IM Tarun Kanyamarala secured 2nd place in the third edition of the 21st Century Cavan Chess Congress. After the finals standings both IM Tarun and GM Oleg Korneev from Spain were tied with 4/5 points each. An Armageddon playoff was held as a tiebreaker, the Spanish Grandmaster flagged Tarun in the intense blitz match securing …
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IM Tarun and WIM Trisha Kanyamarala finished 1st and 2nd place, respectively at the Basel Carnival Open 2025. This tournament is a part of the Swiss Chess Tour. The tournament attracted almost 80 participants from 13 countries. The event took place at Landgasthof Riehen Hotel. By Tarun This was our first time playing in Switzerland, …
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Tarun and I participated in the 32nd 4NCL (Four Nations Chess League) Chess Congress held in Huddersfield, Leeds, England. This weekend tournament took place from January 17–19, 2025, and drew over 150 players across three sections: Open, Under 2000, and Under 1700. This was our first time playing in the 4NCL Congress Open, we have …
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This year’s European Women’s Rapid and Blitz Championship took place in the picturesque city of Monaco, Monte-Carlo. It was my second time participating in this prestigious event, with my first experience being in Tbilisi, Georgia, back in 2018. I was eager to take on the challenge and excited about the opportunity to compete against some …
Shoutout to my captain IM Lorin D’Costa for wonderful writing about SPTW team. I was thrilled to see my photo on UK’s best-selling CHESS magazine. Checkout their magazine here: https://chess.co.uk/collections/chess-magazine/products/chess-magazine-december-2024 Competing in the European Women’s Club Cup (EWCC) in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia, was an experience I’ll never forget. Representing She Plays To Win, I embraced …
The 1st Keith Escott Memorial Congress, held at Plantsbrook School from December 14-15, 2024, turned out to be a memorable event for me. I travelled to Sutton Coldfield, UK for the tournament and am happy to share that I claimed victory in the Open section. The venue was excellent – conveniently located near the town …
Traveling to Serbia for the European Club Cup was an exciting experience. Tarun and I set out to Vrnjačka Banja, about three hours from Belgrade. This was my second time playing in the Club Cup, with my previous appearance being in 2021 at Ohrid. This year, I competed in the Women’s tournament for She Plays …
Written by Trisha Kanyamarala One of the strong weekend tournaments in Ireland the Gonzaga Classic, this year witnessed 200+ players participating in three categories, Masters, Championships, and Challengers. It is annually held at the prestigious secondary school, Gonzaga College in Dublin. In the Masters section, there were 50 participants and 16 titled players including 3 …
The first league game of the year started with a win against University College Dublin in our home match. It was the 6th round of the league, our team scored 5.5-2.5 winning the match by a good margin. It was an interesting match, the last game went up to 4.5 hours of play which was …
Bonjour! Our first tournament of the year started with both of us winning the first round! This was our second time playing in Vandoeuvre les-nancy, I think we had a decent performance this time, we both scored 5 points out of 9 rounds with Tarun beating a GM and drawing against one GM and I …