The Indian randmaster beat the former Russian champion in the second round of the Aeroflot International chess tournament.
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran squandered several chances as GM Bartlomiej Macieja of Poland stretched their third round match to a tie-breaker in the World Chess Cup
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran played out an easy draw with Polish GM Bartlomiej Macieja in the first game of the third round of the Chess World Cup
The Indian ace beat the tournament leader and top seed to move within striking distance of the title in the Category-16 Super Grandmaster tournament.
The Indian Grandmaster was beaten by World champion Ruslan Ponomariov at the Biel chess festival.
The Indian scored a sensational victory over Grandmaster Zurab Sturua of Georgia in the fifth round of the Dubai International Chess Championship.
The draw kept the Indian Grandmaster in joint-fifth position after the third round in the Aerosvit International Chess tournament.
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran started his campaign with a thumping victory over GM Alexander Onischuk of United States in the first round of the Aerosvit International chess tournament in Yalta, Ukraine.
The Indian Grandmaster split the point with the Romanian GM to maintain a half point lead after the penultimate round in the third Mtel Masters.
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran celebrated his birthday in style beating R R Laxman to take sole lead after seven rounds.
The Indian Grandmaster was relegated to third after a three-way for first place.
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran beat GM Konstantin Landa in the fifth round and moved to second place in the Aeroflot Open.
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran suffered a defeat at the hands of Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine in the first game of pre-quarterfinals at the chess World Cup.
Krishnan Sasikiran faces a tie-break in the Chess World Cup after his draw in the second game of his match against Russian Vadim Zvjaginsev.
Krishnan Sasikiran split point in the first game of his second round match against Russian GM Vadim Zvjaginsev to continue moving ahead in the Chess World Cup
India emerged sole leaders after the first round of the Asian team chess championship
P Harikrishna lost to Giovanni Vescovi in the first game of the second round in the World Chess Cup
National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly crashed through the defenses of United States champion Hikaru Nakamura in the Chess World Cup.
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Romania and World champion Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan lead the field in the category-16 Super Grandmasters Pune chess festival.
The International Master shocked the top seeded Grandmaster in the fifth round of the fifth Asian Chess Championship.
The second-highest rated Indian after Viswanathan Anand beat Rustam Kasimdzhanov of Uzbekistan to win the Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament.
The Indian Grandmaster now trails the defending champion by a full point after the eighth round at the Biel chess festival.
National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly and GM Dibyendu Barua also bowed out of the World Chess Championship.
Draws ruled the roost in the 8th round as players were only willing to consolidate their position in the Dubai International Chess Championship.
Indian GM Krishnan Sasikiran slipped to joint second after drawing with GM Artashes Minasian of Armenia in the seventh round of the Dubai International Chess Championship.
Krishnan Sasikiran, S S Ganguly and Pendyala Harikrishna drew their third round matches in the Dubai Chess Championship and dropped to second place.
Hungarian Zoltan Almasi won the Marx Gyrogy memorial tournament, while Viktor Korchnoi finished second.
The Indian GM's flag fell in a rook versus Bishop endgame after 100 moves against top seed Emil Sutovsky
The Indian Grandmaster shared the second place in the Mtel chess tournament with Gata Kamsky, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu.
Despite the defeat, the Indian Grandmaster maintains sole lead in the Mtel chess tournament.
He delivered a vital blow to English GM Michael Adams in the sixth round of the Mtel Masters Chess tournament.
GM Valerij Filippov maintained his half point lead after the eighth and penultimate round of the Aeroflot International Open Chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand's absence was felt as India could manage only a 2-2 draw against Uzbekistan in the ninth round of the Chess Olympiad.
Indian men scored a 2.5-1.5 victory over Bulgaria but the women suffered defeat at the hands of Armenia at the Chess Olympiad
Playing with black pieces, Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran had to settle for a draw against his higly-rated English compatriot Michael Adams in the opening match of the M-Tel Masters 2007 in Sofia.
Viswanathan Anand and National champion Surya Shekhar Ganguly were held in a 2-2 draw in the fifth round of the Chess Olympiad.
The Indian GM could only salvage a draw with Jonny Hector of in the sixth round of the Sigeman & Co. chess tournament
Sasikiran, Hikaru Nakamura and Jan Timman jointly occupy the second spot with 1.5 points each
The Indian GM salvaged a disappointing campaign with a victory in the last round, while Israel's Emil Sutovsky was crowned the winner.
The victory improved the Indian's chances of a decent finish in the Aeroflot International Open chess tournament.
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