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Use photos of President, PM Modi in ads of Chess Olympiad: Madras HC

The Gulf Indians — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 04:40:46 +0000

The Madras High Court ordered the Tamil Nadu government to ensure that photographs of the President and Prime Minister are published in all Chess Olympiad advertisements in print and electronic media.

Chennai: A day after BJP workers pasted photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on billboards for the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai saying they featured only Chief Minister M K Stalin, the Madras High Court Thursday ordered the Tamil Nadu government to ensure that photographs of the President and Prime Minister are published in all Chess Olympiad advertisements in print and electronic media.

Rejecting the state government’s submission that the President’s photograph was not published because the Presidential election had not concluded and that of the Prime Minister because consent from his office came late, the bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice S Ananthi said “the interest of the nation should be (of) paramount importance in the mind of every citizen”.

“International events hosted depict the image of the country in the international fora. It not only shows the development of the country, but its capability to organize an international event at such short notice… every government should work, including the State Government… When our country is hosting such an international event, it is the bounden duty of one and all to ensure that such function is organized efficiently and we leave an indelible mark at the international level,” it said.

The bench directed the district administration to “ensure that no damage or destruction is caused to any of the advertisements published containing the photographs of the Hon’ble President and the Prime Minister, apart from the Chief Minister, and if any such activities are reported, strict action should be taken against such personnel”.

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Anand finally gets a win in Legends of Chess tourney

The Gulf Indians — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 05:41:18 +0000

Viswanathan Anand finally snapped the string of defeats at the Legends of Chess online tournament, beating Boris Gelfand of Israel 2.5-0.5 in the seventh round. Playing against long-time rival after six straight losses, Anand won his first game of the tournament despite conceding early advantage on Monday night.

The Indian ace won in 45 moves with black pieces and continued the good work by claiming the second game in 49 moves. Anand then settled for a 46-move draw in the third game against his 2012 world championship challenger.

The victory moved the former world champion to eighth spot with six points ahead of Hungarian Peter Leko (5 points) and Chinese world number three Ding Liren (3).

Anand, ranked 15th in the world, faces Liren in the eighth round later.

World number one Magnus Carlsen extended his lead at the top by defeating Peter Svidler 2.5-1.5 to reach 20 points while Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi needed an Armageddon to overcome Leko 3-2 and is close on the heels of the Norwegian with 18.

Legends of Chess is a unique event where Carlsen, Liren, Nepomniachtchi and Anish Giri, semifinalists at the Chessable Masters (part of the Magnus Carlsen Tour), received an automatic invite and are up against six legends aged 40-52, who have been at the top of world chess at various points in their career.

The winner of the event will qualify for the USD 300,000 Grand Final scheduled from August 9 to 20.

Results of Round 7: Viswanathan Anand (India) beat Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2.5-0.5; Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) beat Peter Leko (Hungary) 3-2; Magnus Carlsen (Norway) beat Peter Svidler (Russia) 2.5-1.5: Anish Giri (the Netherlands) beat Ding Liren (China) 2.5-1.5; Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) beat Vladmir Kramnik (Russia) 3-1.

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Anand suffers sixth defeat with loss to Nepomniachtchi

The Gulf Indians — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 07:12:11 +0000

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand’s struggles continued in the $150,000 Legends of Chess online tournament as he suffered his sixth consecutive defeat with a 2-3 loss to Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia.

Anand started the sixth round match with a draw as he came up with good defensive moves to keep the Russian at bay in a 53-move draw. However, Nepomniachtchi went ahead by pulling off a 34-move win in the second game. The third saw the players sign peace after 48 moves.

The five-time world champion then fought back well to claim the fourth game in 42 moves to push the contest into the Armageddon (a tie-breaker).

Nepomniachtchi won the decisive tie-break in 41 moves to shatter the hopes of the 50-year old Indian superstar and left him winless after six rounds.

World champion Magnus Carlen continued his winning run and tops the standings with 17 match points. Nepomniachtchi is second on 16 followed by compatriot Vladimir Karmnik (12).

Anand, who is making his debut on the Magnus Carlsen Tour, lies ninth with three points.

Legends of Chess is a unique event where Carlsen, Ding Liren, Nepomniachtchi and Anish Giri, semifinalists at the Chessable Masters (part of the Magnus Carlsen Tour), received an automatic invite and are up against six legends aged 40-52, who have been at the top of world chess at various points in their career.

The winner of this event will qualify for the $300,000 Grand Final, scheduled from August 9 to 20.

Results – Round 6: Ian Nepomniachtchi beat Viswanathan Anand 3-2; Magnus Carlsen beat Ding Liren 2.5-1.5: Anish Giri beat Peter Leko 2.5-1.5; Vladmir Kramnik beat Boris Gelfand 3-2; Peter Svidler beat Vasyl Ivanchuk 3-2.

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R Vaishali stuns former world chess champion

The Gulf Indians — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:28:21 +0000

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Young Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali pulled off an upset win over former world champion Antaoneta Stefanove in the first leg of FIDE Chess.com Women Speed Chess Championships.The Chennai-based Vaishali will face International Master Munkhzul Turmunkh of Mongolia in the quarterfinals later on Thursday.

Vaishali registered a 6-5 win over Bulgarian opponent late on Wednesday after having beaten strong players like Valentina Gunina and Alina Kashlinskaya in the qualifying stages.Meanwhile,reigning world champion Humpy went down to her Vietnamese rival in the first round.The scores were level at 3.5 points after the first two segment but the Vietnam player won the first two games of the final phase to secure a spot in the last eight.

Vaishali said that it was a delightful experience playing game with Stefanova.“Yeah,it was great to play a former world champion and defeat her,” she said to the media.”I was leading the match after one hour with 5.5-2.5 then in bullet segment internet got disconnected and I lost on time in an equal position,”she said after managing to defeat her in a finish.

The Chennai player is the sister of chess prodigy, R Praggnanandhaa.She won Asian Blitz Championship winner in 2017.The Grand Prix will consist of four legs,with a total of 21 partciapants. Each of the 21 participates in three out of four Grand Prix legs.Each of the 21 players participates in three out of four Grand Prix legs.Each GP is a 16-player knock out event.In each Grand Prix leg,every player scores cumulative points according to the position in the final standings.The two players who scores the highest number of cumulative grand prix points in all three Grand Prix legs qualify for the Super Final to be held on July 20.

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