HarenINTERVIEW: India’s grand chess plan – ‘Rating system parallel to FIDE’s, 10 lakh player registration, more super tournaments’
The historic double gold for India’s Open and Women’s teams at the Olympiad shifted the power equation in world chess and put the country’s GenNext players in the limelight. All…
Harika Dronavalli interview: ‘All the bad memories from past Olympiads vanished with this gold’
Harika Dronavalli, sitting at Doha Airport in between two flights that finally brings her home, is taking a trip down memory lane recounting the multiple Olympiads that she’s been to…
Chess Olympiad: What made Indian women’s team tick and claim historic gold?
The Indian women’s team endured some drama in Budapest but managed to snatch a gold medal from the hands of Kazakhstan in the final round of the Chess Olympiad. Team…
Indian chess federation left red-faced as Chess Olympiad’s Nona Gaprindashvili Cup, given to India at Chennai 2022, goes missing
IN WHAT could become a major embarrassment for India, the ‘Nona Gaprindashvili Cup’, which is awarded to the best performing contingent at the Chess Olympiad, is learnt to have been…
Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali help India win openers
The Indian chess team signalled its intent to win a gold medal in the open section of the ongoing Chess Olympiad after defeating a hapless Morocco team 4-0 in the…
Chess Olympiad: India’s ‘strongest team ever’ heading to Budapest itching for gold medal
India’s chess Avengers are assembling in Budapest. Their mission: to win the gold medal at the Chess Olympiad, the most prestigious team competition in the sport. An Indian team had…
Gukesh vs Praggnanandhaa: Pragg allows World Championship challenger to salvage draw from losing position
Gukesh vs Praggnanandhaa: In the battle royale between the country’s top teenage prodigies at the Sinquefield Cup, Praggnanandhaa found himself in a winning rook endgame against World Championship contender Gukesh,…
Arjun Erigaisi stuns Magnus Carlsen in final of World Blitz Team Championships as team wins silver
Arjun Erigaisi pulled off a magnificent upset of Magnus Carlsen in their individual battle in the final of World Blitz Team Championships even as his team, Team MGD1, which comprised…
