P V Sindhu won the ESPN's 'Female Sportsperson of the Year' award while young shooter Saurabh Chaudhary bagged the honour in the male category.
'When I started my first game on Day 3 I did not imagine I would be at the top. My hope was to reach top three. I didn't expect to play the tie-break games'
Grandmaster Koneru Humpy on Sunday outclassed Shen Yang of China with some brilliant manouvres in the first game of the quarterfinals and now needs just a draw in the second game to advance to the semifinals of the world women's chess championship, underway in Nalchik (Russia).
The match between Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria and Russian Vladimir Kramnik was thrown in jeopardy after the frequent toilet breaks taken by the latter.
Koneru Humpy secured a much-needed draw against China's Ju Wenjun in the second game of the quarter-finals to enter the semi-finals of the World Women's Chess Championship in Hatay, Turkey on Wednesday.
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.
Indian players experienced mixed fortunes in the second round of the FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament here with two each in the men's and women's sections registering victories.
Chess player Soumya Swaminathan has been left a bit shaken by the storm triggered by her pullout from a tournament in Iran over the issue of compulsory headscarf but remains firm in her belief that religious diktats should not extend beyond places of worship.
The draw took both Eesha Karavade and Koneru Humpy to 3.5 points out of a possible five in the Dubai International Chess championship.
Placed fourth after the first leg on Tuesday, the 48-year-old had a dream run on the final day to secure six wins and three draws in the nine rounds to draw level with the world No 3 American Nakamura to force a play-off.
Armenian GM Robert Hovhannisyan halted giant-killer Girish Koushik's winning spree in the ninth round on a day when Fide Masters VAV Rajesh of Chennai Kerala's SL Narayanan and local lass Michelle Catherina obtained their International Master norms with strong positive performances in the ongoing World Junior Chess Championships.
After a mixed outing in the Brazil leg of the event, World Champion Viswanathan Anand would be hoping for an improved finish in the Spain phase of the fourth Final Masters chess championship, which re-commences at Bilbao on Thursday.
Athletes lauded for their performances on National Sports Day
World Champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a double blow before recovering some lost ground in the third round in the Grenkeleasing World Rapid Chess Championship that got underway in Mainz (Germany) as the main event of the Mainz Classics.
World champion Viswanathan Anand ended his campaign with an easy draw against Sergey Karjaikin of Russia in the ninth and final round of Tal Memorial Chess tournament that concluded in Moscow.
World chess champion Viswanathan Anand received a rousing welcome by his fans, who lined-up in good numbers to greet him, as the chess wizard returned home after winning his fifth world title on Saturday.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand scored an emphatic victory over world number two Levon Aronian of Armenia to jump to joint lead with two others after the fourth round of the Tata Steel chess tournament, at Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands, on Wednesday.
The Indian ace plays Mongontuul Bathuyag of Mongolia in the eighth round of the World Junior girls' chess championship.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand has bowed out of contention for a top place in the Grenkeleasing World Rapid Chess championship after being eliminated in the preliminary round.
The World Cup champion drew with Alexander Grischuk and Alexei Shirov in his first two matches in the in World Rapid Chess Championship.
Tania Sachdev beat Bela Khotenashvili of Georgia in the third round and shares the lead with three others in World Junior Girls' Chess Championships.
Azerbaijan Kadir Guseinov leads the boys' section in the World Juniors chess championship.
The Indian Grandmaster led the boys' field by 0.5 points after the third round in the World Junior chess championship.
Former Indian cricketer Farokh Engineer hailed IPL being the 'envy of the world' but said Test cricket cannot be sacrificed.
The top seeded Indian GM easily beat Ekaterina Ubiennykh of Russia in the 11th round and joined Zhao Xue of China and Nadezhda Kosintseva at the top in the World juniors girls' chess championship.
The Indian started his campaign with a fighting draw in the first round of the World Rapid Chess Championship.
Viswanathan Anand finished second in a strong field at the World Blitz Chess Championship.
World junior girls' champion Dronavalli Harika played out an easy draw as white with Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia in the first game of the second round of the ongoing World Women's Chess Championship in Nalchik, Russia. Harika, who had beaten Russian Vera Nebolsina in the first round to advance to the last 32 stage in this knock-out event, will play the return game on Tuesday with black.
Anna Ushenina of Ukraine claimed the women's World Championship crown, defeating Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria in the first set of tie-break games in Khanty Mansiysk.
'Anybody who has seen a photo of Anand playing will see an Indian flag beside him. And, when he wins, the national anthem is played. What more proof do you need about Anand's nationality?'
The Indian GM beat Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia to move to joint fourth place in the World junior chess championship.
A draw would have sufficed but Grandmaster Koneru Humpy showed no mercy and recorded her second successive win against Shen Yang of China to storm into the semifinals of the World Women's Chess Championship in Nalchik (Russia).
Vishy Anand talks to Shobha Warrier about life after his triumpoh in the fifth World Chess Championship.
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran defeated Commonwealth champion and former World championship finalist Nigel Short of England in the fifth round of the 'B' group in the Corus International chess tournament, in Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands), on Thursday.
Grandmaster Levon Aronian and Ni Hua share the lead after the sixth round in the World junior chess championships.
World junior chess champion GM Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan clinched the Dubai Cup.
The Indian ace beat former World champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia in the seventh round to make the grade in the World Rapid Chess tournament.\n\n
Dronavalli Harika won the world under-14 girls title, while Parimarjan Negi took the bronze in the under-12 boys category in the World Youth Chess Championships.
Top seeded Shakhriyaz Mamedyarov strengthened his position at the top in the World Jr. chess, maintaining a ghalf point lead.
India registered a lucky victory over Turkey in a closely-fought encounter to hold on to their joint third spot at the end of the seventh round of the World Team Chess Championship now in progress in Bursa, Turkey on Tuesday.
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