How rejection from cricket made Vidit Gujrathi pursue chess

IMAGE: Vidit Gujrathi was around six when he was advised to put his ambition of playing cricket on hold till he was older by a local club. Photograph: Lennart Ootes/FIDE A self-proclaimed......

Praggnanandhaa finishes third, Grischuk takes Open Blitz title

Photograph: Kind Courtesy FIDE/X (formerly Twitter) World Cup runner-up R Praggnanandhaa was the best Indian with an overall third place finish, while world champion Alexander Grischuk reigned......

Praggnanandhaa takes lead with five successive wins

  IMAGE: R Praggnanandhaa defeated Azerbaijani GM Teimour Radjabov in the opening round of the day, before winning convincingly against rapid champion, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France.......

Tata Steel Chess India: Praggnanandhaa ends joint third

IMAGE: The World Cup runner-up R Praggnanandhaa secured two wins, but suffered a loss against India No 1 D Gukesh in the most-anticipated battle of the meet. Photograph: Kind Courtesy R......

GCL: A day of upsets as Carlsen suffers shock defeat

IMAGE: Former India tennis star, Mahesh Bhupathi visited the event and made a ceremonial first move in the match between SG Alpine Warriors and Triveni Continental Kings. Photograph: GCL Media Day......