India creates history at FIDE Women's World Cup, four players in quaterfinalsIn a historic moment, four Indian women reached the FIDE Women's World Cup quarterfinals. Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh, Harika Dronavalli, ...
Gukesh blunders against Caruana as Carlsen wins Norway Chess for seventh timeMagnus Carlsen secured his seventh Norway Chess title after Fabiano Caruana's victory over D Gukesh in the final round. Carlsen drew with A...
Uzbek chess GM who caused huge furore by refusing to shake Indian GM Vaishali's hand "for religious reasons" says sorryUzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev apologised to Indian GM R Vaishali for refusing to shake hands, citing religious reasons. Despite earlier contr...
Tata Steel Masters: Praggnanandhaa crushes Mendonca to jump into sole leadGrandmaster R Praggnanandhaa achieved his third consecutive win, defeating Leon Luke Mendonca to lead the Tata Steel Masters chess tourname...
Vaishali cliches women's world blitz bronze as India sign off on a highIndia's R Vaishali secures a bronze medal in the World Blitz Championship, while Koneru Humpy wins the rapid event. Ju Wenjun of China wins...
Magnus Carlsen star attraction at next month's Tata Steel Chess IndiaWorld No. 1 Magnus Carlsen will headline the sixth edition of Tata Steel Chess India, taking place from November 13 to 17. This marks Carls...
Indian grandmaster Koneru Humpy finishes second in Women's candidateThe real story of the day was R Vaishali who scored her fifth victory on the trot at the expense of Kateryna Lagno of Russia to tie for the...
Praggnanandhaa, Vidit score crucial victories; Gukesh continues in joint leadIn a brilliant sixth-round display, Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi secured commanding victories, while D Gukesh maintained...
'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...
Sibling supremacy! R Praggnanandhaa & Vaishali Rameshbabu make chess history as first brother-sister Grandmaster duo, netizens hail it as 'remarkable achievement'Vaishali, at 22, secured the milestone by crossing 2500 FIDE ratings during the IV El Llobregat Open in Spain. Praggnanandhaa had previousl...
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...
Asian Games: Indian men's, women's teams breeze past opponents in Round 3 of ChessThe Indian men's and women's chess teams had successful outings in the third round of the Asian Games. The top-seeded men's team defeated K...
Humpy, Harika to spearhead India's challenge in Asian Games; chess league in country planned in DecemberIndia will send a 10-member chess team, including Koneru Humpy and Dronavalli Harika, to the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou. The men's te...
Koneru Humpy, Dronavalli Harika to spearhead India's challenge in Asian GamesThe team announcement was made on Sunday during the General Body meeting of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) in Kanpur, which was chai...
Chess: Indian Grandmaster Sethuraman wins Barcelona Open, K Murali takes 3rd spotSethuraman, who was the top seed, remained unbeaten through the nine rounds, winning six matches and drawing three.
India bag 13 medals in Rapid event in Asian Youth ChessIndia bagged 13 medals, including four golds, out of a possible of 18 in the Rapid event on the opening day of the Asian Youth Chess Champi...
- Ghaziabad to get Metro tomorrow
Delhi Metro will enter Ghaziabad for the first time tomorrow when commercial operations on the Anand Vihar-Vaishali section will begin.