Aravindh Clinches Chennai Grand Masters 2024, Pranav wins Challengers

The second edition of the Chennai Grand Masters concluded with an exhilarating finish on November 11th. The players fought it off fiercely over the 64 squares, leading to thrilling spectacles of strategy and resilience.In the Masters tournament, the final day brought intense drama as Arjun Erigaisi, Levon Aronian, and Aravindh Chithambaram all had chances to […]

CHENNAI GRAND MASTERS 2024 IS HERE

The Chennai Grand Masters returns for its second edition, all set to begin on November 5th, and promises to be even better this year. Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi is the top seed in the Masters section. We also have Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and Aravindh Chithambaram, alongside 5 more top class players from across the world. With […]

India Triumphs At The Chess Olympiad

It was a historic event for India as our teams triumphed at the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest on Sunday! In the Open as well as the women’s section, India clinched gold medals. This is the first time in 100 years that an Indian team has won the gold medal, and they did it […]

45th FIDE Chess Olympiad Begins

The 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad is underway in Budapest, Hungary. With over 190 teams in the Open and over 180 teams in the Women’s sections, the event has registered a new record for the highest number of teams participating! The venue for the same is the SYMA Sports and Conference Centre, Budapest. At stake are […]

American Gambits Partners with MGD1

The American Gambits are the latest debutants of the Global Chess League Season 2. The franchise is owned by Prachura PP, R Ashwin, and Venkat K Narayana. The team will be captained by Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer and Dronacharya awardee RB Ramesh. World no. 2 GM Hikaru Nakamura is our icon player for the season! […]

Team MGD1 Wins Silver at the FIDE World Blitz Team Championship 2024

The World Blitz Team Championship featured a two stage format: a pool stage and a knockout stage. The 40 teams were divided into 5 pools with 8 teams each. The top 3 from each pool, and the 4th placed team with the best score qualified for the knockouts. Team MGD1 was placed in Pool B, […]

Savitha Shri B is the latest International Master from India

17 year old Savitha Shri recently scored her final IM norm at the 40th Andorra Open to become the latest International Master from India. The tournament took place from July 20th-28th, 2024. Savitha scored 6 points in the first 8 rounds to clinch the norm with a round to spare. Her only loss of the […]