Indian GM Bharathakoti holds Paravyan in World Rapid Championship

IMAGE: Indian Grandmaster Harsha Bharatakoti lies in 23rd place with four points, the best among the Indians in action in the tournament. Photograph: Harsha Bharatakoti/Twitter Little-known Indian......

Mixed luck for Indian players in FIDE Grand Swiss chess tourney

  IMAGE: Experienced Grandmaster K Sasikiran beat Uzbekistan's Shamsuddin Vakhidov, while R Praggnanandhaa pulled off a marathon 55-move win over compatriot B......

Sports Shorts: Anand, Harikrishna bow out of World Cup; Joshna in final

IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand. Photograph courtesy: FIDE Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand crashed out of the World Cup after playing out a draw in a must-win game against Anton Kovalyov......

Chess World Cup: Anand loses to Kovalyov, Gujrathi wins with black

Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of Canadian Grandmaster Anton Kovalyov to leave the Indian on the verge of an early exit at the FIDE Chess World......

Adhiban bows out of chess World Cup

Grandmaster and former national champion B Adhiban was knocked out of the chess World Cup after losing his second game on the trot against higher-ranked Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the......