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Aditya Samant becomes India’s 83rd Grandmaster at Biel Master Tournament

Aditya Samant became India’s 83rd Grandmaster after earning his third GM norm at the Master Tournament (MTO) in the Biel International Chess Festival. The Maharashtra player had earned his first norm to become a grandmaster at the Abu Dhabi Masters last year in August. His second norm was achieved in December last year at the 3rd El Llobregat Open. According to Chessbase India, Aditya has already crossed 2500 in the live ratings. to achieve his third norm, he just needed to play his 9th round game against Aryan Chopra. Exciting! Congratulations to Aditya Samant S!#BielChess seems to be a good place to crown Indian Grandmasters!– 2021 it was @HarshitRaja1 who earnd his 3rd GM-norm in Biel– 2022 it was @GMPranavAnand who earnd his 3rd GM-norm in Biel– and 2023 now Aditya Samant S! pic....
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Juggling studies and chess, rising chess star Vantika Agarwal sets sights on Grandmaster title

After an intense tournament, chess players usually relax on flights with the possible outcomes or moves still playing in their heads. Not 20-year-old Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Vantika Agarwal, though. It’s not that she doesn’t want to replay those moves in her head. She just can’t afford to. Instead of analysing the games or studying her next opponent, Vantika, India’s third-ranked women’s player with an ELO rating of 2428, has had to study for exams, which she says were perennially around the corner. Pursuing her Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, studies are something that can’t take a backseat even though her priority is chess. Balancing a professional chess career and studying for an Honours degree is no mean feat, but the Delhi girl has found a novel way of acing both. “My mother rea...
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World Chess Championship: Of knights facing sideways, a game of chairs and power-walking contenders

Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi claimed victory in Game 2 of the World Chess Championship after 29 moves as he forced Ding Liren to resign with the Chinese under the pressure on the board and on the clock. Unlike the first game, Game 2 packed quite a few surprises. The first one, at least for FIDE commentators Viswanathan Anand and eight-time US Women’s Champion Irina Krush, was the fact that Ding is a “sideways knight” player (a player who has their horse-shaped knight pointing sideways rather than facing the opponents’ pieces). “I didn’t even realise that (keeping the knight facing) sideways was an option! Have you ever seen a horse facing sideways to its own army? It’s got to face the other one right? It’s got to charge that way? But yeah, Garry (Kasparov) would always turn it sideways,”...
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Bengal gets 10th GM, India 78th in Koustav Chatterjee | Chess News – Times of India

KOLKATA: The new year brought happy news for Bengal chess as Koustav Chatterjee became the country's 78th Grandmaster late on Saturday night. The Kolkata boy took the state's GM count to double digits by drawing with statemate GM Mirtabha Guha, who incidentally was Bengal's last and ninth GM, in Round 10 of the National chess championship in New Delhi.Things have changed fast for the 19-year-old boy since the Covid pandemic. It was during the lockdown that the youngster felt the need for a strong body along with a sound mind. He started regular exercise to shed almost 50 kg and a chubby look.On the chess front too, things started to happen just when he thought of focusing more on his studies and seriously working on becoming an IAS officer, as per his mother Babita's wishes, who is a st...