Sports Shorts: Harikrishna holds Tomashevsky in FIDE Moscow GP

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday IMAGE: Pentala Harikrishna. Photograph: Saimedia/Twitter Putting behind the disappointment of a loss in the last game,......

Harika wins National women's chess title

Top seeded International Master Dronavalli Harika of Andhra Pradesh proved her supremacy when she won her maiden title in the 36th National Women's Premier Chess Championship in Chennai. Harika......

Mary retains lead

Asian junior girls champion Mary Ann Gomes made a stride forward for the gold medal after defeating Maria Ignacz of Hungary in the sixth round of the Under-18 section of World youth girls' chess......

Anand, Humpy shine in 2006

Viswanathan Anand and Koneru Humpy catapulted Indian chess to new heights while Parimarjan Negi also made his presence felt in the year gone by. Anand led the way by winning the Corus Super......

Mary Ann Gomes wins Asian chess crown

Indians stamped their class in the Asian Junior girls' chess championship as the trio of Mary Ann Gomes, Kiran Monisha Mohanty and P Lakshmi Sahiti won gold, silver and bronze respectively, even as......