Lu Shanglei crowned World Jr chess champion

From left to right: Aniruddha Deshoande (Chairman, organising committee, World Junior Chess Championships), Venkatrama Raja (President AICF), girls' champion Aleksandra Goryachkina, former......

Two Indians in joint lead at Chennai Open chess

Grandmasters M R Lalith Babu and Henrik Teske of Germany played out a hard-fought draw between them to maintain their lead at the end of the seventh round of the 5th Chennai Open International......

World Jr Chess: Padmini Rout bounces back into reckoning

If Mae Frayna Janelle hoped to shock Padmini Rout with her choice of the ‘Alekhine Defence’ (which very rarely makes an appearance these days) on the very first move, then it was......

World Jr Chess: Nandhidhaa, Furtado lead Indians' charge

  Nandhidhaa PV ponders over her next move at the World Junior Chess Championships in Pune. Lesser-fancied Indians again stole limelight in the LIC World Junior Chess Championships, being......

World Jr Chess: Shanglei, Yi lead Chinese charge

China’s Lu Shanglei and Wei Yi emphatically exhibited their rising chess prowess with convincing victories over Russians Vladimir Fedoseev, the top seed, and Mikhail Antipov, in the 10th......