Chithambaram takes sole lead in Sharjah Masters chess

IMAGE: India’s Aravindh Chithmabaram proved too good for local star A R Saleh Salem in the fifth round of Sharjah Masters chess tournament on Saturday. Photograph: Aravindh......

FIDE Grand Chess: Vidit crushes Niemann to jump into lead

IMAGE: Vidit Gujrathi recorded his fourth victory in last five games to join the leaders' pack on 4.5 points. Photograph: FIDE/Mark Livshitz India's Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi crashed through the......

Chess Olympiad: Indian men lose to USA, women recover to beat Poland

IMAGE: Viswanathan Anand. Photograph: Grand Chess Tour/Twitter World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand lost to World No 2 Fabiano Caruana of USA as Indian men went down 1.5-2.5 at the hands of the......

Tata Steel Chess: Anand draws with Ding Liren; joint third

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand played out an exciting draw with Ding Liren of China to move to joint third spot after the penultimate round of the Tata Steel masters in Wijk Aan Zee,......

Sasikiran wins Capablanca memorial chess

IMAGE: Krishnan Sasikiran. Photograph: Twitter. Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran earned 6.5 points from 10 rounds to became the first Indian to win the 52nd Capablanca Memorial Chess......