Indian Chess stars at the Sportstar Aces Awards 2025 1 The Open Olympiad Team won National Team of the Year - collected by GM Vidit Gujrathi and GM Srinath Narayanan 2 IM Divya Deshmukh won the Sportswomen of the Year (Non Olympic) 3 The Women Olympiad Team won National Women Team of the year - collected by IM Divya Deshmukh, IM Vantika Agarwal and GM Abhijit Kunte Legend Viswanathan Anand was honoured as well 5 0 replies
My 2nd last post made me realize that it's not only I who miss radja so much ;__; (@_aakxsh) 1 0 replies
Hikaru Coming to India for the World Cup...... But about his second wish 😔...... Hikaru Coming to India for the World Cup...... But about his second wish 😔...... 5 0 replies
Praggnanandhaa and Aravindh to play at Prague Masters; Divya to play Challengers Pragg might get his second super tournament win of the year 🤞 4 0 replies
Arjun Erigaisi earned more than Gukesh, Levon and Fedoseev, despite not participating at Weissenhaus Attached source link. Erigaisi outsmarted the organisers due to his FIDE Elo rating lol 5 0 replies
Has anyone Played against u/vishav_jot ??? We Need to Get his account BANNED for cheating. 2 0 replies
Chess Handshakes but it's ruined by AI [https://youtu.be/OSv9WBchjUM](https://youtu.be/OSv9WBchjUM) \- They go in for a handshake but then AI takes over 1 0 replies
Arjun Erigaisi: ‘I played too aggressively at Tata Steel… was one of the toughest tournaments of my life’ “It was one of the toughest tournaments of my life so far. There is always learning to be taken away from tournaments. Especially in such tournaments like there are many (learnigns to be taken away). But the ones that I can reveal is that I was playing a bit too aggressively and taking too much risks. Actually this I realized like mid-event, like during the tournament itself. So in the second half of the tournament, I was trying to play more solidly and, and since then, it went better,”... 5 0 replies
Indian chess stars criticise government's decision to stop cash rewards: 'Awards are lifeline for promising players' Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi, who recently became only the second Indian to cross 2800 Elo rating points , said removing the cash reward would discourage parents and increase their financial burden. “If it is actually the case that it is stopped now, then it’s definitely not something that would demotivate a lot of young children as they don’t care about the money aspect,” Erigaisi told PTI. “But it is maybe (demotivating) for the parents. When they have to make some financial calls, then what would happen after becoming a... 5 0 replies
Gukesh ends up winless after a tough event at Weissenhaus Hopefully some rest now.... And comeback is inevitable.... His fighting spirit saving many worse positions Gukesh's coach Gaju explains why Chess 960 is different and why Gukesh can struggle in the format https://youtu.be/8PbVk6vKHiI?si=n9xGGBUMmIUd3eBR 2 0 replies
Buettner reveals Carlsen's stance on Niemann inclusion-- "Magnus does not like it, but he accepts the fact. Other GMs are in favour" 4 0 replies
Valencia celebrates the 550th anniversary of the birth of modern chess Valencia celebrates the 550th anniversary of the birth of modern chess 3 0 replies
Arjun and Praggnanandhaa among invited players for Chessable Masters starting 16th February 2 2 replies
Emil Sutovsky's reply to Anish Giri Source: https://x.com/EmilSutovsky/status/1889955284967366874?t=MdzxHwZ9RMGAXp2UTxTbFA&s=19 2 0 replies
Vidit Gujrathi on Magnus Carlsen's recent criticism of Viswanathan Anand - Obviously because he is part of Freestyle mafia (Also the episode is there in the source article) Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi recently appeared on comedian Cyrus Broacha’s YouTube show, and was asked about sledging in chess, and in particular about Carlsen. “He recently said ** to the world chess federation and then he played the tournament also next day,” he said, in a statement which also included an expletive. Then Broacha went on to ask him about Carlsen’s comments on Anand, to which Gujrathi clarified, “Vishy is now part of FIDE.” “They are in very good terms.”... 1 4 replies