India asserted its supremacy in chess by winning three gold medals in the rapid mixed team event and rapid individual events at the second Asian Indoor Games in Macau on Saturday.
Grandmaster D Harika scored the only win of the day for the side as India edged past Greece 2.5-1.5 in the seventh round to stay in medal contention in the World women team chess championship in Mardin, Turkey.
Anand decided not to participate this time but he will be guiding the Indian team at the showpiece event to be held from July 28 to August 10.
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The men's team beat Austria to move to joint-seventh place, while the women lost to Hungary and slumped to 14th place after the fifth round in the 32nd Chess Olympiad, in Dresden, Germany.
The year 2023 will go down as extremely memorable for the Indian sports fraternity as players across various disciplines came together to script history at the Asian Games held in Hangzhou.
Dronavalli Harika and Koneru Humpy came up with fine individual performances to win a silver and a bronze, respectively.
The game incidentally was an old Sicilian where Shirov tried an unconventional ninth move.
In another entertaining contest SG Alpine Warriors defeated Chingari Gulf Titans 11-6.
With 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze in their kitty, the Indian para athletes won four medals more than the record tally of 107 won by the able-bodied athletes in the Hangzhou Asian Games, held from September 23 to October 8.
Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal understands why Kuldeep Yadav is playing ahead of him in the ODI format.
The fact that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa approved an expenditure of Rs 29 crore for the World Chess Championship between Viswanathan Anand and Norway's Magnus Carlsen to be held here points to the significance the event has for the state government.
He will next be seen in action in the first T20 International against England, in Southampton on Thursday, July 7.
T Abhay, Rajadarshini and N Raghavi joined Arun Prasad and Mary Ann Gomes in the Indian team.
This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India's 78th Independence Day.
Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta won a silver by pocketing seven points out of nine games while Tania Sachdev turned out to be the best woman performer for India with a bronze medal in the Chess Olympiad, that concluded in Istanbul Turkey on Sunday.
India was held to a 3-3 draw by lower-ranked Mongolia in the sixth round as favourites China grabbed the top spot in Pool A in the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad on Saturday.
World No 1 and challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway arrived on Monday to a grand reception by FIDE and All India Chess Federation officials for the much-awaited November 9-28 World Chess Championship against Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand.
Indian men faced yet another reverse in their medal quest when they succumbed to a 1.5-2.5 against third seeds Israel.
After the marathon game in Round 7, five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand and defending champions Magnus Carlsen played out a quick draw in the eighth round of the World Chess Championship, now underway in Sochi, on Tuesday.
'There cannot be anyone like Air Marshal Keelor -- he was so difficult to emulate.' Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (retd) salutes War Hero Air Marshal Denzil Keelor PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC who passed into the ages last month.
Young Indian International Master V Pranav finished with 6.5 points after losing to Predke in the final round.
In recent months, several pharma multinational corporations (MNCs) are increasingly turning to Indian companies to expand market reach in the country's pharmaceuticals sector. Sanofi's partnerships with Dr Reddy's, Cipla, and Emcure, AstraZeneca and Mankind Pharma - teaming up for asthma medication distribution - are a few instances of this trend. This strategy allows MNCs to leverage established Indian networks and reach a wider audience. Indian companies also benefit from global brands and expertise, say analysts.
Nihal Sarin closes in on final Grandmaster norm
Praggnanandhaa edged out his Dutch opponent in 81 moves in the fourth game after the first three ended in draws.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on Day 7 of the Asian Games:
A title match requires months of preparation and pulling out of other events, putting together a team of seconds, etc. Carlsen just says he lacks the motivation to do this again.
'In this Spy versus Soldier game,' says Rajeev Sharma, 'the two sides will size up each other like never before.'
'Dharti par jo Rab hota hai, woh hai pitaah (There's a God on earth, and it's a Father).'
'Badminton at this level is a mental game.' 'Often just one or two points makes the deficit and often it's upstairs on the first floor that these things happen.'
Indian men bounced back with a convincing 4-0 victory over Cyprus in the second round of the Chess Olympiad
Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand celebrated the Indian World Cup victory with a crushing win against Levon Aronian of Armenia in the second round of Zurich Chess Challenge.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
Praggnanandhaa is on his own at the Azerbaijan capital of Baku as his personal coach RB Ramesh is away in another country.
A sharp mind with a penchant for trying out new things, senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is relentless in his bowling approach and always tries to keep himself one step ahead of opposition batters, his long-time national team-mate Cheteshwar Pujara said.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, on Friday, October 7.
World champion Viswanathan Anand struggled once again with his white pieces and suffered a painful defeat against challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the sixth game of the World Chess Championship in Chennai on Saturday.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games on Tuesday, October 3.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday, September 30.
Stand-in captain Smith savours rare Australian win in India
