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D Sukesh has become India’s youngest and World’s second youngest chess grandmaster at the age of 12 years 7 months and 17 days. Sukesh beat close friend R Praggnanandhaa’s record, who was 12 years and 10 months old when he had become India’s youngest Grandmaster last year.

Viswanathan Anand managed to beat American chess ace Hikaru Nakamura to clinch the inaugural Tata Steel Chess India Blitz title in Kolkata. The 48-year-old chess legend won the final in the play-off against the overnight leader Nakamura by tying with 12.5 points after 18 games.

In the second round of the World Chess Championship, Koneru Humpy drew one and lost the other of her match in the round to make an exit from the tournament. Of the other women participants from India, only Harika Dronavalli remains in the fray as she drew both her matches in the second round.

Grandmaster Koneru Humpy defeated her Algerian counterpart Hayat Toubal in the second game of the first round of the World Women Chess Championship on Sunday. Out of the other Indian contenders, Bhakti Kulkarni was eliminated in the first round after losing a match and tying another.