National chess: Mary Ann Gomes shocks Nisha Mohota

WGM Mary Ann Gomes defeated IM Nisha Mohota of PSPB to move into sole lead after the ninth round of the 38th National Women's chess championship in Chennai on Monday. Mary leads the table with......

Nisha Mohota is India's fourth WGM

Leading chess player Nisha Mohota has become India's fourth Woman Grandmaster, FIDE vice-president P T Ummer Koya announced in Kozikhode on Wednesday.The FIDE Presidential Board which met in Abuja,......

India's Praggnanandhaa, Nandhidhaa bag Asian chess C'ship titles

  IMAGE: The triumph earned R Praggnanandhaa a ticket to the next FIDE World Cup. Photograph: Kind courtesy Stev Bonhage, Mark Livshitz & Niki Riga/FIDE Top-seeded Indian Grandmaster R......

Philadelphia chess: Abhijeet triumphs, Venkatesh is GM

National champion Abhijeet Gupta beat International Master Dean Ippolito of United States to win the Philadelphia International chess tournament, while M R Venkatesh became India's 28th Grandmaster......

Gomes in sight of maiden National crown

Woman Grandmaster Mary Ann Gomes of AAI inched closer to her maiden National Premier Chess Championship title as she drew with International Master Eesha Karavade of Maharashtra in the tenth and......