India stun China to qualify for Chess Olympiad quarters

IMAGE: Indian ace Koneru Humpy signed peace with the women's world No.1 Yifan Hou as did D Harika against the current world champion Wenjun Ju. Photograph: Chess Base India/Twitter R......

Sports Shorts: Saina, Kashyap, Srikanth enter 2nd round of Malaysia Masters

IMAGE:  Saina Nehwal. Photograph: Saina Nehwal/Twitter Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth entered the second round to mark a fine day for Indian shuttlers......

Dubai Open chess: Gupta, Negi in joint lead

Grandmaster and defending champion Abhijeet Gupta showcased his positional acumen to outwit Grandmaster Amin Bassem of Egypt in the sixth round of 14th Dubai International Open chess tournament in......

Harikrishna holds Dreev

Grandmaster and former World junior champion Pendyala Harikrishna settled for an easy draw with Russian stalwart Alexey Dreev in the first game of the third round in the World Chess Cup now......

Sasikiran maintains winning streak

Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran trounced Russian Sergei Rublevsky to maintain his winning streak even though compatriot P Harikrishna lost to Giovanni Vescovi of Brazil in the first game of......