Erigaisi 4th, Gukesh 5th in latest chess rankingsIndian Grandmasters Arjun Erigiasi and D Gukesh retained their fourth and fifth spots in the chess rankings. Magnus Carlsen remains at the ...
01 Jan, 2025, 09.41 PM IST
Gukesh's triumph underlines India's status as global chess superpowerIndia's dominance in chess continued in 2024. D Gukesh became the youngest world champion. Indian players secured numerous gold medals at t...
24 Dec, 2024, 12.55 PM IST
PM Modi lauds Arjun Erigaisi's historic achievement as Indian Grandmaster breaks 2800 rating markPrime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates Arjun Erigaisi for surpassing the 2800 Elo rating in live chess, making him the youngest Indian ...
27 Oct, 2024, 05.53 PM IST
R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, and D Gukesh: Indian Chess makes history with three players in World top 10, four in top 11Indian chess reaches a historic milestone as Arjun Erigaisi, D Gukesh, and R Praggnanandhaa secure positions in the world's top 10 FIDE rat...
02 Jul, 2024, 10.10 AM IST
'More dangerous than Pepsi & Mentos.' Swiggy Instamart cheers chess stars R Vaishali & R Praggnanandhaa for becoming 1st brother-sister Grandmaster duoVaishali secured the title at the IV Elllobregat Open in Spain, becoming India's third female Grandmaster by surpassing the 2500 ELO rating...
04 Dec, 2023, 10.26 AM IST
Vaishali becomes GM, joins Praggnanandhaa to form world's first brother-sister Grandmasters duoThe 22-year old Chennai-based Vaishali crossed the 2500 mark at the tournament in Spain where she defeated Turkish FM Tamer Tarik Selbes in...
02 Dec, 2023, 11.19 PM IST
Nasdaq gets SEC nod for first exchange AI-driven order typeThe dynamic version of this will use an AI technique known as reinforcement learning to watch market behavior and make real-time adjustment...
08 Sep, 2023, 08.52 PM IST
Aditya Samant becomes India's 83rd chess GrandmasterMaharashtra player Samant had already crossed the 2500 Elo mark in the live ratings and had obtained two GM norms, Hence, the third and fin...
26 Jul, 2023, 10.13 PM IST
Bengaluru teen Pranav Anand becomes India's 76th Chess GrandmasterPranav Anand had scored the third and final GM norm at the 55th Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland in July. He had also beaten GM Maxime La...
16 Sep, 2022, 12.23 PM IST
Rahul Srivatshav becomes India's 74th GrandmasterThe 19-year old player reached the 2500 Elo live rating mark after drawing his 8th round game against Grandmaster Levan Pantsulaia in the C...
11 Jun, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Bharath Subramaniyam becomes India's 73rd chess GrandmasterFellow Indian player M R Lalith Babu emerged winner in the tournament with seven points, winning the title on the basis of a better tie-bre...
09 Jan, 2022, 09.24 PM IST
Mitrabha Guha becomes India's 72nd Grand MasterThe Kolkata player had scored his second GM norm at the Sheikh Russel GM tournament in Bangladesh a fortnight ago and had also crossed the ...
09 Nov, 2021, 05.56 PM IST
Sankalp Gupta becomes India's 71st GM, maestro Anand congratulatesSankalp Gupta won five games, drew three and lost one to Rudik Makrarian (Russia) to take the second place with 6.5 points in the GM tourna...
08 Nov, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
Meet Abhimanyu Mishra, the 12-year-old boy who became youngest Grandmaster in chess historyThe prodigy scored his third GM norm in Budapest, Hungary.
01 Jul, 2021, 08.23 PM IST
Feast of the GOATS: How tennis players across generations stack up against each otherFederer, the elder statesman of the men’s circuit, currently leads the pack with 20 grand slams to his name.
23 Jul, 2019, 03.24 PM IST
Viswanathan Anand to meet world chess champion Carlsen in Shamkir openerDrawing number '4' in the lots, Anand will not only have the advantage of playing white in the first game but the Indian ace will also get ...
17 Apr, 2015, 11.17 AM IST
Swapnil Dhopade in sole lead in Grandmaster ChessMaharashtra's Triple Grandmaster Norm holder Swapnil is followed by International Master Cruz Jonathan of Peru at 6.0 points.
03 Jan, 2015, 07.31 PM IST