The World Cup and World Rapid champion beat Miso Cebalo to make the grade in the Corsica Masters.
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and Madison Keys made rocky starts on Thursday but eventually secured contrasting victories to set up a heavy metal Australian Open final showdown
But their medal hopes remain dim after the 13th and penultimate round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
Surya Shekhar Ganguly beat Gabriel Sargissen to help the Indian men register a 2.5-1.5 victory over Armenia in the fifth round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
Indian men registered a massive 3.5-0.5 win over Costa Rica, while the Indian women beat Cuba 2.5-0.5 in the second round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
After drawing with Vladimir Kramnik in the opening blindfold game, world champion Viswanathan Anand defeated the Russian in their rapid match in the first round of the Amber Blindfold and Rapid chess tournament in Nice, France. Anand emerged joint leader in the rapid and combined standings after beating Kramnik.
World No 3 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan, current World Cup winner Levon Aronian and India number two Harikrishna shared the lead with two points apiece.
The youngest FIDE rated player in the world is India's Tejas Tiwari, who achieved the feat at the tender age of five.
The Indian ace is in joint-second place after 11 rounds in the Corus chess tournament.
World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw for the second day on Wednesday with Loek Van Wely in the Corus chess tournament.
'I've been bowling here for the Melbourne Stars, I know the pitch, I know the length.'
Indian men cruised to a crushing 3.5-0.5 victory over Canada in the 11th round of 36th Chess Olympiad.
It's tough to find two cricketers who are so different from each other yet so closely intertwined by the same thread of fate as Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
Young Indian shooter Nischal won the silver medal in the women's 50 metre Rifle 3 Positions at the ISSF World Cup, in Rio De Janeiro, on Monday. It was India's second medal on the concluding day of the tournament.
The world rapid champion was held by 18-year old German Arkadij Naiditsch in the first round of the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting.
Five-time world champions Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen played out a draw in the top duel of the opening day as the second edition of the Global Chess League began with players from around the world squaring off in London on Thursday.
This is India's fourth ODI World Cup final.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand will lead India's charge at the online Nations Cup beginning on Tuesday, where some of the world's best players will face off amid the coronavirus pandemic which has thrown the sporting calendars out of gear. The six-team event, touted to the richest online team tournament, features all the big names in the game with World champion Magnus Carlsen being the only big gun missing from the line-up.
He also went on to laud the 18-year-old Indian grandmaster and explained why he was taking more time initially in the game.
Intanon still holds on to the dream of an Olympic medal.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand came into his own with a much-needed win over Jan-Krzystof Duda in 78 moves in the second round after losing to his opponent in the first round.
Former world snooker champion Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins has died at the age of 61, the BBC reported on Saturday.
R Praggnanandhaa's ability to defend seamlessly in pressure situations and the deductive mind to quickly gauge his opponent's weakness is the hallmark of a world class player, national coach GM M Shyam Sundar said on Tuesday.
India's 297/6 is the highest total by a ICC full member team in T20 Internationals and the second highest overall after Nepal's 314/3 against Mongolia in the Asian Games last year.
India suffered a double blow, losing its third and fourth round matches to Europe and top-seeded China by similar 1.5-2.5 margins, on the second day of the FIDE-Chess.com Online Nations Cup on Wednesday. Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand came up against a strong opponent in Ding Liren and the two agreed to sign peace in 54 moves. P Harikrishna held higher-rated Yu Yangyi to a draw while long-time rivals Koneru Humpy and Hou Yifan drew their game.
'As the global economy undergoes significant transformations in 2025, India's ability to navigate the complexities of trade wars, financial realignments, and emerging blocs will be pivotal,' explain Harsh V Pant and Soumya Bhowmik.
Young Indian Grandmaster Vaishali Rameshbabu on Thursday beat International Master Munkhzul Turmunkh of Mongolia to storm into the semi-finals of the first leg of FIDE chess.com Women Speed Chess Championships but the country's top player Koneru Humpy bowed out in the opener.
India's former World Rapid Chess Champion Koneru Humpy highlighted the need to organise more chess events for women in the country to ensure a greater pool of players.
'Scrapping titles like WIM, WGM and a separate women's category will kill women's interest in chess.'
Condolences have poured in from across the globe, including from the United States, Canada and Sri Lanka following the demise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The Global Chess League has hit a significant milestone on its fifth day. With half of the matches already in the books, the competition now embarks on the crucial second phase of the round-robin tournament.
The American Gambits scored a crucial victory against the Ganges Grandmasters in the opening round of day four of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League on Sunday. Hikaru Nakamura and Elisabeth Paehtz lead the winning charge for the American Gambits.
The Paris Olympics will feature a new sport in breaking, plus three young sports returning from the Tokyo Games -- climbing, skateboarding and surfing.
Defending champion Viswanathan Anand is set to fight it out in a Rapid chess tie-breaker against challenger Boris Gelfand after a tied 6-6 result in the World Chess Championship match in Moscow on Wednesday.
Apple's ambitious strategy to expand iPhone exports, shift more production from China to India at a faster pace, and grow its domestic market hits a Trump-sized roadblock.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa advanced to the Chess World Cup final after outclassing Fabiano Caruana in the semi-finals in Baku.
The Indian hockey team entered the Olympic semifinals for a second successive edition but Lakshya Sen's zealous push for a gold turned into a hunt for bronze on a bitter-sweet Sunday for India at the Paris Games.
The 42-year-old Gambhir, a key member of the 2011 ODI World Cup-winning Indian side, led Kolkata Knight Riders to IPL titles in 2012 and 2014.
If he hadn't picked up javelin as a sport then what would world champions and Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra choose as a career? In an exciting rapid India's golden boy opened up on his alternate career options!
Manu Bhaker breaks jinx, earns India Olympic bronze in shooting after 12 years.
