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Going through the posts, I saw how kiddish I was claiming fake marathon results. I was 14 then guys and sorry for the discomfort caused. I don't know what I was thinking at that time but yeah I remember how childishly i used to make my timings better and fake results. Ayush, everything is already f...

I applied for London marathon lottery and the results came out today. Unfortunately not for me this time. But I registered for the Wisconsin Marathon 2018 today. Since I missed running a marathon this year (which was my goal - run one per year), I am planning to do one in the Spring and try lottery...

Vidit held Carlsen on the top board in round 7. So he(5½) remains half point behind Carlsen(6). However, the likes of Nakamura, Caruana, and Eljanov won their game and caught up with Vidit. In round 8 Vidit now plays Eljanov Anand drew, however Pragga made a fatal move just before the time control a...

Here are the pairings for some Indians in the 7th round. The big question is that can Vidit hold off Carlsen with black color. Note also the pairing between Harika and Kramnik. Twelve yr old IM Praggnanandhaa plays yet another GM, has a chance to get his first GM norm if he continues his good showin...

There are many Indians playing with top chess players of the world in Isle of Man Open tournament. Vidit is in second place after 6 rounds. Carlsen leads the tournament with 5.5 followed by Vidit. Pragga, who is not even a teen, is also having superb tournament. Here is the rankings after the 6th ro...

Reviving this thread with the news that I and Suresh, along with another friend Venkat from Singapore, are going to run BOA Chicago marathon On Oct 8th. Any SI member in Chicago to cheer us? :) Especially for Suresh as he is coming from India to run his first ever Marathon . Yes, this will be first ...

Pragga (12 yr old) is really doing well in this tournament. He has an upper hand today too and trying to break the fortress of his opponent Nils (2653) to get one more good win. If he wins, he'll be tied with Anand, Nakamura, Caruana with 4.5 points. Just behind Carlsen (5.5) and sole second placed ...

Indian challenge comes to an end in Round 3 Vidit lost to Ding Liren with black in the tie breaker, and Sethuraman lost to Anish Giri. They had there chances but missed it. Still a good performance by both. Carlsen and Kramnik also lost in 3rd round. Lot of top players are already out. Aronian, Giri...

Vidit becomes first Indian to reach 3rd round. One of Harikrishna or Sethuraman (currently tied 1-1) will reach the 3rd round. And Adhiban is tied 1-1 against Nepomniachtchi.

Among top players Carlsen, Kramnik, Vachier-Lagrave have made it to round 3

128 player World Cup knock out tournament is being played in Tbilisi Georgia with lot of star players. Harikrishna knocked out in 2nd Round play off against Sethuraman Sethuraman knocked out in Round 3 play off Karthikeyan knocked out in Round 1 Adhiban in 2nd round play off against Nepomniachtchi A...

Vidit in to the third round of World Cup Knockout after beating Le Quang Liem in 2nd round. He moves to a new high with his live rating #36 and ELO points 2710.6. He may likely play #12 Ding Liren(2766.4) in the third round Update: Vidit drew the two classical games but lost in tie-breaker. He got t...

Sindhu totally dominated this game. Looking forward to the finals.

With Vidit crossing 2700, its a good time to capture the current rating snapshot for Indians in top 100 Rank Rating Age 7 Anand 2793.7 47 20 Harikrishna 2741.2 31 41 Vidit 2701.7 22 67 Sasikiran 2675.5 36 68 Adhiban 2675.1 25 82 Ganguly 2664.5 34 94 Negi 2656 24 Here is the list of Indians with last...

Congratulations Vidit for joining 2700 club. He is 22 and currently the 3rd youngest in this club behind 18 yr old Wei Yi ( Live Rating 17) and 22 yr old Fedoseev ( Live Rating 28 - who is around 4 months younger). But there are also couple of 19 yr olds (Duda who just fell out of 2700, & Artemi...

Thanks Sin Hombre for posting info about the young Nihal Sarin. He looks to be amazing talent, who we likely are going to follow for many years.