Asian chess: Easy for Negi, Sasikiran held

Second seed Krishnan Sasikiran was held to a draw by Oliver Barbosa of the Philippines in the first round of the ongoing Asian Individual Chess Championship in Mashhad, Iran. Fresh from his......

Asiad: Indian men slip, women go second in chess

Grandmaster GN Gopal's defeat against Ni Hua cost India dearly as it lost the fourth round match to higher rated China in the men's chess team event to slip to the second position in the Asian......

Chess Olympiad: Indian women rise to third place

On a mixed day for India at the 32nd Chess Olympiad, the women's team defeated Bulgaria to move up to joint-third place while the men slipped to tied 10th after losing to France in the seventh......

Chess World Cup: Hari, Sasi draw openers

Indian Grandmasters Pendyala Harikrishna and Krishnan Sasikiran drew their first games as the Chess World Cup got off to an exciting startin Khanty-Mansiysk in Russia with the first round producing......

Neelotpal splits point, Humpy loses

International Master Neelotpal Das held Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (IRI) while KoneruHumpy bumped out in the sixth round of the 5th Asian Chess Championship at the KVBR indoor stadium in......