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World Blitz Championship: R Vaishali wins women's qualifier, advances to quarterfinals

NEW DELHI: Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali delivered an exceptional performance to win the women’s qualifier and secure a spot in the quarterfinals of the World Blitz Championship. Following Koneru Humpy’s remarkable gold-medal triumph, Vaishali stepped into the spotlight, dominating the women’s section with a score of 9.5/11, including three draws.

The Times of India · Dec 31, 2024

Chess Olympiad: Why women's lead is less convincing

Top seeded India women, like their men counterparts, have also taken sole lead in the Olympiad in their section with six match wins in a row. But their streak has been less convincing. And there is a reason for it. The top-2 rated players in the men's section (Gukesh and…

The Times of India · Sep 18, 2024

Candidates Chess: Vidit, Pragg almost out of contention after defeats to Nepo and Nakamura respectively

Defeats in the 11th round proved costly perhaps too costly for both Vidit Gujrathi and R Praggnanandhaa. Vidit and Pragg lost to Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura respectively in the Candidates chess tournament at the Great Hall in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday. It was probably a case of nerves failing…

The Times of India · Apr 19, 2024

Indian chess made rapid progress in 2023

Ask the importance of just one healthy eye to those who suffer from visual impairment. Similarly, ask the value of one Candidates spot to those Indian chess followers who waited for 32 years to see the second Indian to reach there. Viswanathan Anand was the first in 1991. And now,…

The Times of India · Dec 28, 2023

Tata Steel Chess: Unstoppable Divya storms into sole lead

Divya Deshmukh's dream continues: she leads the women's rapid section of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament on 5.5 points, winning 5 of 6 games. Ju Wenjun, reigning World champion, is 1.5 points behind, while Polina Shuvalova and Irina Krush are on 3.5 and 3 points respectively. K. Humpy posted…

The Hindu · Sep 1, 2023

Chess Olympiad: Post euphoria, time to make next move

Despite the 2 bronze in Chess Olympiad, there are issues that need to be addressed to take the game to the next level in India. TOI takes a look...

The Times of India · Aug 11, 2022

Bronze for India 1 after disappointing loss to USA

Ukraine’s 3-1 victory over Poland gives it gold; India 2 finishes eighth and India 3 17th

The Hindu · Aug 9, 2022

Chess Olympiad: Indian girls have gold in sight

Tania, Humpy and Bhakti win as India go a point clear with only a round to play

The Times of India · Aug 9, 2022

India 1 women closer to gold; Uzbek battles to hold India 2 in Open

Praggnanadhaa to the fore again and provides the lead, but Gukesh’s first loss dents the team’s medal prospects 

The Hindu · Aug 8, 2022

Poland women stun India 1; Pragg saves India 2

Uzbekistan crushes Armenia for lead in Open category; India 1, three others ahead in women’s section

The Hindu · Aug 7, 2022