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Dhananjay Sonker wins Nexchess Rating Open 2026
Top 3
🥇FM Dhananjay Sonker 8/9
🥈Mayank Pal 8/9
🥉Ram Parab 7.5/9
📷Royal Chess Academy
#Delhi
ALT Dhananjay Sonker wins Nexchess Rating Open 2026
Balanandan Ayyappan clear first at 3rd Eight Square Chess Academy Rating Open 2026
Top 3
🥇Balanandan Ayyappan 8/9
🥈Prasanna Karthick M 7.5/9
🥉Devnath Bijesh 7.5/9
📷IA B Arasu / Eight Square Chess Academy
#Chennai #TamilNadu
ALT Balanandan Ayyappan clear first at 3rd Eight Square Chess Academy Rating Open 2026
Western Asia Youth 2026: Three Indians clinch Gold with a round to spare
Under-14 Girls: WFM Maitreyi Mondal🇮🇳 8/8
Under-16 Girls: WIM Prishita Gupta🇮🇳 7.5/8
Under-18 Girls: WCM Nihira Koul🇮🇳 7/8
The last round result is immaterial to their Gold medal chances as they have taken an unassailable sole lead.
📷@LokeshNatoo
#WesternAsia #India
ALT Western Asia Youth 2026: Three Indians clinch Gold with a round to spare
Clutch Chess Champions Showdown 2026: Praggnanandhaa wins four games, emerges sole leader
@RPraggnachess defeated Hikaru Nakamura twice, Javokhir Sindarov and Fabiano Caruana once each. His only loss of the day was against Sindarov. He is now the sole leader 11/18, followed by Caruana and SIndarov at 8.5/18 each and Nakamura at 8/18.
Final day games begin at 12 p.m. local time, 10:30 p.m. IST.
Scoring on Day 3 will be the following: Win 3 points, Draw 1 point and Loss 0.
📷Lennart Ootes / Saint Louis Chess Club
#ClutchChess #USA #India
ALT Clutch Chess Champions Showdown 2026: Praggnanandhaa wins four games, emerges sole leader
Checkmate Daily retweeted
In January this year, a few days before the #Netflix documentary #QueenOfChess premiered at the @sundancefest, I had a chance to meet the @chessbway stars #LeaMichele, #AaronTveit and #NicholasChristopher. ❤🙂 And this week, I got to Bangkok. Yes, it was 'One Night in Bangkok'😉♟
#ChessConnectsUs #Broadway #Bangkok
Checkmate Daily retweeted
If you think chess is complex, you should try to figure out this event's scoring system! But as long as the games are exciting, it's fine. Can't be worse than Olympiad tiebreaks! 🤯
Day 1 of the Clutch Chess Champions Showdown is in the books!
Hikaru Nakamura leads with 4/6 points, followed closely by Javokhir Sindarov with 3.5. Fabiano Caruana sits on 2.5, while Praggnanandhaa has 2.
Hikaru also leads the bonus prize standings with $2,000, while the other three grandmasters have each earned $1,000 so far.
But things are about to get even more intense! Day 2 brings double points AND double bonus money, with every win now worth $2,000! The standings and prize money could change quickly.
Tune in tomorrow at noon CT for more Clutch Chess Champions Showdown action!
Mandar Pradip Lad perfect at 9th Late Shri Chandrakant Naik Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2026
Mandar wins this event for the fourth consecutive year with a 100% score
Top 3
🥇IM Mandar Pradip Lad 9/9
🥈Devesh Anand Naik 8/9
🥉Abhishek Patil 7.5/9
📷FA Tanishq Kavlekar / Quepem Taluka Chess Association
#Goa #India
ALT Mandar Pradip Lad perfect at 9th Late Shri Chandrakant Naik Memorial Rapid Rating Open 2026
Checkmate Daily retweeted
Pleasure to finally speak with @GMJuditPolgar in person! I told her I started sacrificing 2 pieces in the Najdorf thanks to her and she seemed very pleased 🤣
Chess legend Ulf Andersson to play in Stockholm invitational celebrating his 75th birthday
📷Official site
#Stockholm #Sweden
ALT Chess legend Ulf Andersson to play in Stockholm invitational celebrating his 75th birthday
Checkmate Daily retweeted
A great photo by @JuanSeb46309375: Peter Leko and Miguel Najdorf, together in Argentina (1994).
Abhimanyu Puranik awesome at 1st Saakar Foundation Rapid Rating Open 2026
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🥇GM Abhimanyu Puranik 8/9
🥈IM Akshay Borgaonkar 7.5/9
🥉FM Kaivalya Sandip Nagare 7.5/9
📷IA Rajendra Shidore
#Pune #Maharashtra
ALT Abhimanyu Puranik awesome at 1st Saakar Foundation Rapid Rating Open 2026
