1) Who won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in Colombo?
a. Gary Kasparov
b. Vishwanathan Anand
c. Tania Sachdev
d. Abhijeet Gupta
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ANSWER: Abhijeet Gupta
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Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta has won the Commonwealth Chess championship crown in Colombo, Sri Lanka, while International Master Tania Sachdev also finished with a gold medal. - In fact, all the medals in the senior category were won by the Indians players.
- Grandmasters S L Narayanan and Deep Chakravarthy got the silver and bronze medals respectively in the open section, while Mary Ann Gomes and Kiran Manisha Mohanty reached the podium in the women's section.
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2) Who has won the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup on 5th October 2015?
a. Peter Svilder
b. Sergey Karjakin
c. Anand Vishwanathan
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: Sergey Karjakin
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Russian player Sergey Karjakin has won the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup beating Peter Svidler 6-4 in the final at Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. The latter player also hails from Russia. Both won two classical games and the title was contended in the tie breakers. By reaching the final, both players have qualified for the 2016 Candidates Chess Tournament. The Chess World Cup is one of the prized competitions along with the World Championship and the Candidates Tournament. Russian chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin is from Ukraine and currently world number 11 in FIDE World Rankings.
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3) Name the youngster who won her maiden world title by bagging the gold in the under-15 category of World School Chess Championships concluded at Pattaya on 14thMay’15?
a. Sunita
b. Ravita
c. Priti
d. Tejaswini
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ANSWER: Tejaswini
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In the event that concluded at Pattaya, Tajaswini - Aurangabad-girl defeated Kavinya Miyuni Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka in the ninth and final round.
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4) Name the country that won the Women’s World Team Chess Championship 2015 held in China?
a. Georgia
b. Russia
c. China
d. Japan
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ANSWER: Georgia
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Georgia won the Women’s World Team Chess Championship by defeating Russia. Mariya Muzychuk was declared the world champion 2015.
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