'Religious reasons': Why Uzbek GM Yakubboev refused Vaishali's handshake

IMAGE: R Vaishali can be seen extending her hand before the start of a fourth-round contest against Nodirbek Yakubboev, who sat down without responding to it, at the Tata Steel Chess tournament.......

Vaishali wins Grand Swiss, qualifies for Candidates tournament

Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy have already qualified after finishing first and second respectively in the last women's World Cup. IMAGE: R Vaishali becomes the third Indian women to qualify for......

FIDE Grand Swiss: Vaishali in joint lead; Praggnanandhaa held

IMAGE: R Vaishali was joined by Kateryna Lagno of Russia in the lead after Round 4 of the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Photograph: FIDE/Michal Walusza Grandmaster R Vaishali......

Women's WC: Divya, Humpy cruise into last 16

IMAGE: Koneru Humpy. Photograph: X Woman Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh and the country's first woman to become a GM, Koneru Humpy made it to the last-16 of the FIDE Women's World Cup in contrasting......

American Mishra, 16, stuns Gukesh at FIDE Grand Swiss

IMAGE: D Gukesh in action against Grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra of the US in the fifth round of the FIDE Grand Swiss. Photograph: Michal Walusza/FIDE Top seed Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa suffered......