Gollum Posted May 9 Author Posted May 9 11 minutes ago, Mariyam said: @Gollum My daughter recently came second (girls) and 8th (open) in an U-13 Mumbai Schools Chess Tournament. Provisionally rated 1750. Format 15 mins , no increment. While she has the knack for it, there is no consistency. She is super eager to learn on some days and then for the next few months she would much rather try out some other hobby. Wonderful to hear. Mariyam 1
Late Cut Posted May 19 Posted May 19 On 5/9/2026 at 1:53 PM, Mariyam said: @Gollum My daughter recently came second (girls) and 8th (open) in an U-13 Mumbai Schools Chess Tournament. Provisionally rated 1750. Format 15 mins , no increment. While she has the knack for it, there is no consistency. She is super eager to learn on some days and then for the next few months she would much rather try out some other hobby. You were pretty damn good. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree! Mariyam 1
randomGuy Posted June 3 Posted June 3 Praggnananda beats carlsen 2 times in classical in ongoing Norway chess!! If only he was more consistent, he would be 50 points higher. Gollum 1
Gollum Posted June 5 Author Posted June 5 (edited) On 6/3/2026 at 12:06 PM, randomGuy said: Praggnananda beats carlsen 2 times in classical in ongoing Norway chess!! If only he was more consistent, he would be 50 points higher. Special achievement. Such a rare feat. And Pragg has done it against mature world number 1 Carlsen. Even Carlsen's peers like Aronian, Caruana, Nakamura, Nepo, Ding never managed it......Caruana came closest in 2014 Sinquefield Cup, where he had his historic 7/7 run. Edited June 5 by Gollum randomGuy 1
randomGuy Posted June 5 Posted June 5 12 minutes ago, Gollum said: Special achievement. Such a rare feat. And Pragg has done it against mature world number 1 Carlsen. Even Carlsen's peers like Aronian, Caruana, Nakamura, Nepo, Ding never managed it......Caruana came closest in 2014 Sinquefield Cup, where he had his historic 7/7 run. Beat Gukesh yesterday. Now trailing by half a point to Wesley So.. Will be a deserving Norway chess champion this year having beaten carlsen twice. Gollum 1
New guy Posted June 5 Posted June 5 Pragg becomes the first Indian to win the Norway chess championship. Magnus has won it 7 times before. Not this time. Gollum 1
Gollum Posted June 6 Author Posted June 6 (edited) Happy for Pragg. He is winning these supertournaments which goes a long way in defining your legacy. Kasparov had 43 classical supertournament wins, Anand 31, Kramnik 27, Topalov/Ivanchuk in early 20s. I used to keep track of these stats long time back. Now tougher, because so many rapid/blitz/freestyle events. First half of last year he won Wijk aan Zee, GCT Bucharest, UzChess, tied for first in Sinquefield. Then a drought, now a huge win. Edited June 6 by Gollum randomGuy 1
Gollum Posted June 6 Author Posted June 6 10 hours ago, New guy said: Pragg becomes the first Indian to win the Norway chess championship. Magnus has won it 7 times before. Not this time. Started in 2013. Carlsen struggled in initial editions (2015 was his worst event as WC), so the organziers brought in this armageddon nonsense to help his chances. This was confirmed by Tarjei Svensen, a Norwegian chess journalist. Good thing here is Pragg would have won even if you go by scoring system of classical. New guy 1
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