Rakesh Kulkarni
@itherocky
Chess International Master | Director of @chesscom_in & @chesskidindia | Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee | Commonwealth Medalist x 2 | Twitch Partner Streamer
🚨 BREAKING: The second game between 🇮🇳 GM Koneru Humpy and 🇮🇳 IM Divya Deshmukh ended in a draw! Tiebreaks TOMORROW ✅ 📸 @FIDE_chess
Who do you think will win the 2025 @FIDE_chess Women’s World Cup? Watch the all-Indian 🇮🇳 final at 4:30pm IST today! Good luck to @humpy_koneru and @DivyaDeshmukh05 🙌🏻
🇮🇳 FIDE Women's World Cup Champion will be from INDIA! 📸 @FIDE_chess
Congratulations to @NihalSarin of @S8ulesports on being the first player to qualify for the #EsportsWorldCup main event from the Last Chance Qualifier! chess.com/events/2025-es…
A stunning finish as @anishgiri of @teamsecret qualifies for the main event of the #EsportsWorldCup by flagging Hans Niemann, who was completely winning almost all game! chess.com/events/2025-es…
Nihal Sarin gets to sign his key as a qualifier for the main event while Anish Giri and others are still battling it out for the remaining 3 spots! #EsportsWorldCup
The Young Prodigy delivers! @NihalSarin has officially qualified for the ESPORTS WORLD CUP: Chess Main Event 🏆 The grind begins now — eyes locked on that EWC Trophy! 🚀 #Gameshuru #Gameशुरु #EWC2025 #S8ULFTW #iQOOS8UL
🚨BREAKING: 🇮🇳 GM Nihal Sarin has officially qualified for the #EsportsWorldCup Congrats @NihalSarin @S8ulesports 👏
👏 Congratulations to 🇮🇳 GM Aravindh Chithambaram for finished second at the @BielFestival Masters Triathlon event! 🥈 Vladimir Fedoseev secured first and GM Salem AR Saleh bagged third. 📸 @BielFestival
Great news: 🇮🇳 GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu has qualified to the playoffs of the Last Chance Qualifier - EWC! #EsportsWorldCup
🇮🇳 INDIAN CHESS is on a roll! Current World Titles held: World Champion: @DGukesh Olympiad: Team India Women’s Olympiad: Team India Women Women’s World Rapid Champion: Humpy And Now: Women’s World Cup! (Humpy or Divya) What a time to be an Indian Chess fan! ❤️
Warming up for #EWC2025 with some Puzzle Rush 🥶 @rpraggnachess
Praggnanandhaa, Giri, Yu & Keymer are among the top players in action now in Group C! chess.com/events/2025-es…
GM Praggnanandhaa’s #EsportsWorldCup Chess LCQ run is starting now. ♟️ 7 rounds will be played today. Let’s get it💪 #LETSGOLIQUID || @chesscom || @ChessbaseIndia
THE ALL INDIAN FINAL IN CHESS WORLD CUP! [ 📸 - @chesscom_in ]
Humpy vs Divya final in the World Cup! A very proud moment!
The Women's FIDE World Cup Final will be an all-Indian match! 🇮🇳🇮🇳 Divya fought through the bracket defeating THREE top 10 seeds to secure her place whilst Humpy knocked Lei Tingjie out in tiebreaks! 👏👏
The tiebreak between @humpy_koneru and Lie Tingjie ended in a duel of nerves given the huge stakes involved. @humpy_koneru managed to compose herself and come back into the match after the first setback and then won the last two games to go through. Incredible resilience and…