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Erigaisi downs top-seed; Gukesh holds onto lead

Rediff.com20 Dec 2023

India's Arjun Erigaisi defeated top-seed Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran with black pieces in the sixth round of the Chennai Grandmasters Chess Championship in Chennai on Wednesday to move into joint second spot in the standings.

Harikrishna loses in tie-break

Rediff.com5 Dec 2005

The only Indian remaining in the World Cup Chess was beaten in the Round 3 tie-break.

Shenzhen Masters: Harikrishna draws with Giri

Rediff.com31 Mar 2017

World No. 14 Harikrishna was determined to make something out of this contest as the tournament entered its final stages. But Giri was equally resolute and held Harikrishna at bay to make it one of the longest games of the day.

Harikrishna goes down fighting to top seed in Shenzhen Masters

Rediff.com25 Mar 2017

India's Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna put up a spirited fight against top seeded Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri but couldn't avert his first defeat in the Shenzhen Longgang Chess Grand Master tournament in Shenzhen, China on Saturday.

Geneva FIDE GP: Harikrishna opens campaign with a win

Rediff.com7 Jul 2017

The Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna started off his Geneva FIDE Grand Prix on an astounding note, defeating Russian GM Alexander Riazantsev in his opening round game in Geneva.

Harikrishna stuns Aronian to climb to top spot in Geneva

Rediff.com13 Jul 2017

India's Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna dished out a stellar performance to beat world No. 4 Levon Aronian of Armenia in the sixth round to climb to top of the leaderboard at the Geneva FIDE Grand Prix chess tournament.

Sports shorts: Harikrishna defeats Hou Yifan; Heena, Bhaker shine

Rediff.com31 Jul 2017

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Monday '

Sports Shorts: Harikrishna holds Adams in Geneva FIDE GP

Rediff.com8 Jul 2017

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday.

Sports Shorts: Harikrishna holds on to tied first spot

Rediff.com2 Aug 2017

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday.

Sports Shorts: India pip Kazakhstan to win FIBA Women's Asia Cup

Rediff.com29 Jul 2017

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday

Carlsen is World Rapid Champion, Vishy Anand finishes 25th!

Rediff.com13 Oct 2015

Former World champion Viswanathan Anand ended the World Rapid Championship on a positive note, scoring four points out of five games on the final day, but the Indian ace could only finish 25th in the final standings.