CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -GM Savchenko, received the glittering Chennai Open trophy and a cash award of Rs. 3, 00, 000, while the runner-up IM Nitin received Rs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Top-seed Grandmaster Boris Savchenko of Russia pipped Indian International Master Nitin Senthilvel via the tie-break to emerge champion after both finished equal on 8.5 points in the 13th Chennai Open International Grandmaster Chess tournament 2022 on Sunday.

Detailed explanation-3: -44th Chess Olympiad 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the world’s biggest chess event – the 44th International Chess Olympiad– at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai Thursday. It will is scheduled to take place from July 28 to August 10 at Poonjeri village in Mamallapuram.

Detailed explanation-4: -Praggnanandhaa was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 10 August 2005. He is the younger sibling of Woman Grandmaster and International Master R Vaishali. His father works as a branch manager at TNSC Bank, and his mother is a homemaker. He studies at Velammal Main Campus in Chennai.

Detailed explanation-5: -GM R Praggnanandhaa, GM Harsha Bharathakoti, GM B Adhiban and GM S L Narayanan secured the top four places and qualified to the FIDE World Cup 2023.