India's Rathnakaran, Shyam in lead

India's K Rathnakaran and P Nikhil Shyam, both International Masters, led a strong field of Grand Masters with 5 points each at the end of the fifth round in the 4th Mayor's Cup International Chess......

Prasanna Rao draws with top seed Aleksandrov

Local youngster Prasanna Rao, an International Master, surprisingly held top seed Aleksandrov Aleksey of Belarus to a draw in the fourth round of the 4th Mayor's Cup International Chess Tournament......

National junior champion Aravindh stuns GM Sengupta

Junior national champion Aravindh Chithambaram, pulled off a big surprise by defeating compatriot and GM Deep Sengupta in the 4th Mayor's Cup International Chess Tournament in Mumbai on Saturday.......

Black day for white pieces

It was a black day forplayers with white pieces in the Commonwealth Chess Champsionship in Mumbai on Wednesday.GrandmasterSherbakov Ruslan of Russia (3.5 points), IM Neetlopal Das of India (3.5)and......