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......

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......

Chess Olympiad: Red-hot India 'B' thrash Estonia 4-0

IMAGE: Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran during the second round match of the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, Chennai, on Saturday. Photograph: FIDE/Lennart Ootes & Stev Bonhage India 'B'......

Sasikiran held by Motylev, Abhijeet at tied third

Indian players had a disappointing outing at the Corus chess championship with Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran and D Harika settling for draws while Abhijeet Gupta went down to slip to the third......

Sasikiran beats Short in Corus chess

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran defeated Commonwealth champion and former World championship finalist Nigel Short of England in the fifth round of the 'B' group in the Corus International chess......