Sports shorts: Harikrishna defeats Hou Yifan; Heena, Bhaker shine

Harikrishna defeats Hou Yifan in nail biting sixth game IMAGE: Pentala Harikrishna reacts. Photograph: Twitter. Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna came back strongly to defeat the......

Divya awarded wild card for FIDE World Cup in Goa

IMAGE: Divya Deshmukh joins 20 other Indians in the single-elimination event which will be spearheaded by reigning World champion D Gukesh. Photograph: Michal Walusza/FIDE Grandmaster Divya......

GCL 3: Gukesh, Erigaisi trigger bidding war

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand remains with the Ganges Grandmasters. IMAGE: Apart from D. Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi, PBG Alaskan Knights have Leinier Dominguez, Sara Khadem, Kateryna......

Who is Divya Deshmukh, the teen who made chess history?

IMAGE: Meet India’s new chess queen. Photographs: Anna Shtourman/ FIDE and Andrei Anosov/FIDE Teen prodigy Divya Deshmukh stunned seasoned grandmaster Koneru Humpy in a tense tiebreak to win......

Harikrishna beats Yifan for first win

Pendalya Harikrishna celebrated his Arjuna award in great style. He beat Chinese Woman Grandmaster Hou Yifan in the fifth round to rise to the joint third spot in the Marx Gyorgy memorial......