World champion in all formats, Magnus Carlsen of Norway starts as the top seed and hot favourite to retain his titles won last year at Duba...

Five-time winner Viswanathan Anand lost his bid in the Sochi World Championship but Indian men's team clinched a historic bronze at 41st Ol...

The Chinese scored a 3-1 victory over Poland in the last round, taking their tally to 19 match points out of a possible 22.

The Indians start a favourite for their tie against Uzbekistan, but they need to hold the first two boards together in the crunch game.

Sasikiran's wins against Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu set the tone for what could be the first ever Olympiad medal for India.

The chance of an encore for the Indian eves or bettering their performance will heavily rely on the performance by Harika and Tania Sachdev.