2022: The Year That Marked New Beginnings in the Indian Chess
In the Kazakhstani city of Almaty, two female chess players—one 35 and the other 15 years of age—made India proud. Koneru Humpy and B. Savitha Shri both won medals at…
National Senior Chess Championship: Sethuraman, Guha Leads the Tournament
S.P. Sethuraman lived up to his reputation as the top seed by inflicting a 35-move defeat on overnight leader Abhijeet Gupta, on Tuesday, and shared the lead with Mitrabha Guha…
World Rapid Chess Championship Day 2: Carlsen Sole Leader; Erigaisi Slips
Ahead of the third and final day of the 2022 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship, GM Magnus Carlsen has assumed the lead after important victories on Tuesday against GMs Giga…
World Rapid Chess Championship: Carlsen, Erigaisi Among Leaders on Day 1
After five rounds of the World Rapid Chess Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Monday, Arjun Erigaisi concluded a fantastic day’s work with a comfortable 44-move draw against favourite and fellow…
Nicholas Pooran quits West Indies white-ball captaincy after World Cup
(IANS) With the West Indies making an unceremonious early exit from the Men’s T20 World Cup, Nicholas Pooran has decided to relinquish the white-ball captaincy of the West Indies men’s…
Chess Olympiad: Tania Sachdev shines in Indian women team’s win
Tania Sachdev battled long and hard to rake in a precious point as India A registered a sensational 2.5-1.5 win against Hungary in the fourth-round match of women section at…
Chess Olympiad 2022: No threat for third Indian team after Pakistan’s withdrawal
In wake of the Pakistan government announcing the withdrawal of its two teams – Open, Women – from the 44th Chess Olympiad in India and making the entries an odd…
Modi on Chess Olympiad: In 75th year of Independence, it has come to its home country
In the year when India is going to celebrate the 75th year of Independence, it is apt that the Chess Olympiad has come to the country – the home of…
Praggnanandhaa wants to beat Carlsen in classical format too
Having got the better of the likes of World No 1 and World Champion Magnus Carlsen, top Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri, and World No 22 Wei Yi of China to…
Online Chess Olympiad 2021: India lost to USA in Semi Final, Russia wins
Vishwanathan Anand led India Team performed well this time again, but could not repeat its last year’s winning feat. First ever Online Chess Olympiad was jointly won by India and…