Hungary will officially host the 45th edition of the Olympiad for the first time, having hosted the second unofficial Chess Olympiad in 1926.
India became only the third country to win both the men's and women's gold medals at the same Chess Olympiad.
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.
Koneru Humpy's non-participation in the event has not hampered the team's chances much as Vaishali has jumped significantly in rankings and is a force to reckon with in the women's circle.
Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi scored his fourth victory on the trot and gave India an early lead in the match against Serbia in the fourth round of the ongoing 45th Chess Olympiad.
Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi and Vaishali have trained at the Westbridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA) that the bespectacled chess wizard set up four years ago in Chennai. The 18-year-old Gukesh and the 19-year-old Praggnanandhaa have often stated that they would not be where they are without "Vishy sir".
Girls, after all, just wanna have fun.
India made history as both its men's and women's teams clinched their first-ever gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad. The men's team defeated Slovenia and the women's counterparts overcame Azerbaijan in the final round.
Bollywood actress Tania Zaetta will receive a personal apology from Australian Defence chief for false claims about her sexual claims with the country's soldiers in Afghanistan.
GM Tania Sachdev emerged amongst 10-leaders with a finely crafted victory over Atousa Pourkashiyan of Iran
Daily life was partially affected in West Bengal on Wednesday due to a 12-hour shutdown called by the Bharatiya Janata Party, protesting the police action against demonstrators during a march to the state secretariat.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd -- avoiding any comment on the sex scandal involving actress Tania Zaetta and Australian troops in Afghanistan -- said the entertainer was free to sue the defence department.
The government on Tuesday ordered a CBI probe into the death of Arunachal Pradesh youth Nido Tania allegedly after an assault by a group of people.
Police investigating the suspected suicide of model Tania Singh will send a notice to cricketer Abhishek Sharma as the preliminary probe revealed the duo was friends and she had sent him a message on WhatsApp chat which was not responded to, a Surat police officer said on Wednesday.
Days after Athiya Shetty and K L Rahul wed at her parents Mana and Suniel Shetty's Khandala farmhouse, social media is getting treated with new pictures.
A 24-year-old Indian man who went to Canada in 2022 to pursue higher education was shot dead in his car in Vancouver city, police said on Sunday.
Gukesh follows in the footsteps of Anand, the only other Indian to win the Candidates
Much of the negative perceptions of the north-east diaspora owe their origin and existence to the perverse policies of the central government toward the region and its people. This realisation must be the beginning of an earnest endeavour to address the issue, says R N Ravi.
Dil Dosti Dilemma is a coming-of-age series without profanity, and that by itself breaks the current mould, observes Deepa Gahlot.
The Delhi High Court on Friday rapped the city police for not filing the post mortem report of 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh youth Nido Tania and asked AIIMS and the CBI, which controls central forensic labs, to apprise it of the status along with reasons for the delay on Monday.
Two accused, arrested in connection with the death of a 19-year-old Arunachal Pradesh youth, on Friday argued in a Delhi court that they be granted bail as they have not been booked for murder charges and the offences alleged against them were bailable.
Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi pipped Rinat Zumabayev of Kazakhstan in the fifth round to share the top spot.
Vidit Gujrathi crashed through the defences of Hans Moke Niemann of the United States to join the leaders' pack on 4.5 points.
Jailed South African Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was granted parole on Friday more than 10 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, and will be released on January 5
After two straight wins, India went down 1-3 to a formidable Russian team in a fourth Pool A match in the FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship, in Sitges, Spain.
Here are the Indian Super Moms' at the Hangzhou Asian Games beginning on September 23.
The stars Rediff.com Contributing Photographer Pradeep Bandekar sighted on Monday.
Apart from a place in the Candidates to be played in April next year in Canada, Vaishali got richer by US$25000 (Over Rs 20 Lakhs) while Vidit took home a whopping prize purse of US$80000 (Over Rs 66 Lakhs).
The men's team comprises Grandmasters D Gukesh, Gujrathi, Erigaisi, P Harikrishna and R Praggnanandhaa.
After six draws in a row, Praggnanandhaa was relieved after the victory, a result of Gupta's blunder under time pressure.
Ananya can't describe her mood... Soha enjoys beach day with Inaaya... Ayushmann enjoys the end of spring...
The India 'A' and 'B' teams registered comprehensive seventh round victories
Mrunal wraps up a Mumbai schedule... Mouni starts a restaurant...Sunny takes a nap...
The Indian teams made winning starts in the Open and women's sections of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai on Friday.
A school in Delhi's Defence Colony was evacuated on Wednesday morning after an e-mail said there were bombs on the premises, the police said.
Former women's World champion Susan Polgar feels that the rising strength of Indian players makes them favourites to grab three out of the six medals at stake.
India 'B' defeated Germany 3-1 in their final round match to end at third position.
In the Open section, the India 'B' team, which has been in sparkling form, had to settle for a 2-2 draw against Uzbekistan as the in-form D Gukesh lost to Nodirbek Abdusattorov, the reigning world rapid chess champion.
With the top spot assured in the pool with a round to go, India was held to a 3-3 draw by a fighting Slovenia.
Oscar Pistorius, known as "Blade Runner" for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, went from public hero to convicted murderer in a trial that drew worldwide interest.
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