Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Iniyan Pa of Tamil Nadu, the top seed, lived up to his billing, dominating proceedings from start to finish to emerge Champion in the Masters Category of the Global Chess Festival, which concluded at the World Trade Centre.Already in sight of the title after the penultimate round, the composed 24-year-old National champion settled for a quick and short draw against Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy to claim one of the biggest chess titles in the country in his debut appearance a…
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Mumbai, June 18 (IANS) International Master (IM) Harsh Suresh held leader, GM Iniyan Pa to a draw in the 8th round but this may be just a temporary setback, as the National champion still leads the rest of the field by a point and needs only a draw in the final round to emerge champion in the Master’s Section of the Global Chess Festival, being played at the World Trade Centre in Mumbai.The favourites fumbled and stumbled in the other two categories too. Overnight sole leader Viresh Sharnarthi, …
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) Upset wins were the trend in the opening round of the Rs 35 lakh prize money 360 One Masters Chess tournament, organised by Indian Chess School, in Mumbai, proving that routine results need not be the norm in the first round of a Swiss League event.Second seed GM Sankalp Gupta was shocked by Sri Lankan IM L M S T De Silva in a short game. In another major upset, third seed GM Abhijeet Gupta, a former World junior Champion, lost to 17-year-old IM Akshay Borgaonkar from Pune…