India's Arjun Erigaisi delivered a commanding performance against American Awonder Liang, while compatriot Nihal Sarin lost to Germany's Vincent Keymer in the opening round of the Chennai Grandmasters Chess tournament on Thursday.
India hosts the event from a position of unprecedented strength with a string of titles under its belt.
Looking to assert his supremacy across formats, reigning world champion D Gukesh of India began his campaign in the FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with a crushing victory over France's Etienne Bacrot in the first round.
Vaishali knew she had to win to remain in contention and her approach right from the start was in sync with the requirement of the tournament situation.
Top-seeded Indian Arjun Erigaisi was held to a draw by Dutch Grandmaster Jorden van Foreest, while Vidit Gujrathi suffered a shock defeat to American Ray Robson in the second round of Chennai Grandmasters Chess tournament on Friday.
World Junior champion Pranav Venkatesh scored a crushing victory over Grandmaster Alan Pichot of Spain to win the Fujairah Global Superstars chess tournament.
Defending champion and Grandmaster R Vaishali jumped into sole lead in the women's section
M Pranesh bagged the Challengers crown despite losing to IM G B Harshavardhan in the final round at the Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters.
Asian Individual Chess: Nihal Sarin finishes second
Karthikeyan upsets Vidit Gujrathi, Vincent Keymer edges closer to maiden title at Chennai Grand Masters.
Superbet Classic: Praggnanandhaa in joint lead with three others
The FIDE World Cup 2025 is coming to Goa from October 30 to November 27, 2025!
Praggnanandhaa takes on a strong field at Grand Swiss, eyes Candidates berth
Women's World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh, who has also qualified for the Women's Candidates, has opted out of the women's section to compete with the best in business.
Vincent Keymer, Arjun Erigaisi play out draw, Awonder beats Pranav in wonderkid clash
While only one place seems assured for the Indians in the men's section, there are already three in the women's category who have made it to the Candidates.
Young Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin on Thursday emerged champion in the Masters' section of the Serbia Open Chess Championship in Belgrade.
World junior champion V Pranav of India lost to seasoned Grandmaster Jan Emmanuel Garcia of Philippines in the first round of the Asian Continental Chess Championship.
World Champion D Gukesh went down to world's youngest-ever Grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra of the US in the fifth round of the FIDE Grand Swiss.
Praggnanandhaa beats Abdusattorov in Superbet chess
R Praggnanandhaa was held to a draw by the world's youngest-ever Grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra of the United States.
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Gukesh is currently sharing the 8th spot on 1.5 points along with Abdusattorov and Duda.
The likes of Arjun Erigaisi on the top board will be assisted by P Harikrishna on the second board.
Padmini Rout replicating the result in the women's section to emerge as the top Indian performers in Al Ain, UAE.
The KPCC made this decision simultaneously as Sarin announced a press conference in Palakkad, declaring his intention to work with the Left Democratic Front moving forward.
The FIDE World Cup for chess will be held between October 30 and November 27, 2025.
The killings of Gopal Khemka and his son Gunjan, seven years apart, bear a striking resemblance, reports M I Khan.
The experienced Pentala Harikrishna accepted a draw against lower-rated Constantin Lupulescu of Romania to advance to round four at the FIDE Chess World Cup.
It was Arun Sarin's first and only press conference in India on October 28, 2005. Vodafone had just bought a 10 per cent stake in Bharti.
Meanwhile in the women's event, Padmini Rout and R Vaishali joined compatriot Bhakti Kulkarni in the second round.
Arun Sarin is the chief executive officer of Vodafone Group Plc, the United Kingdom-based global mobile operator.
Asian chess: Srija Seshadri in joint lead
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen recorded a flawless performance, securing victories against S L Narayanan
Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin on Thursday met key members of the Ruia family, as part of efforts to woo the Essar Group to ensure smooth sailing of mobile venture Hutch-Essar, where the UK company is acquiring majority stake.
The Election Commission has said it will allow suspected fake voters to cast their ballots in the Palakkad assembly by-poll, but will take action against them later. The CPI(M), Congress, and BJP have accused each other of enrolling fake voters. The by-poll is scheduled for November 20.
The race for India's fourth largest mobile phone company Hutch Essar Ltd intensified on Wednesday with the arrival of Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin in India.
Upasna Sarin, the 34-year-old owner of Finesse, a shoe store in Delhi's Greater Kailash, has taken her store to a turnover of Rs 3 crore.
Arun Sarin, the former chief executive of telecom giant Vodafone, who was reportedly in the race for the CEO post at Internet major Yahoo has decided not to accept the offer, says a media report.
According to a list of UK's 100 most powerful people in technology and telecom sector, published today by the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sarin won the top slot. Nikesh Arora, internet search giant Google's Indian-origin president for Europe, Mid-East and Africa, is ranked fourth.
