Pinoy GMs sizzle in opening round

UNITED States-based Julio Catalino Sadorra and fellow Filipino grandmasters Mark Paragua, John Paul Gomez and Richard Bitoon won their opening-round matches Saturday night in the $100,000 Manny Pacquiao Cup Asian Continental Chess Championship at ...

For Lanka Ravi, the first International Master from Andhra Pradesh, it was a pleasant surprise when he was named as coach of the Indian team (men and women), which will be taking part in the Asian Continental Indoor Chess Championship in Manila from ...

When seven of the worlds 18 highest-rated players competed in London last month, it was hailed as the strongest tournament of 2013. But this month, eight of the top 15 and 38 of the top 100 played in another event that got very little attention.

After a long wait, Pentyala Harikrishna broke the 2700-rating barrier in February. He is the third Indian after world champion Viswanathan Anand and Krishnan Sasikiran to accomplish this feat. I was looking to break 2700 barrier for many years. I ...