Hou Yifan marches on, catches Adams in first place Chessbase News The 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival is taking place from Tuesday, 24th January to Thursday, 2nd February 2012 at the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar. The event is the tenth in the series held on the Rock, the second to be sponsored by Tradewise ...
Caruana stretches lead with win over Negi in sixth round of AAI Chess
New Delhi, June 28: Fabiano Caruana of Italy living up to his top billing stretched his lead to a full point as he beat Parimarjan Negi after a marathon 98 moves in the sixth round of the inaugural AAI Grandmasters Chess Tournament on Tuesday. Meanwhile the other two games in the round ended in draws.
Caruana with his fourth win in six games now has five points and is a full point clear of Viktor Laznicka, who was d...
Sasi hopes to build on his recovery as GMs interact with Delhi kids
After five grueling rounds, it was a case of well-earned rest for the six young Grandmasters assembled for the inaugural AAI Grandmasters chess tournament that is now halfway through
The Grandmasters met up with a group of young chess players from the city and interacted with them, giving them useful tips and also encouraging them. “I am very happy to see so many youngsters keen on learning and improving in the game...
Winning day for Indians as Sasi and Negi win in AAI chess
New Delhi, June 30: Parimarjan Negi stopped his run of losses while Krishnan Sasikiran got back to his winning ways in what turned out to be good day for the Indian duo in the AAI Grandmasters Chess Tournament.
Negi completed a comprehensive 27-move win over Wesley So of the Philippines while Sasikiran after draws in previous two games took just 30 moves following a Queen’s Indian opening for a full point against Czech Vikto...
New Delhi, June 25: It was mixed luck for the Indian fans as Krishnan Sasikiran won his second successive game but National champion Parimarjan Negi lost his game in the fourth round of the inaugural AAI Grandmasters Chess Championships at the AAI Officer’s Institute on Saturday.
For the second day running Sasi played out a marathon game before beating Hou Yifan to haul himself back into the tournament. But before that Negi lost to the higher rated Viktor Laznicka. In the first game to f...
Sasi draws with Caruana moves to tied second to draw in AAI chess; Yifan downs Negi
New Delhi, June 29: It seemed to be a day for revenge in the seventh round of the inaugural AAI Grandmasters Chess Tournament as Filipino Welsey So and China’s Hou Yifan avenged their earlier losses in the tournament against Czech Viktor Laznicka and India’s Parimarjan Negi respectively on Wednesday.
But in the third game which had a variation of the Kings Indian, Krishnan Sasikiran held the advantag...
Sasikiran scores first win; Caruana takes sole lead in AAI Chess
New Delhi, June 24: India’s Krishnan Sasikiran grinded it out for 72 moves before registering his first win over Viktor Laznicka of the Czech Republic in the third round of the inaugural AAI Grandmasters Chess Championships at the AAI Officer’s Institute on Friday. It also opened the scoring for Sasi.
Top seeded Fabiano Caruana of Italy maintained his winning streak with a third successive win, this one over women’s World...
Negi trounces Yifan; Caruana and Laznicka share lead in AAI Chess
New Delhi, June 22: Indian National champion Parimarjan Negi got himself on the scoreboard with a convincing win over women’s world champion Hou Yifan of China in the second round of the inaugural AAI Grandmasters at the AAI Officer’s Institute on Thursday. Negi’s win over Yifan came in 32 moves.
Meanwhile top seed Fabiano Caruana of Italy and Czech champion, Viktor Laznicka scored their second successive ...
Hou Yifan marches on, catches Adams in first place Chessbase News The 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival is taking place from Tuesday, 24th January to Thursday, 2nd February 2012 at the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar. The event is the tenth in the series held on the Rock, the second to be sponsored by Tradewise ...
