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  Ganguly proves his class
Ganguly, proving his class in the shortened version of the game, won the first six rounds on the trot to lead the race at the end of the second day, which saw five rounds.
Ganguly pipped Barua in a close contest as the former obtained an advantage first in the two-knight defence but the latter managed to wriggle out of his cramped position and equalised, but lost the game on time.
Ganguly was clearly losing against Kunte in a bishop ending where the former was two pawns down but the latter could not hold on to the advantage and blundered his bishop in severe time pressure for a draw.
www.sportstaronnet.com /tss2827/stories/20050702002907200.htm   (992 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | SPORTS TALK | Is Ganguly out of the woods?
Ganguly seems to be improving his leadership and there is a better atmosphere in the Indian camp.
Ganguly definitely has the cricketing acumen to become a class captain but he has a bit of uncertainity about his decisions.
I think Ganguly proved to the cricketing world yet again what a brilliant captain he is. India is a conservative country and aggression in public is not very common.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/sports_talk/1948217.stm   (1355 words)

  
 The Hindu : Sport : Champion stuff from Ganguly
Ganguly thanked Charles Gomes (father of Mary Ann Gomes, who finished second in the women's championship here) for telling him on Monday night to do his job well and not bother about others.
Once Ganguly was through, the focus shifted to Chanda taking on Deepan, where the former played quality chess to win in a Sicilian.
Though Ganguly, Chanda and D.P. Singh finished with 14 points each, the top three places were declared by virtue of the tiebreaker rule and better progressive score.
www.hindu.com /2006/04/19/stories/2006041906531700.htm   (537 words)

  
 outlookindia.com | wired
Surya Shekhar Ganguly has been there and done that on previous two occasions but he admitted that winning the national title was indeed a difficult preposition this time.
Ganguly beat International Master Kidambi but his fate was hanging as Chakravarthi was threatening to give him a run for his money by fighting it out with Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda.
Ganguly said he had risked his prospects to be in the Indian team after his penultimate round loss against GM Abhijit Kunte and was feeling dejected as the team needed him as much as he wanted to be in it.
www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=378722   (844 words)

  
 rediff.com sports: Surya Shekhar Ganguly becomes Grandmaster
Surya Shekhar Ganguly became India's eighth Grandmaster after an easy draw with Grandmaster Iosef Dorfman in the 12th round of the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled, Slovenia, which also saw the 24th seeded Indian men's team hold 11th seeds France to a draw.
Ganguly joins the elite group of seven Grandmasters in the country.
Highly rated GM Jonathan Speelman was all praise for young Ganguly, who had held him to a draw in the previous round.
www.rediff.com /sports/2002/nov/08chess.htm   (791 words)

  
 Mahabharata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, the standard translation is the one done at the beginning of the 20th century by Kisari Mohan Ganguli.
The Mahabharata of Krishna - Dwaipayana Vyasa translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Full text of the Kisari Mohan Ganguly translation of the Mahabharata at sacred-texts.com (The most complete English translation in the public domain)
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 Bakre stops Ganguly’s march - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Ganguly, Harikrishna and Chanda, with favourable pairings, look sure shot possibilities to stake claim on three of the four Olympiad berths in offering.
“Ganguly overstretched and should have settled for the draw,” was Bakre’s reaction.
Ganguly’s decision to go all out for victory was probably spurred on by Harikrishna’s quick win over Mokal, which threatened to narrow his lead margin.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/dec18/sp1.asp   (493 words)

  
 The chess games of Surya Sekhar Ganguly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Ganguly Surya Shekhar - Hossain Enamul ONGC Rd.9 42.
Ganguly will be participating in the National 'A' championship from 2nd April in Vizag, it's going to be a 21 rounds of round-robin affair, up for grabs are berths for Indian contingent to the Olympiad, so, it's going to be a hard fought tourney for everybody....
Ganguly has a bye and Deepan is against Lanka Ravi in the 11th round....
www.chessgames.com /perl/chessplayer?pid=49536   (894 words)

  
 Sports News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Captain Saurav Ganguly, booed all the way to the crease due to his poor form, scored a shaky 33-ball 18 before he was run out while attempting a needless single to short fine-leg.
Ganguly said the ongoing six-match one-day cricket series against Pakistan could go either way after the visitors recorded a remarkable win in the fourth match to level the series 2-2.
GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly kept his place on top with 7.5 points after a draw against IM Enamul Hossain Razib at the end of the ninth round of the United Insurance and United Leasing Grandmasters Chess Tournament on Tuesday at NSC conference room.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/apr/13/13042005sp.htm#A3   (6863 words)

  
 outlookindia.com | wired
Double Grandmaster norm holder Tejas Bakre upset GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly of PSPB in the 20th round at the National 'A' chess championship here today to remain in contention for a place in the Indian side for the Olympiad.
Ganguly had to pay the price for over-ambition today as he could have had an easy draw.
As the game entered a queen ending, Ganguly blundered with a badly timed exchange of queens and much to his dismay realised a few moves later that the resulting position was lost.
www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=188994   (511 words)

  
 Ganguly storms back into reckoning
Top seed Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly scored a thumping victory over B S Shivanandan in the 18th round to came back into reckoning for top honours at the 43rd National 'A' chess championship in Vishakhapatnam.
With just three rounds remaining in the premier event, Ganguly moved to 12.5 points from his 17 games so far within striking distance of overnight leader International Master Deepan Chakravarthy (13) who had a bye in the 18th round.
Ganguly was pleasantly surprised to see Shivanandan going for the Petroff which has not exactly been his opening in the past as fl pieces.
inhome.rediff.com /sports/2006/apr/16chess.htm   (364 words)

  
 The Week in Chess
DIBYENDU Barua set the stage for a thrilling finish to the 38th edition of the National A Chess championships as he outplayed fellow Kolkattan Surya sekhar Ganguly to join top seed Krishnan Sasikiran at the top of the table with one more round to go in the championships.
As Barua was outwitting Ganguly, Sasikiran watched the action from the sidelines, while sitting out his bye round.
In addition, Ganguly's king was exposed and Barua zeroed in on him and went on to win in 39 moves.
www.chesscenter.com /twic/chindrd18.html   (757 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - NCR stories
Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly renewed the hopes of an Indian triumph when he defeated GM R B Ramesh in the tenth and penultimate round of the second Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament at the Bapu Samaj Sewa Kendra in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Ganguly knew his chances at a shot in the title will brighten if he could get the better of Ramesh, and he did precisely that in the favourite Arkhengelsk variation with fl pieces.
Ramesh, who had lot to Ganguly twice in the same opening in previous enccounters, went for adventurous variation and allowed Ganguly to gain the upper hand, once the game took a tactical shape.
www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040318/ncr3.htm   (1174 words)

  
 rediff.com sports: Surya Ganguly looking to improve his game
The newest entrant to the country's elite Grandmasters' pool, Surya Shekhar Ganguly feels that the third and final GM norm has taken the pressure off him and he can now concentrate on improving his game further.
His immediate aim, Ganguly said, would be to raise his Elo rating to 2600.
The Kolkata-based player admitted he was bogged down a little by the fact that he had been unable to deliver the goods in the past couple of international tournaments where he "missed the norm by just a marginal difference".
www.rediff.com /sports/2002/nov/12chess.htm   (237 words)

  
 The Hindu : Surya Sekhar Ganguly stuns Sorokin
In the biggest upset of the day, rising star from Bengal, Surya Sekhar Ganguly shocked GM Maxim Sorokin of Argentina to notch up his third win over a Grandmaster in this edition besides Vladimirov to a draw in the earlier rounds.
In the battle between IM Surya Sekhar Ganguly and Maxim Sorokin the former employed his favourite Scotch Opening.
Clearly, Ganguly had the Grandmaster under severe pressure throughout the contest which he wrapped up after 39 moves.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/07/27/stories/07270201.htm   (1016 words)

  
 Jha checkmates Ganguly
International Master Sriram Jha checkmated top-seeded Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly to lend another twist in the tale of the 43rd National 'A' chess championship now in progress in Visakhapatnam.
The victory did not help Jha even improve his last place in the premier event, but it turned out to be disastrous for defending champion Ganguly who had earlier seen Deepan Chakravarthy take a surprising quick draw with M S Thej Kumar in 16th round.
The loss against Jha proved quite costly for Ganguly as was written large on his face.
inhome.rediff.com /sports/2006/apr/14chess.htm   (229 words)

  
 Sports
India took the field without Ganguly even though he was eligible to play after appealing the six-match ban imposed on him by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for slow over-rates during the previous two matches in Jamshedpur and Ahmedabad.
Ganguly is appealing match referee Chris Broad’s verdict to ban him for repeated slow over-rates during the ongoing one-day series against Pakistan.
Ganguly’s supporters argue that the the slow over rate was not intentional and the spirit of the game was not violated.
www.newagebd.com /2005/apr/16/spt.html   (8332 words)

  
 News
However P Harikrishna and Surya Sekhar Ganguly were unable to maintain that tempo and both lost their games and India went down 1.5-2.5.
Ganguly (2559) lost a complicated game to Vadim Zvjaginsev (2650) while Harikrishna (2612) missed out on a winnning sequence against Alexey Dreev (2698) and eventually lost.
At one stage with both Ganguly and Hari in good position, there was even the possibility of a 3-1 win for India, which would have put India into a strong position for a medal.
www.niit.com /vishy/news/oct25-04-1.htm   (497 words)

  
 The Week in Chess
WITH the top seed Krishnan Sasikiran, being held to a draw by Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Ponnuswamy Konguvel once again moved into sole lead with a comprehensive win over Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury at the end of the sixth round of the 19-round 38th National 'A' championship here at the CDCS Eventspecific Hall today.
Ganguly was mindful of the loss he had suffered against Sasikiran in Colombo last year in a crucial match in the Asian Zonals.
But while Sasikiran had won in Colombo, here in Delhi, Ganguly was better prepared and and defended well and accurately.
www.chesscenter.com /twic/chindrd6.html   (1106 words)

  
 Daily Excelsior.........sports
Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly bounced back into reckoning for a medal with a crushing victory over Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia in the 11th round of the World Juniors Chess Championship here.
Ganguly had the advantage of white pieces against Pantsulaia and he gave it a real hard try.
The queens got traded on the 36th move and thereafter Ganguly pushed his pawns on the queen side to win a piece.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03july03/sports.htm   (2907 words)

  
 India survive Chinese scare
The Indian men's team survived a scare before settling for a 2-2 draw with China in the fifth round of the 37th edition of the Chess Olympiad in Turin, Italy.
Viswanathan Anand and National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly survived a few anxious moments before settling for draws with Bu Xiangzhi and Ni Hua respectively.
Ganguly was subjected to some rigourous play before he achieved the same result against Ni Hua, whom the Indian had beaten in the last Aeroflot Open held in Moscow.
ia.rediff.com /sports/2006/may/26chess.htm   (649 words)

  
 H.Y.D.R.A C.H.E.S.S . com
Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly came back into reckoning for a place amongst prize winners after a hard fought victory over Russian International Master Alexander Raetsky in the eighth round of the Master's section of 15th Abu Dhabi International Chess festival here.
As many as six players occupy the fifth spot on 5.5 points while Ganguly and IM D V Prasad are next in line along with others on 5 points apiece.
For Ganguly, it turned out to be second victory on the trot after he had lost two games in succession in round 5 and 6.
www.hydrachess.com /main.cfm?middle=cfm/news_show.cfm&id=817   (264 words)

  
 Indiatimes - Sport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
GM Krishnan Sasikiran also advanced to the second round after outclassing GM Alexei Iljushin of Russia in the return game but former World Junior champion P Harikrishna was forced in to a tiebreaker by Chinese Yu Shaoteng after the latter held the higher rated Indian for a second consecutive draw.
Ganguly, playing with fl pieces, was at his best against Nakamura.
In the endgame, Ganguly had two connected passed pawns and Nakamura had no chances.
sport.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-1311053,prtpage-1.cms   (235 words)

  
 Surya Sekhar Ganguly - New National Junior Champion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Surya Sekhar Ganguly Is The New Junior Champion
International Master norm holder Surya Sekhar Ganguly of the Goodricke National Chess Academy won the 29th Kaliswari Fire Works National Junior Championship at Sivakasi on January 2 after beating S.Kidambi in a play off.
Son of an astrologer, Ganguly had played in several tournaments outside India since 1991.
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 Daily Excelsior.........sports
Indian Grandmasters Krishnan Sasikiran, P Harikrishna and Surya Shekhar Ganguly returned to their winning ways to remain in joint second position at the end of the fourth round of the Dubai International Chess championship.........
National champion Ganguly was also not far behind in making his day a memorable one as he gave an endgame lesson to Indonesian Awam Wahono.
The endgame came with Ganguly having an extra pawn and the technicalities were handled perfectly.
www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/04apr24/sports.htm   (4239 words)

  
 Central Chronicle--Sports
Gibralter, Feb 3: Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly missed out on his chance to be among the prize winners by a whisker by going down to second seeded GM Vladimir Akopian of Armenia in the 10th and final round of Gibtele.Com Masters chess tournament at Caleta hotel here.
Ganguly definitely had his chances against Akopian who employed the closed Ruy Lopez as white.
It was a tense middle game after the Armenian sacrificed a piece for just two pawns on the queen side and Ganguly had things under control till such time he allowed a simple tactical trick that resulted in loss of extra piece.
www.centralchronicle.com /20060204/0402226.htm   (449 words)

  
 Surya Shekhar Ganguly to lead Indian challenge in Parsvnath Chess - Sports News - Webindia123.com
Surya Shekhar Ganguly to lead Indian challenge in Parsvnath Chess - Sports News - Webindia123.com
Belarussian Grandmaster Alexei Federov will be the top seed while national champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly will spearhead the Indian challenge as a record 14 Grandmasters and 57 FIDE titled players put their wits to test in the 4th Parsvnath International Chess Tournament starting here on Saturday.
Out of the 14 Grandmasters (GM) in the fray, six will be from India and apart from Ganguly, others are his city mates Sandipan Chanda and Dibyendu Barua, Tejas Bakre, Abhijit Kunte and RB Ramesh.
news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=216428&cat=Sports   (406 words)

  
 Ganguly throws a gauntlet, holds Vladimirov
HYDERABAD, JULY 23: International Master (IM) Surya Shekhar Ganguly of Calcutta caused a major upset on Sunday by holding top seed Grandmaster (GM) Evegeny Vladimirov of Kazhakstan to a draw in the 8th round of the Wipro Grandmaster International Chess Championship being played at hotel Taj Residency here.
Ganguly perhaps prepared from a famous game of Garry Kasparov-Karpov's World championship match game knowing well that Vladimirov was the second to Kasporov.
Both the players complained that the digital timer chess clock approved by Fide is not functioning properly.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20000724/isp24022.html   (750 words)

  
 Chess Olympiad: Indian men beat Armenia - Sify.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Mallorca: A brilliant Surya Shekhar Ganguly propelled the Indian men to a 2.5-1.5 win over fourth-seeded Armenia after beating Gabriel Sargissen in the fifth round of the 36th Chess Olympiad underway here at Gran Casino.
It was a normal Ruy Lopez where in Ganguly fell under some pressure on the clock using a lot of time in the opening.
Down to his last five minutes, Ganguly knew that his position was better but the clock prompted him to offer a draw on his 21st move.
sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=13593787   (298 words)

  
 Iran Daily
After Tuesday's round, five players--Surya Sekhar Ganguly, Abhijit Kunte, Aleksej Alexandrov, Ni Hua and Ehsan Ghaem Maghami--jointly share the lead with 7 points apiece.
Abhijit Kunte slipped at the penultimate hurdle as he lost to Surya Sekhar Ganguly.
With draws in the second and third boards, Aleksej Aleksandrov of Belarus and Ni Hua of China took their scores to seven, while Maghami, who beat Dibyendu Barua on the fourth board, also booked a place among the leaders.
www.iran-daily.com /1383/2142/html/sports.htm   (2042 words)

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