Sports · 28 August 2026

Apoorv Kamble wins FIDE-rated rapid chess tournament

Exam-focused facts from the 28 August 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • Apoorv Kamble won the FIDE-rated rapid tournament with 8.5 points from nine rounds.
  • Sammed Jaykumar Shete finished second and Vaidyanathan Kannan finished third.
  • The tournament was played over nine rounds in the Swiss format with a time control of 10 minutes plus a five-second increment.
  • More than 700 players competed across age groups and rating categories.
  • The total cash prize purse of the tournament was Rs 4 lakh.
  • Grandmaster Vishnu Prasanna, who had previously coached world champion Gukesh D, was among the participants.

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