Murali Karthikeyan
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World Juniors: Harsha Bharathakoti quickly off the mark, Aravindh Chithambaram suffers shock defeat
Aditya Pai •At the end of three rounds, IM Harsha Bharathakoti was in joint lead with a perfect score of 3.0/3. A whisker away from him were two of the highest-rated GMs from India at the event, Murali Karthikeyan and SL Narayanan.

FIDE World Cup 2017: SP Sethuraman, Vidit Gujrathi go down in 3rd round to end India's challenge
•Indian Grand Masters SP Sethuraman and Vidit Gujrathi bow out of the Chess World Cup after defeats against Ding Liren of China and Anish Giri of Holland respectively in the third round tiebreaker

FIDE World Cup 2017: Viswanathan Anand starts off with clinical win; P Harikrishna loses opening game
•The road is tough for Viswanathan Anand from round three onward when he is likely to meet England's Michale Adams.

World Team Chess Championship 2017: Indian men and women finish fourth in tournament
•The Indian men and women missed out on the podium by a whisker as they finished fourth in both the categories at the World Team Chess Championships.

World Team Chess Championship 2017: Indian men draw with Turkey; women lose to Russia
•While India dominated the proceedings for the major part of the match, the end was good for the Turkish team as they maintained their unbeatable run.

World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship: Vidit Gujarathi shines, Harika, Anand disappoint
Sagar Shah •Anand, Harika, Humpy perform well at the World Blitz Chess Championship, but not good enough for a medal. India return empty handed.



