I am delighted to play a game of chess with our Hon'ble PM Shri.
@narendramodi
ji at the lauch event of 1st ever torch relay for chess olympiad...Ur presense has inspired us🙏
#India4ChessOlympiad
🇮🇳 Gukesh D wins the
#FIDECandidates
2024 and the right to challenge the reigning World Champion 🇨🇳 Ding Liren for the title! 🏆
Congratulations! 👏
📷 Michal Walusza
Happy to qualify for Fide women's
#candidates
in 2022 despite of not playing the final granprix in Gibraltar!!This is the 5th consecutive time to be placed 2nd in the overall Granprix series.
🏆 The verdict’s out – chess champion Koneru Humpy has been named winner of the BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award in a public vote! 🏆
#BBCISWOTY
#IWD2021
@humpy_koneru
More here 👉
I thank the Tamilnadu government,Chief Minister
@mkstalin
sir for felicitating the indian team and volunteers and organizing committee for the fantastic organisation and memorable hospitality
#ChessChennai2022
🙏
First ever brother sister duo in the history of chess to be GMs.
Take a bow
@rpragchess
and
@chessvaishali
! You both have made the country proud!
Also the first time that we will see a brother and sister playing together at the Candidates! This will happen in April 2024!
The
#FIDEGrandSwiss
has officially concluded with the closing ceremony!
Congratulations to the winners! 👏👏
Open
🥇 Vidit Gujrathi 🇮🇳
🥈 Hikaru Nakamura 🇺🇸
🥉 Andrey Esipenko
Women
🥇 Vaishali 🇮🇳
🥈 Anna Muzychuk 🇺🇦
🥉 Tan Zhongyi 🇨🇳
A Queen on the Chessboard!♟️
Heartiest congratulations to GM
@humpy_koneru
on clinching🥈in the World Women Rapid Championships 2023, showcasing her strategic prowess yet again.
Her journey echoes resilience and brilliance, from her 2012 bronze to 2019 gold and now the 2023…
I am following the news on the chess Olympiad 2022 closely and also hoping it's alloted to us.The event can facilitate a huge rise in the ongoing chess boom in the country
#chessolympiad2022
I would like to thank
@ONGC_
and
@pspbmedia
for their support and encouragement. My journey with them started in 2006, and I feel proud to have won medals in the world rapid n blitz Championships.
🥉2012 Women's World Rapid
🥇2019 women's world rapid
🥈2022 women's world blitz
BBC
@BBCIndia
revealed Indian Sportswoman of the Year nominees and the reigning women's world rapid champion GM Humpy Koneru is one of them.
Let's help Humpy win the nomination. Voting is open until Wednesday, 24 February.
Details:
#BBCISWOTY
#chess
World Women’s Team 2021 QF: India eliminates Kazakhstan and advances to the Semifinals
Duel 1: India - Kazakhstan: 2-2
Duel 2: Kazakhstan - India: 1.5-2.5
Mary wins both of her Duels
➡️
📷Niki Riga/FIDE
#Chess
#ChessBaseIndia
#WorldWomensTeam
#Sitges
** Goose Bumps! **
Team India's success at the
@FIDE_chess
#ChessOlympaid
was shared and announced at the Monsoon Session of the Rajya Sabha in the Indian Parliament!
The names of all team members were also shared by Hon. Chairman
@MVenkaiahNaidu
Video credits:
@rajyasabhatv
"It was very tough. I didn't know him well, and he turned out to be a very difficult opponent and very motivated guy. I am happy to have gone through." -
@LevAronian
after going through to the
#GoldmoneyAsianRapid
semifinal after a tough match against
@ArjunErigaisi
#ChessChamps
BIOPIC ON VISWANATHAN ANAND... A biopic on
#Indian
chess grandmaster
#ViswanathanAnand
has been planned... The biopic - not titled yet - will be directed by Aanand L Rai... Produced by Sundial Entertainment [Mahaveer Jain] and Colour Yellow Productions [Aanand L Rai].
♔ Thanks to everyone who tuned into Checkmate COVID!
With our donation matching of $10,000 we raised a grand total of over $50,000 for RedCross India and the All India Chess Federation's Checkmate COVID initiative! 👏
Congratulations to
@Pvsindhu1
for winning the bronze medal
@Tokyo2020
The only Indian woman to win 2 individual Olympic medals, wish u good luck for your future endeavors!!
Well I have learnt to be calm with experience in crucial moments.Rather than thinking about the results keeping focus on the game helps me to give the best.
#ChessTweetChat
Wish u all a very happy Dasara!!
May you have a fun-filled and blissful Dussehra! May Goddess Durga grant all your wishes and bless you with good health, success and happiness.
Today is one of the most memorable days in my life. I was conferred the degree of DOCTOR OF LETTERS HONORIS CAUSA from Vignan's deemed to be University.
Thanks a lot
@nsitharaman
garu, for presenting the degree.I am honoured to meet you.
Thanks a lot to
@VFSTR_Vignan
Team.
Corteva Pexalon is the solution to help visionary rice farmers achieve their dreams by managing hoppers more effectively. Powered by Pyraxalt active pexalon encourages farmers to move ahead of the world confidently by leaving their worries behind.
⚡ Chennai to host the 2022 Chess Olympiad
The FIDE Council has approved the bid presented by the All India Chess Federation
@aicfchess
to host the 2022
#ChessOlympiad
in Chennai, the capital of the Tamil Nadu state.
➡️
Deeply Saddened about the Demise of
#MilkhaSingh
ji. The legacy that he is leaving behind will be an inspiration for generations to come. I am blessed to have met the legendary
#FlyingSikh
way back in 1997. My heartfelt condolences to his family and well-wishers🙏
Congratulations to Mrs. Sudha Murthy on being nominated as Rajyasabha Member by Hon’ble President of India . A writer , a philanthropist , a self-made woman above all a simple human being.
#womenpower
#SudhaMurthy
Kudos to GM
@humpy_koneru
for winning a well-deserved🥈in the World Women Rapid Championships 2023 and presenting the budding players with a perfect example of talent & discipline.
Your journey has been an inspiration, bringing glory & moments of joy to 🇮🇳
Many congratulations
Congratulations to our Chess Women's team for bringing home the Silver Medal at the Asian Games.
This medal is a testament to their talent and determination.
Thank u
@ninansusan
for such a nice writeup.
Whatever I am today wouldn't have been possible without the criticism, as the kite always rise highest against the wind!!
I believe the best will come out of a person when they struggle and step out of the comfort zone!!
The amazing
@humpy_koneru
spoke to me on all sorts of things - forgoing school, fighting depression, being an overachieving teen in a male-dominated sport ("they stood around me, faces lit up with joy, waiting for me to lose"), life today at 35 & finding solace in family.
17-year-old Arjun Erigaisi lost only one game all event and took down top seed Adhiban to win the Indian Qualifier for the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour! Final report:
#ChessChamps
#c24live
"Mauka hai” is a song dedicated to the unwavering spirit of 136 crores Indians.
This song celebrates the achievement of unsung heroes of today from different fields, there by motivating others to aspire, perspire and achieve and build India of their dreams by 2047.
It was an honour to inaugurate "Healing through art Corridor" and unveil the T-shirt for the
#Whitathon
@lvprasadeye
,Vijayawada & support the cause. No child should die of
#retinoblastoma
#eyecancer
because of lack of awareness & funds.
I congratulate our Indian contingent that won the Gold at the
@FIDE_chess
Online Chess Olympiad. India was declared the joint winner with Russia. My heartiest wishes to all players!
I am delighted to launch the former people`s president Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam's Diary 2021.What an efforts of Kalam's Institute of youth excellence(KIYE) in mentoring the rural youth of our nation to raise and achieve.
🎂 Fabulous Birthday to Indian superstar Humpy Koneru! (
@humpy_koneru
)
🎂 Know about her chess journey, her favorite songs and some of her best games in this
#KnowYourGM
video ▶️