Two Indians in joint lead at Chennai Open chess

Grandmasters M R Lalith Babu and Henrik Teske of Germany played out a hard-fought draw between them to maintain their lead at the end of the seventh round of the 5th Chennai Open International......

Murali Karthikeyan, Rathnakaran make GM norms

Thirteen-year-old Murali Karthikeyan scored his maiden Grandmaster norm after securing a draw with Commonwealth champion M R Lalith Babu in the ninth and penultimate round of the premier section of......

Ganguly back in reckoning

Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly was back in the reckoning for a place amongst the prize winners after a hard-fought victory over Russian International Master Alexander Raetsky in the eighth round......

Abhijeet Gupta escapes with a draw

Promising youngster Abhijeet Gupta had a miraculous escape to force a draw against Grandmaster Ghaem Maghami Ehsan of Iran in the seventh round of Masters' section in the Abu Dhabi International......

Gupta gets closer to third IM norm

Abhijit Gupta gave yet another inspired performance to hold Grandmaster Pavel Kotsur of Kazakhstan in the seventh round of the Dubai International Open chess championship to take a step closer to......