With two rounds left the Indian GM is level with GM Luke McShane of England in the North Sea Cup.
The Indian GM drew with GM Michal Krasenkow of Poland in the third round of the North Sea Cup.
Krishnan Sasikiran drew the final round game against GM Vitaly Tseshkovsky to tie for sixth place.
The draw left the top seeded Indian at the bottom of the table after the second round in the Marx Gyorgy Memorial International Chess tournament.
The grandmaster scored significant win over Sergei Tiviakov in the eighth round of the Montreal International chess tournament.
Either Hyderabad or Rajkot may host India's maiden day-night Test match when the West Indies will arrive for a tour, later this year.
Kolkata-based chef Shaun Kenworthy tells us how to put together an irresistible creamy dessert.
Neither the foreign exchange, nor the gold, and certainly not the revaluation reserve should be available for spending by anyone. he revaluation account is simply not money. It is simply an accounting entry, says Rashmin C Sanghvi.
Canine lover and dog trainer Pooja Sathe Gawande answers your queries.
NRAI said Indian government had given clearance for the applications, but that was before last Thursday's dastardly attack
It has been learnt that Rathour and Kanitkar are among the four applicants for the NCA coach's job.
Local youngster Prasanna Rao, an International Master, surprisingly held top seed Aleksandrov Aleksey of Belarus to a draw in the fourth round of the 4th Mayor's Cup International Chess Tournament on Sunday.
'The reason why people are underweight and short is because they have not got quality food during their growing years.'
GM Smirnov Pavel tallied 7.5 points out of a possible 9, the same as Short, but won the overall title on better progressive scores.
MCA blamed its financial troubles on non-receipt of payments from the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the last 10 months.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday
He scored a thumping victory over Aguado in the second round of the 15th Ciudad De Pamplona International Chess tournament.
GM Krishnan Sasikiran finished joint fourth in the Aeroflot International Open Chess tournament.
GM Valerij Filippov maintained his half point lead after the eighth and penultimate round of the Aeroflot International Open Chess tournament.
The Commonwealth champion was beaten by IM Adam Hunt of England in the first round of the British Chess Championship.
Surya Shekhar Ganguly joined GM Nigel Short of England at the top of the table after the penultimate round in the Gibetelecom Masters International Open chess tournament.
Just as the superstars of Indian cricket only play IPL and international fixtures and ignore the Ranji and Mushtaq Ali trophies in domestic cricket, Narendra Modi should play a very limited role in state assembly elections, argues Sudhir Bisht.
Silver outperformed gold in 2012 in the domestic as well as international markets on resumed stockists' demand amid expectations of a revival in global industrial activity.
FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich said the chess world was moving online which would help the sport reach its full potential.
Powerful cars like the Camaro and Corvette might be sold via special boutiques in small numbers.
The Indian GM lost to GM Nigel Short of England in the 8th round of the Gibtelecom Masters International Open Chess Congress.
Grandmaster and Asian champion Parimarjan Negi will meet Polish GM Bartosz Socko in the sixth round of the Leiden International chess tournament.
After losing Rs 270 in the last two sessions, the gold prices fell further by Rs 100 to Rs 28,440 per 10 gm on stockists selling.
It is regrettable that the IB has tried to devalue the expertise available both within the concerned ministry and in the scientific community by its allegations. Governments and NGOs in many western nations have not been accused of being 'anti-national' when they put their foot down on questionable practices by cash rich agri-business companies, says Rashme Sehgal.
The top seed drew his 11th round match against third seeded Ajbhijit Kunte in the men's National A chess championship.
Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta won the London Chess Classic's open section with a hard-earned win over GM Keith Arkell of England while International Master Sahaj Grover pulled himself to the second spot after the final round of the event concluded in London.
When the Indian brunost bravely ventured into the international cheese arena in Spain, along with 4,000 others from 45 countries, before 230 judges, its sterling desi pedigree spoke for itself, winning a silver in the brown cheese category and giving India a berth on the global cheese map.
Barra says GM is working on putting out the right products here because it will be difficult to make a mark globally without India.
Top seeded Grandmaster K Sasikiran warded off some initial resistance from Australian Vladimir Feldman to open with a comfortable win in the 13th Dubai International Open Chess Tournament in Dubai.
Deepak Gupta grows chemical-free food and wants farmers to go back to the practices they once knew but have forgotten, says Aditi Phadnis.
Gold was Rs 28,100 per 10 gm on July 26, 2014.
Dronavalli Harika and S Vijayalakshmi also tasted success, beating Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian and GM Denis Khismatullin respectively in the Aeroflot International Chess tournament.
The strident support from the hotels comes at a time when the industry is itself caught off guard with a sharp dip in both in-bound traffic from foreign markets, reduced domestic traction as well as a total shut-down of MICE business that has led the country top players by market cap to lose over half their value in just a little over a month.
Gold is often considered a 'hedge' against an economic uncertainty.
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