‘Judith Polgar and Hov Yifan were exceptions’: Koniro Hampi urges female chess players to play more ‘open’ tournaments | Chess news.

Koniro Hampi (FIDE Photo) Pune: India’s top-rated female chess player Konero Hampi said that apart from China’s Zhu Jin, she does not see the potential of any female player to reach an Elo rating of 2600 and break into the top 100 in the Open World Rankings.“When we have separate tournaments for women and men,…

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INDIA CHESS: With Judit Polgar, De Gokesh’s coach as a follower, 12-year-old Aarav Sarbalya reinvented chess as a subject. Chess news.

Aarao Sarabalya transforms chess as a material (special arrangements) New Delhi: It was a Round 3 match between Ramesh Babu Praganandha and the eventual winner, Javakhir Sandroof, at the FIDE Candidates Tournament a few weeks ago. 12-year-old Arav Sarabalya, a FIDE Master (FM), had virtually joined the commentary panel of a popular YouTube channel covering…

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