Sahaj and Vidit still in the hunt

Grandmaster M R Venkatesh delivered when it mattered the most and defeated Romanian Mircea-Emilian Parligras in the ninth and final round of Grand Europe Golden Sands International Chess tournament here. Venkatesh finished with an impressive tally of seven ...

Varna (Bulgaria): Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi managed to secure a draw against overnight joint leader Zybnyk Hracek of Czech Republic in the seventh round but dropped to the fourth position at the here.Playing the white side of a Queen`s ...

Grandmaster S. Arun Prasad crashed through the defenses of Yuri Solodovnichenko of Ukraine to emerge as joint leader on 6.5 points after the end of the 8th and penultimate round of here. Prasad shares the lead with Vladimir Georgiev of Macedonia, ...

Woman Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkarni got off to a flying start holding seventh seed compatriot Abhijeet Gupta to a hard-fought draw in the first round of Grand Europe Golden Sands chess tournament that got underway here on Tuesday. Bhakti was, in fact, seen ...

Keen to put behind the disappointment of Albena, Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta will belooking to make amends when he begin his campaign at the Grand Europe Golden Sands Chess tournament here.All set tostart as the ...

International Master Anurag Mahamal came up with a sterling show to checkmate top seeded Grandmaster Tigran Petrosian of Armenia in the second round of . In another big upset by an Indian player, International Master Shardul Gagare came up with a ...

Vo Thi Kim Phung won two gold medals at the Asian Junior Championships. Photo by Sharjahchess.com Vo Thi Kim Phung won two gold medals at the Asian Junior Girls Championship and the Asian Junior Girls Blitz Championship that closed in Sharjah, the ...

India's International Master Narayanan Srinath retained his Asian Junior chess title while compatriot J Saranya finished runner-up in the girls' championship that concluded at Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday. Srinath, who had won the Asian Junior Championship title at Tashkent in June last to earn his maiden Grandmaster norm, won seven games and drew two to defend his Asian title. His title defence gives Srinath another Grandmaster norm. He is also a former world under-12 champion ...