'For us as it was for Judit it was never a men's world; it was always study, analyse, study, analyse and be confident,' recalls Woman International Master Jayashree Khadilkar Pande.
'The Asian Chess Championship will give great exposure for young chess players. But the AICF is curtailing the number of Indian players with a strange rule.'
'Scrapping titles like WIM, WGM and a separate women's category will kill women's interest in chess.'
Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi held World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen to a draw in the 11th round of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament
10-year-old Praggnanandha is the world's youngest chess International Master. His sister Vaishali is a Woman's International Master.
After six rounds, the Woman Grandmaster has four points from six games and looks good for a medal at the World Junior Chess championships.
International Master Magesh Chandran and Woman International Master Dronavalli Harika continued to hold fort in Sri Lanka.
The two Grandmasters have 3.5 points each after four rounds in the National 'A' men's chess championship.
The third seed held defending champion and S Vijayalakshmi to win the National 'A' women's chess title.
India's K Jennitha Anto was crowned the new World Chess Champion for disabled after winning the 13th IPCA World Women's Individual Chess Championship.
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Riding on three back-to-back victories, Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta emerged as the best performing Indian as he finished seventh in the Al Ain Classic International chess tournament that concluded in Al Ain (UAE) on Saturday.
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