BREAKING: Mounika Akshaya is India's latest Woman International Master! She scored her final WIM norm at the Roquetas Chess Festival in Spain. Speaking to Chess.com - India Mounika said "I feel very happy and relieved as it has been 3 years since I got my 1st norm in Delhi Open 2019."

.Mounika Akshaya becomes the latest WIM of India Mounika scored her final WIM-norm at 33rd Roquetas Chess Festival International Open with two rounds to spare. Her score was then 5.0/7. Congratulations Mounika, her family and her coach GM FT Swayams Mishra 📷Rupali Mullick

#ChessUpdate At the age of 14, #BharathSubramaniyam becomes 🇮🇳's 73rd ♟ GM. He obtained his 3rd & final GM norm & touched the requisite 2,500 (Elo) mark Mounika Akshaya becomes latest ♟ WIM of India after securing her final WIM-norm at 33rd Roquetas Chess Festival Int'l Open

#ChessUpdate At the age of 14, #BharathSubramaniyam becomes 🇮🇳's 73rd ♟ GM. He obtained his 3rd & final GM norm & touched the requisite 2,500 (Elo) mark Mounika Akshaya becomes latest ♟ WIM of India after securing her final WIM-norm at 33rd Roquetas Chess Festival Int'l Open

Congratulations to Shyam Sundar who is also Mounika's trainer

.Mounika Akshaya becomes the latest Woman International Master (WIM) of India after securing her final WIM-norm at 33rd Roquetas Chess Festival International Open.

Thank you so much sir 😊 Sanjay Kapoor

.Mounika Akshaya becomes the latest Woman International Master of India Also check out her coaches - GM FT Swayams Mishra and GM Shyam Sundar's thoughts chessbase.in/news/Mounika-A…

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WIM Bommini Mounika Akshaya became the best women player of the event by scoring 5.5/9! All photos by L'Echiquier Cappellois.

Mounika Akshaya Sunway Chess Festival All India Chess Federation Dr. Sanjay Kapoor Chess.com Chess.com - India ChessBase India Very unfortunate and very surprised such things happening in that place. In july spain tournament my one of friend also lost his very expensive phone he also filed complaint but nothing happened. Organizers must see this matter very seriously.

We still haven’t received any clue/information from the police about the incident. Sunway Chess Festival Sankalp Gupta Arpita Mukherjee Dushyant Sharma ChessBase India Chess.com - India International Chess Federation

Shocking: Multiple Indian #Chess players robbed in #Spain during tournament #TeamIndia timesnownews.com/sports/shockin…

‘Organisers made fun, police said they can’t do much’ As many as 6 Indian #chess players lost valuables including laptops, cash, electronics and a passport in 3 separate break-ins during Spain's Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival | By Amit Kamath indianexpress.com/article/sports…

Europe has such an amazing PR that all such negative news gets diluted. My mom's new iPhone was stolen from the Catalonia square in Barcelona. 2 other people in her group had their gadgets stolen during the trip. After enquiring with friends and colleagues, I found out that

#FirstSports: When 6 Indian Chess players were robbed in Spain during a tournament and the FIDE paid no heed. Rupha Ramani details the recent controversies that have shaken the world of chess. Watch.

. Velammal Nexus - All India Chess Federation Round Robin Women Grand Master Tournament to be held in Chennai from 18th-25th March Read the full report by Niklesh Jain ♚♕♖♗♘♙: chessbase.in/news/Women-Gra…