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More in: MARGAO: Goan boy Rajaryan Kuvelkar gave his chess career a much needed push by clinching the first place at the 1st International IWICA Rapid Chess tournament which concluded recently in Bangkok. The 12-year-old who is a new chess sensation ...

Chess happened by accident for Nubairshah Shaikh and now he can't live without it. He can't recollect what prompted him to participate in an intra-school competition, his first chess tourney, but he remembers how excited he was after winning it.

YEREVAN. Armenian political forces may play a more prominent role in the urban economy rather than individuals, ruling party MP said. Commenting on the results of the Yerevan municipal elections, Gagik Minasyan said no matter how talented a person ...

The National Table Tennis Championships will start on April 23 in Da Lat City. Participants will compete in individual, doubles and teams events for both men and women, as well as mixed-double. Ha Noi, Hai Duong, the Army and HCM City are candidates ...

Viet Nam still head the Southeast Asian region in the latest April ranking, according to the International Federation of Association Football. Although the team dropped three steps to 132nd in world rankings, they topped the region, followed by ...

VietNamNet Bridge They are the players who are in Top 100 of the FIDE world rankings at this moment. Kim Phung wins U20 Asian chess champion the second time Hoang Thanh Trang, 33, used to play for Vietnam but she is now in the national chess team ...

Interdom at Eighty: Reflections in Russia, Russia, as travelers have noted over the centuries, is immense. Most of it is far from large bodies of water. And yet, in a first visit after many years, I came upon some unusual islands right in the ...

Grandmaster Julio Catalino Sadorra's attacking style was in full display Monday, rolling to his third straight win over International Master Wang Chen in the $100,000 Manny Pacquiao Asian Individual Continental chess championships at the Midas Hotel ...

Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit 7:44pm BST By WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights on Monday when the ...