Padma Awards 2011: The winners

President Pratibha Patil has approved the conferment ofPadmaAwards 2011. This year the President has approved 128 awards, including one duo case (counted as one) and 12 in the category of......

Humpy holds Maxim Sorokin

Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy drew her fifth round match against GM Maxim Sorkin of Russia in the eight-match series of the Irlapuram Grandmasters tournament in Vijaywada on Monday.Sorokin......

Humpy goes down to Sorokin

Grandmaster Koneru Humpy went down fighting to Russian GM Maxim Sorokin on the fourth day in the Hotel Ilapuram Grandmaster chess tournament at Krishna Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition......

Ganguly wins maiden National 'A' chess title

Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board won the 41st National 'A' Chess Championship after a comprehensive victory over Suvrajit Saha of West Bengal in the 23rd and......

Humpy takes sole second spot

Grandmaster Koneru Humpy of Andhra Pradesh yet again showed her tremendous potential as a fighter tomove to sole second spot behind tournament leader GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly of PSPB after the......

Ganguly maintains sole lead

Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly of Petroleum Sports Control Board trounced teammate T S Ravi to record his fifth victory in a row and maintain his sole lead on 13 points after the 16th round of......