Should Women's Chess Be Abolished?

'Scrapping titles like WIM, WGM and a separate women's category will kill women's interest in chess.' IMAGE: Grandmaster R Vaishali, flanked by her brother and fellow Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa,......

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......

Negi slips-up, loses to Chanda in Dubai Open

Grandmaster Parimarjan Negi blundered and went down to Sandipan Chanda from a position of strength in the penultimate round of the 14th Dubai International Open chess tournament on Monday. Negi's......

12-year-old Praggnanandhaa is world's second youngest Grandmaster

Ukraine's Serget Karjakin remains the youngest ever GM, having achieved the feat at the age of 12 years and seven months in 2002. IMAGE: R Praggnanandhaa in action during the Gredine Open in......

Sethuraman secures maiden IM norm

S P Sethuraman's good work paid off as he secured his maiden International Master norm with a yet another brilliant victory over IM Sergei Simonenko of Turkmenistan in the eighth and penultimate......