Sports Shorts: Jayaram enters Chinese Taipei Open quarters, Sourabh out

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: India's Ajay Jayaraman will face Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia in the last eight of the competition. Photograph: PTI Indian......

World chess gets first new president in over two decades

IMAGE: Former Russian deputy prime minister Arkady Dvorkovich is its head. Photograph: Arkady Dvorkovich/Twitter The World Chess Federation elected its first new president in more than two......

World Chess Championship to start on Saturday

World champion Viswanathan Anand got a breather on Wednesday as the World Chess Federation agreed to postpone the first game of his World Chess Championship match against Veselin Topalov by a day......

Anand arrives in Sofia after long road trip

World chess champion Viswanathan Anand arrived in Sofia on Tuesday morning for his World Championship match against Veselin Topalov after a 40-hour long road journey. The Indian chess ace was due......