Indian Chess grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa hailed India’s historic double gold medal win at the recently concluded Chess Olympiad 2024. He noted that the grand win will help popularise the game further. On September 22, 2024, the Indian Chess team scripted history by clinching maiden gold medals in both men’s and women’s categories in the 45th…
Arjun Erigaisi has put India on the brink of winning a historic maiden gold in the Open section of the 45th Chess Olympiad with a victory over USA’s Leinier Dominguez Perez in the final match of the 10th round, with only a mathematical chance for China keeping the contest alive.India, who beat USA 2.5-1.5, now…
File photo of Gukesh D.© X (formerly Twitter) Grandmaster and World Championship challenger D Gukesh put it across Fabiano Caruana of United States to raise visions of a maiden gold medal for the Indian men in the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. Set to play the next World championship match in Singapore in…
India’s dominance at the 45th Chess Olympiad continued with another win on Thursday, as the team from Iran found the Indian quartet too hot to handle and succumbled to a one-sided defeat in the Open section.World No. 4 Arjun Erigaisi started India’s dominant performance by skillfully outmaneuvering Bardiya Daneshwar with his black pieces. Daneshwar was…
NEW DELHI: Ravichandran Ashwin was widely lauded for playing his 100th Test for India, reaching the milestone in the fifth Test against England at Dharamshala.The veteran off-spinner marked the occasion by taking 4 wickets as England were bowled out for 218 on the first day after opting to bat.After the day’s play the Indian cricket…
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa crashed through the defenses of compatriot Vidit Gujrathi but D Gukesh suffered a shock defeat from a position of strength against Czech Republic’s David Navara of in the fifth round of the Prague Masters in Prague. Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattarov continued with his dream run and ran over Mateusz Bartel of Poland…
Nirmala Sitharaman in her pre-election Budget, which is technically a vote on account and popularly termed an interim Budget, said people of India are looking ahead to the future with hope and options. In her speech, Nirmala Sitharaman said, “India today has 80 chess grandmasters compared to 20 in 2010: FM in her Budget speech.”…
