Last Updated: March 02, 2023, 16:23 IST
Donnarumma Gukesh turns into the youngest to beat Magnus Carlsen (Photo: Twitter / @DGukesh)
The Asian Chess Federation honoured the 16-year-old participant with the accolade for clinching the gold medal with a record-breaking rating of 9/11 in the forty fourth Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram final yr. He additionally broke the 2700 Elo-rating mark and was the youngest Grandmaster from the nation to be rated above 2700
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has been honoured with Player-of-the-Year award by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) for clinching the gold medal with a record-breaking rating of 9/11 in the forty fourth Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram final yr.
In March final yr, Gukesh turned solely the sixth Indian to interrupt the 2700 Elo-rating mark, and the youngest Grandmaster from the nation to be rated above 2700.
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The All India Chess Federation (AICF) bagged the ’Most Active Federation’ award conferred throughout the ACF annual summit, which is underway.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Ok Stalin has been conferred with Man-of-the-Year award for his effort in the profitable internet hosting of the FIDE Chess Olympiad in August final yr inside a brief discover of 4 months.
The Indian girls’s crew, comprising of Koneru Humpy, D Harika, R Vaishali, Tania Sachdev and Bhakti Kulkarni, was adjudged the ’Best Women’s crew of the Year’ for its bronze-winning effort, whereas Grandmaster R B Ramesh bagged the males’s Coach-of-the-Year award and Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte received the Women’s Coach-of-the-Year awards.
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