Vaibhav Suri stuns GM Pavel Kotsur
• Kramnik beats Carlsen, shares lead with Shirov 6.5/9
• Lalith, Anup, Meenakshi among leaders @ Chennai Open 2010
• Kumaran holds GM Dibyendu Barua to a draw, as Chennai Open 2010 begins
• Kramnik beats Nakamura, Shirov leads 6/8
• Nakamura downs Shirov, Carlsen beats Ivanchuk, Negi-Hari drawn
• Shirov leads 5.5/6, Anand-Carlsen drawn, Erwin L’Ami beats Parimarjan Negi
• Maghami is Parsvnath Champ, Deep Sengupta 8.5/11 ties for the fourth spot
• Luca joins Maghami in lead, Deep Sengupta right behind @ 8/10 @ Parsvnath International Open, New Delhi
• Parimarjan Negi beats GM Varuzhan Akobian, Shirov leads 5/5
• India clinch bronze, Ganguly & Arun Prasad win board prizes @ World Team Chp, Turkey
• Deep Sengupta stuns GM Maxim Turov, Maghami leads 8/9 @ Parsvnath International Open, New Delhi
• Harikrishna beats Naiditsch, Anand-Nakamura drawn, Shirov leads 4/4
• Arghyadip Das stuns GM Jumabayev, Maghami shares leads 7/8
• Shirov, Carlsen, Nakamura, Ivanchuk win with black pieces, Dominguez holds Anand
• Tania Sachdev holds top seed GM Le Quang Liem, Maghami 6.5/7 leads @ 8th Parsvnath Open, New Delhi
• Shirov leads 2/2, Anand held by Short @ Corus Wijk Aan Zee 2010
• Lalith Babu stuns GM Ziaur Rahman, Muralikrishnan holds Le Quang Liem
• 13-year-old Ilya Nyzhnyk wins Groningen Open
• Amber 2010 field announced, Anand & Topalov opt out
• Karjakin-Anand drawn, Hari goes down to Anish Giri @ Corus Wijk Aan Zee 2010
• Maghami, Iuldachev & Dimakiling share lead @ 8th Parsvnath Open, New Delhi
• Pranav Vijay ties for third spot @ Children’s Club, Chennai
• Rajesh holds GM Dzhumaev, Abhishek Das stuns GM Pavel Kotsur @ 8th Parsvnath Open, New Delhi
• GMs Lenic Luca, Jumabayev held to draw @ 8th Parsvnath Open, New Delhi
• Ganguly beats Postny, as India stuns Israel 2.5-1.5 in the penultimate round
• Nakamura’s USA march on, Gopal’s win takes India past Egypt 2.5-1.5
• Sasikiran, Ganguly, Harikrishna in fighting draws, India lose narrowly to Russia
• National Team Chess Championship @ Haryana from 21-27, Feb 2010
• Sasikiran shocks Aronian as India hold Armenia 2-2, Russia & USA share lead
• Harikrishna, Sasikiran win as India beat Turkey 3-1, & shares lead
• Sasikiran & Ganguly steal the show, as India stun Azerbaijan 2.5-1.5
• Carlsen is World No.1, Adhiban, Vidit cross 2500 mark @ FIDE Rating list Jan 2010
• Anand is World Champion Again!
• USA beat India 3-1, Greece stun Russia 2.5-1.5 @ World Team Chp, Turkey
• Arun Prasad helps India beat Greece 2.5-1.5 @ World Team Chp, Turkey
• Grischuk wins Russian Super Finals @ Moscow
• Youthful India upto the challenge @ World Team Championship, Turkey
• Haribalu wins Madras Mount KCF FIDE Rating tournament @ Chennai
• India “A” & Vietnam emerge Asian Team Champions 2009 @ Calcutta
• Korchnoi and Spassky match end 4-4
• Ashwini and Monnisha in joint lead at KCF event
• 5th Asian Schools Chess Championship, Colombo – follow up report
• Chess Gurukul’s Adithya Sadhu wins bronze in National U-7, Ahmedabad
• Manjula wins team Gold and individual Silver in Asian School Chess Festival
• Vishnu Prasanna wins Jeru Chess IM Hannukah tournament @ Jerusalem
• Chess Gurukul Students do well in the National Under -13
• G K Monnisha awarded Woman FIDE Master title
• Anand-Topalov World Championship 2010 contract signed
• Adhiban 9.5/12 wins National Championship with a round to spare
• Ivana, Lalith Babu & Yashas strike GOLD @ Commonwealth Championship 2009, Singapore
• Lasya, Shardul Gagare, Girish Koushik lead @ U-13 Nationals, New Delhi
• Carlsen triumphs @ London Chess Classic, Kramnik finishes second
• Nisha, Nandhidhaa & Lasya share lead @ U-13 Nationals, New Delhi
• Gelfand beats Ponomariov, wins World Cup @ Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
• Sethuraman, Kidambi & Vidit finish behind Adhiban @ Premier Nationals, Mumbai
• Monnisha & Michelle in joint lead in National U-13 @ New Delhi
• Vidit, Sethuraman stun GMs, Adhiban leads 8.5/11 @ Premier Nationals, Mumbai
• Dronavalli Harika 8.5/11 emerges National Women Champion, Meenakshi takes the runner-up spot
• IM Norm for Rahul Sangma, Adhiban 8/10 leads @ Premier Nationals, Mumbai
• Kramnik wins second-consecutive-game, Carlsen leads @ London Chess Classic
• Harika, Meenakshi in title race, Bhakti becomes WIM @ National Women Premier, Chennai
• Sriram Jha becomes a GM, Swapnil Dhopade completes International Master title @ Premier Nationals, Mumbai
• Meenakshi 7/8, Harika 6.5/8 keep winning @ National Women Premier, Chennai
• Adhiban beats GM Tejas Bakre, earns his maiden GM Norm @ Premier Nationals, Mumbai
• Carlsen beats Kramnik, McShane downs Short @ London Chess Classic
• Meenakshi, Harika stay ahead @ National Women Premier, Chennai
• Ponomariov beats Malakhov, takes on Gelfand in the World Cup finals
• Meenakshi on a roll 5.5/6 @ National Women Premier, Chennai
• Adhiban beats Sriram Jha, shares lead @ Premier Nationals, Mumbai
• National Women Premier Chess Championship 2009 – Picture Gallery
• Karjakin – Gelfand 0-1, Ponomariov – Malakhov 1/2 @ World Cup, Russia
• Bhakti downs Soumya, Meenakshi beats Tania & leads, @ National Women Premier, Chennai
• Adhiban, Sethuraman scalp GMs, Jha increases lead @ Premier Nationals, Mumbai
• Meenakshi & Harika share lead @ National Women Premier, Chennai
• Sriram Jha beats GM Abhijeet Gupta, leads @ Premier Nationals, Mumbai
• Gelfand & Ponomariov in semi-finals @ World Cup, Russia
• Dual Role dilemma – Parent or Coach ?
• 5 day chess camp @ Chess Gurukul from Friday 4th December
• Malakhov, Karjakin enter semi-finals @ World Cup, Russia
• Harika, Tania, Meenakshi among leaders @ National Women Premier, Chennai
• Arun Prasad and Sriram Jha share lead @ Premier Nationals, Mumbai
• Harika beats Pon Krithika, shares lead @ National Women Premier, Chennai
• Abhijeet Gupta & Himanshu Sharma join leaders @ Premier Nationals, Mumbai
• Karjakin, Malakhov make a winning start in the quarter-finals @ World Cup, Russia
• Savetha upsets WGM Aarthie, Kruttika wins @ National Women Premier, Chennai
• Gashimov, Malakhov enter quarter-finals @ World Cup, Russia
• Kidambi beats GM Neelotpal Das, shares lead @ Premier Nationals, Mumbai
• Prathamesh Mokal stuns GM Deepan Chakkravarthy @ 47th Premier Nationals, Mumbai
• Nakamura beats Carlsen 3-1, wins BNbank Blitz Norway 2009
• Svidler, Mamedyarov, Karjakin enter quarter-finals @ World Cup, Russia
• Humpy leads the “Snowdrops” team against “Old-hands”
• 47th Indian Premier National Championship begins, Padmini lone woman challenger
• Mamedyarov, Svidler post 4th round wins @ World Cup, Russia
• Karjakin, Gelfand enter Round 4, Bologan, Eljanov exit @ World Cup, Russia
• Polgar holds Gelfand 1-1, Wesley So eliminates Gata Kamsky @ World Cup, Russia
• Sethuraman strikes Gold, Vidit Gujrathi, Ivana Maria Furtado & Karthikeyan Murali clinch Silver, Bronze for Sai Krishna & Saranya
• Gelfand beats Polgar, Wesley So stuns Gata Kamsky @ World Cup, Russia
• Svidler, Polgar, Karjakin win tie-breaks, move into third round @ World Cup, Russia
• Carlsen is the world blitz champion, Anand takes the runner-up spot
• Shock exits for Ivanchuk, Morozevich, Radjabov – Indian challenge ends
• Bacrot downs Sasikiran, favorites Ivanchuk, Svidler, Radjabov, Morozevich suffer upset defeats
• Sasikiran in second round, Negi goes down to Milov @ World Cup, Russia
• Chanda, Ganguly enter Round 2, Negi-Milov, Sasikiran-Erwin L’Ami tied 1-1, Kunte, Gupta & Jha exit
• Ganguly, Chanda, Parimarjan begin on a winning note @ World Cup, Russia
• Adhiban, Vidit, Sethuraman improve medal prospects @ World Youth Chess, Turkey
• Soumya Swaminathan & Maxime Vachier-Lagrave emerge World Junior Champions @ Argentina
• Sai Krishna, Vidit Gujrathi & Sethuraman lead @ World Youth Chess, Turkey
• Vidit Gujrathi & Sethuraman share lead, Adhiban in second spot @ World Youth Chess, Turkey
• World Youth Chess Championship 2009, Turkey – Gallery
• Carlsen 17/23 inches ahead of Anand @ World Blitz Chess, Moscow
• Vaibhav Suri & Vidit Gujrathi (5.5/6) among leaders at World Youth Chess, Turkey
• Anand 9/11 leads @ World Blitz Chess, Moscow, Carlsen 8.5/11 close behind
• World Youth Chess Championship 2009 – GM Ramesh’s perspective
• Sethuraman, Vidit, Aditya Udeshi 3/3 lead Indian fortunes @ World Youth Chess, Turkey
• Abhijeet Gupta (7.5/9) shares the title @ Bad Wiessee, Germany
• Jain Shreyansh Daklia stuns GM Ter-Sahakyan Samvel @ World Youth Chess, Turkey
• Kramnik wins the Tal Memorial title, Anand loses to Aronian
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• World Youth begins @ Turkey, Indians ready for the challenge
• Gelfand-Anand drawn, Carlsen sweeps Ponomariov, Kramnik leads 5.5/8
• Anand-Morozevich drawn, Kramnik leads 5/7 @ Tal Memorial, Moscow
• Vidit Gujrathi emerges U-15 champion, Rucha Pujari & Shalmali Gagare finish on top in Girls section
• Carlsen-Anand drawn, Kramnik beats Ponomariov and leads 4.5/6 @ Tal Memorial, Moscow
• Anand beats Leko @ Tal Memorial, shares lead with Kramnik
• Team Mixed Rapid Bronze for India @ Asian Indoors Vietnam
• World Juniors 2009 – GM Magesh Chandran’s Diary – Conclusion part 2
• Anand beats Svidler, shares lead with Aronian, Kramnik
• Kramnik beats Svidler, moves into sole lead, Ponomariov-Anand drawn
• Cebalo & Gaprindashvili triumph @ World Senior Championship, Italy
• Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 8/9 moves into sole lead
• World Juniors 2009 – GM Magesh Chandran’s Diary – Conclusion part 1…
• Srinath Narayanan 6.5/7 shares lead with Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
• Kramnik holds Anand, other games drawn
• Ivanchuk holds Anand in the opener, Kramnik lets Carlsen off the hook
• Tal Memorial 2009 set to begin, Anand, Carlsen, Kramnik in an interesting field
• Shalmali Gagare in lead, four share lead in Boys U-15 Nationals, Mumbai
• Anand outplays Karpov 3.5-0.5, takes Corsica Rapid title
• FIDE releases World Cup 2009 Round 1 pairings – Seven Indians in fray
• Zhigalko 10/12 closes in on Boys title, Soumya slips to second spot
• Harika & Sasikiran strike bronze for India @ Asian Indoor Games, Vietnam
• Soumya leads 8.5/11, Vachier-Lagrave catches up with Zhigalko in Boys section
• World Junior 2009 – GM Magesh Chandran’s Diary – End of round 10
• Carlsen is World No.2, fifteen Indians cross 2500 mark in November 2009 rating list
• Harikrishna wins Chigorin Memorial Blitz @ St.Petersburg
• Soumya Swaminathan & Zhigalko in lead @ World Juniors, Argentina
• India wins bronze in Team Mixed Blitz chess @ Asian Indoor Games, Vietnam
• Asian Games at Vietnam – GM Ramesh’s diary
• Azerbaijan wins European Team title @ Novi Sad, Russia takes Silver, Ukraine takes the third spot
• Soumya Swaminathan 7/9 in joint lead, Adhiban, Lalith, Karthikeyan improve
• Vachier-Lagrave catches up with Zhigalko, Soumya Swaminathan 6/8 among leaders
• Phoobalan emerges Citadel Open Champ ahead of Praveen Kumar & Venkatesh
• Praveen Kumar 8/9 leads @ Citadel FIDE Rated Open
• Soumya joins Padmini in the second spot, Adhiban & Ashwin Jayaram move ahead
• Padmini Rout leads 5/6 @ World Juniors, Argentina
• World Junior 2009 – GM Magesh Chandran’s Diary – End of Round 5
• Ray Robson becomes Grandmaster @ 14 years, 11 months & 16 days
• Tiviakov wins Univé Chess @ Hoogeveen
• Padmini Rout & Lalith Babu lead the Indian challenge @ Argentina
• Sofia to host Anand-Topalov world championship match from 5th April, 2010
• Anand to play Corus A, Harikrishna & Negi @ Corus B
• Adhiban holds top seed VACHIER-LAGRAVE Maxime (2713), Indians off to a moderate start
• Tiviakov holds Ivanchuk, maintains lead
• World Junior 2009 – GM Magesh Chandran’s Diary
• Tiviakov beats Polgar, snatches lead
• Mary Ann Gomes, Adhiban lead Indian challenge as World Juniors begin @ Argentina
• Anish Giri shares lead, Tiviakov holds Ivanchuk
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• Anish Giri holds Ivanchuk @ Hoogeveen
• Anish Giri holds Tiviakov, shares lead
• Jorge Cori becomes World’s youngest Grand Master
• German Bundesliga begins from 17th October
• Luck, Positive Thinking, Skill?
• Anwesh Upadhyaya & Saranya emerge Under 17 Champions
• Dileep Kumar and Tejaswi emerge champions
• Xu Yuhua 8/11 wins FIDE Grand Prix @ Nanjing
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• Anwesh Upadhyaya leads, Nitin & Swayams Mishra close behind
• Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov wins European Club cup 2009
• Saranya 8.5/9 @ National Under 17 Championship
• Carlsen wins Pearl Spring title with a round to spare
• Wonderful!
• A Game of Dodgeball
• Be positive… u ll never know wat that does to ppl around u…
• Carslen wins Nanjing with 8 out of 10!
• Good to see the initiative!
• Teaching chess to my daughter :)
• Sethuraman and Bhakti Kulkarni emerge National Junior Champions
• Carlsen beats Wang Yue, closer to Nanjing Pearl Spring title
• Jaigopal Garodia TN State Level Childrens Tournament
• SFC TN State Level Open Chess Tournament
• 5th Sairam’s Students Open Chess Tmt
• Carslen maintains the two point lead at Nanjing after 7 rounds
• Interview of Grandmaster Tiger Hillarp Persson (Sweden)
• Carslen takes early lead at Nanjing Pearl Spring
• Iniyan beats Adithya Sadhu, moves into sole lead
• Nigel Short triumphs over Efimenko 3.5-2.5
• Adithya Sadhu & Lakshmi move in sole lead
• Tamil Nadu State Chess Association awards 2009
• Carslen beats Topalov to enhance his lead at Nanjing!
• Iniyan in joint lead
• Sasikiran leads the list of Indian qualifiers for the World Cup
• Pictures from National Juniors 2009
• 1st Jagadeeswari Ammal inter school chess tournament
• Sethuraman & Bhakti Kulkarni lead, Rajesh holds Adhiban
• Short leads Efimenko 3-2
• Grunfeld System
• Lalith Babu & Bhakti Kulkarni maintain lead
• Magnus Carlsen to train with Garry Kasparov
• Bhakthi Kulkarni stuns Padmini Rout, increases lead
• Kasparov beats Karpov in the return match 3-1
• Parimarjan & Sandipan cross 2600 mark in September FIDE list
• Adhiban & Bhakti Kulkarni maintain lead
• Interview with GM Le Quang Liem – 4th Kolkata GM Open Winner
• Adhiban & Ramnath Bhuvanesh share lead
• Adhiban, Lalit Babu, Shyam Nikhil among leaders
• Bhausaheb Padsalgikar is no more
• Adhiban leads the challenge in the National Juniors 2009
• Lakshmi Sahiti wins National Women “B” title
• Grischuk, Karjakin finish behind Aronian at Bilbao
• USCL Philadelphia Inventors: Week 2 Commentary – Kavinayan Sivakumar
• Aronian beats Shirov, wins Bilbao Grand Slam Finals
• Aronian beats Grischuk, moves into sole lead
• China emerges Champion with better tie-break, India beat USA to finish seventh
• Ukraine beat India 2.5-1.5, China moves into lead
• Le wins Kolkata Open, Norms galore for Indians
• Aronian joins Grischuk in lead at Bilbao
• Mary Ann Gomes lead Indian win over China team two
• Laxman makes his final GM Norm, second IM Norm for Shyam Nikhil
• Grischuk leads with second straight win at Bilbao
• Le & Filippov share lead, Satyapragyan & Sayantan Das scalp GMs
• Le in sole lead, Laxman beats GM Ziaur Rahman
• India beats Vietnam 3-1, Tania and Mary Ann lead the way
• Sahaj stuns GM Guseinov, Sandipan shares lead
• Poland beats India 3-1, Eesha continues her impressive show
• India go down 1-3 to Georgia, Harika & Eesha snatch draws
• Sandipan leads, Adhiban & Laxman scalp GMs
• Brilliant technique by Mahesh Chandran at Kolkatta open
• Sandipan in sole lead, Le Quang Liem stuns Mamedyarov
• Philadelphia Inventors of US Chess League – by Kavinayan Sivakumar
• India stun Russia 2.5-1.5 in women world team chess, Mary Ann & Eesha impressive
• Harika & Eesha draw, India go down 1-3 to China
• Magesh Chandran beats GM Mamedov, shares lead
• Himanshu Sharma beats GM Laznicka, Sriram Jha holds Mamedyarov
• Experience team defeats Rising stars at Amsterdam
• Suvrajit Saha stuns GM Filippov, Rahul Sangma holds Ni Hua
• Kolkatta open – Strongest ever open tournament in Asia starts today
• 22nd SPIC FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament 2009
• Parimarjan Negi wins the Malaysian Open
• Dibyendu Barua champion at Dhaka Open
• GM Arkady Naiditsch in lead
• Russia vs China Match
• IM Marcos shocks GM Arun Prasad
• 4th Kolkata Open Grandmaster Chess tournament
• 36th National Women “B” Chess Championship
• GM Arun Prasad continues his sole lead
• GM Arun Prasad in sole lead
• Kramnik wins Zurich Jubilee Rapid, Anand second
• GM Arun Prasad in lead
• Manjula emerges champion at Kilpauk Chess tournament
• Lilit Mkrtchian Interviews GM Sergey Karjakin
• Interview with GM Ivan Cheparinov
• Interview with GM Pavel Eljanov
• Laxman holds GM Anastasian, leads at Abu Dhabi Chess festival
• Adhiban wins second successive National B title
• Interview with GM Svetozar Gligoric
• Mary Ann stuns Deep Sengupta, shares lead with Adhiban
• Himanshu Sharma stuns Deep Sengupta, Mary Ann improves
• Deep Sengupta increases lead, Adhiban close behind
• Deep Sengupta in lead, Adhiban, Abhay in second spot
• Laxman beats GM Salem A R Saleh, finishes eighth
• Interview with National Junior Champion Lalith Babu
• Deep Sengupta, Adhiban, Sethuraman and Himanshu in lead
• Laxman holds GM Andriasian at Abu Dhabi Chess festival
• Four share lead in National B
• Laxman among leaders at Abu Dhabi Chess festival
• Sethuraman, Shyam Sundar among leaders
• Sriram Jha emerges Asian Zonal Champion
• Ratnakaran, Deepan join Sriram Jha on the top
• Adhiban beats Stany, shares lead
• Laxman stuns GM Filippov, leads
• Michelle won the 2nd State title for Chess Gurukul
• Kruttika Nadig wins Asian Zonal title
• Sandipan, Gopal finish well at Zurich chess festival
• Puneet Jaiswal held IM Deep Sen Gupta
• GM R.R.Laxman in share lead
• Neelotpal Das, Sriram Jha in lead
• Sandipan held Dreev
• Mega Annual National Qualifier began
• GM Neelotpal Das in lead
• Indians had a good day
• Dutch Open Trip – Cool Moments
• GMs Praveen Thipsay, Neelotpal Das in lead
• Gopal, Sandipan and Harikrishna in lead
• Robert James Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) – World Champion (1972-75)
• Sriram Jha, Neelotpal Das in joint lead
• GM Gopal held Super GM Alexander Morozevich
• GM Pravin Thipsay in lead
• Kidambi in Joint lead
• Interview with Asian Junior Champion 2007 – IM P. Karthikeyan
• Lokesh clinches title
• Indian GMs Sandipan, Abhijeet tied for top spot
• Kidambi in Second spot
• Niranjan and Shristi are Champions
• Magesh, Kidambi in Joint Second spot
• Indians sweep Eight gold, Seven silver medals
• Krasenkow wins Vlissingen open
• Monnisha wins Gold in Asian Under-12 Girls!
• Dr. Max Euwe (1901-1981) – World Champion (1935-37)
• Shyam Nikhil, Salem Saleh in joint lead
• Indian GMs Magesh, Kidambi in joint lead
• GM Sandipan Chanda continues to lead
• Soumya shocks Artur Kogan
• FM Shyam Nikhil moves to second spot!
• GM Magesh Chandran in lead
• GM Sandipan Chanda moves into lead!
• Adhiban in sole second position at Vlissingen open
• FM Shyam Nikhil drew with GM Salem A R Saleh
• GM Magesh Chandran in lead
• Sandipan moves to Second spot!
• Rajesh holds Beliavsky in Vlissingen open
• D.P.Singh clinches Adyar Times title
• FM Shyam Nikhil, GM Salem Saleh in joint lead
• Sandipan, Abhijeet and Humpy in Second spot
• Howell and Gawain Jones lead in the British Championship
• Monnisha in 2nd spot
• Adhiban, Karthikeyan and Lalith Babu in joint second position
• Adhiban and Shyam Sundar in joint lead after 3 rounds
• Indian Junior team trip to Netherlands
• Aswin Jayaram stuns Volkov
• Aronian wins Mainz Classic Rapid
• Many surprises in the first round of Asian Youth at New Delhi
• Anand makes exit from Mainz classic rapid
• D P Singh leads in Adyar Times open
• Anand suffers 2 losses in 3 rounds in Mainz classic
• Maxime Vachier-Lagrave wins in BIEL open
• Lakshminarayanan leads in Adyar times
• Karlsson wins Sitges Open
• Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900) – World Champion (1886-94)
• Three share lead
• L’Ami wins Dieren open
• Interview with GM Deep Sengupta
• L’ Ami goes to sole lead
• Lars Karlsson leads with 7/7 at Sitges open
• Ivanchuk and Vachier Lagrave lead in Biel open
• L’Ami joins Anish at top of table
• Ram S Krishnan wins SK Narasimhan memorial
• Evgeniy Najer wins Paleochora Open 2009, Greece
• Anish Giri keeps the lead with a draw
• Thej Kumar wins Mangalore open
• Ram S Krishnan leads
• Konguvel in joint second position
• Parimarjan Negi clinches Politiken Cup
• Three share lead
• IM Thej Kumar in lead
• Sethuraman on course for a GM Norm
• Srinath, Diwakar, Ram S Krishnan in lead
• Thej Kumar continues his lead
• Anish Giri goes into sole lead
• Riverside Students at Chess Gurukul!
• Three share lead
• Politiken Cup, Denmark
• Three Share lead
• Thej Kumar leads
• Soumya shocks Karthikeyan
• Indians have a good day!
• Indian GM Parimarjan Negi defeated GM Peter Heine Nielsen
• GM Gopal and Aditya Udeshi in Top ten
• GM Pravin Thipsay in share lead
• Three share lead
• 3rd Mangalore FIDE Rated All India Open, Mangalore
• 23rd Tamil Nadu State Junior (Under-19) Girls FIDE Rated Chess Championship, Chennai
• 4th S K Narasimhan Memorial FIDE Rated Chess tournament, Chennai
• Gopal, Priyadharshan lead the Indian players
• Parimarjan Negi in share lead
• Riverside at Chess Gurukul!
• Balaguer Open, Spain
• Muthu Alagappan emerged winner
• Mohanapriya assured of title
• Arun Prasad emerges Scottish Champion
• GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal in Shared Second position
• Muthu Alagappan continues his lead
• Michelle Catherina defeats Mohanapriya
• Interview with the World U-14 Champion Padmini Rout
• Lalith Babu wins Leiden open!
• Muthu Alagappan leads
• Aditya Udeshi in great form
• Deep Sengupta and Konguvel – in Top TEN
• Indian GMs Arun and Magesh in lead
• Lalith Babu in lead! Harini makes IWM norm!
• Three share lead in State U-19 boys championship
• Karthikeyan and Ivana clinch National under11 title
• Indians in second position
• GM Arun Prasad shares lead
• Ivana wins National Under 11 title, Monnisha second
• Lalith holds Van den Doel, Daklia holds Yuri Vovk
• Visiting coach Woman Grand Master Aarthie Ramaswamy, with World Champion Grand Master Anand
• GM R.B.Ramesh as coach for winning Indian team at World youth Olympiad,Turkey 2008
• Ivana almost assured of the title
• Pradeep Kumar leads
• Aditya Udeshi loses to Kiril Georgiev
• Deep Sen Gupta shares second spot
• Arun Prasad defeats Markos to share second spot
• Karthikeyan and Lalith Babu in the lead
• Ivana extends her lead
• 38th TN State Juniors (Under-19) FIDE Rated Chess Championship, Hosur
• Balaguer Open, Spain
• Rethymno Open, Crete, Greece
• 116th Scottish Chess Championship, Edinburgh, 2009
• MichelleCatharine,Dharanisree,Ashwin with coaches Gopalakrishnan & Shantharam
• Chess Gurukul camp in action
• FIDE trainer Visweshwaran conducting a boys camp
• Chief coach GM R.B.Ramesh conducting a camp
• Ivana beats Satpathy to move into sole lead
• TN State Junior Girls begin at Chennai
• TN State Juniors take off at Hosur
• Shyam Nikhil wins TN State chess championship at Karaikudi
• Leiden Open – Round 5
• Three share lead!
• Shyam, Adhiban,Lalith Babu in Joint Lead!
• Monnisha in Sole Lead!
• Shyam Nikhil assured of title!
• Shyam Sundar in lead!
• Monnisha and Mahalakshmi in lead!!
• Shreyansh Daklia UPSETS Milos Pavlovic!!
• Dharanisree, Monnisha and Ashwini lead with full score !!!
• National Under -11 Championship at Shimoga – Round 1
• National under -11 Championship under way at Shimoga, India.
• Indian Junior team at Holland
• Interview with the National Junior Girls champion Soumya Swaminathan
• Interview with the Scottish Champion – GM Arun Prasad
• 12 year old Sai Krishna finished a creditable 12th in the World Junior Chess Championship for the Blind and Visually Impaired held at Täby/Stockholm, Sweden.
• 2nd TamilNadu State Title for Chess Gurukul in 2 months!!!
• Event Pictures
• From left R.Aishwarya, R.Prasanna, G.K.Monnisha and Akshay with their trophies
• Chess Gurukul’s Sai Krishna – National Junior Champion for blind – 2009
• Grand Master R.B.Ramesh in action against International Master Kobese Watu of South Africa
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