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Sasikiran to lead Indian challenge in AAI Chess tourney June 23, 2011 13:55

NEW DELHI: National champion Parimarjan Negi will face world junior number one, Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana of Italy while India's number two K Sasikiran will lock horns with Philippines' GM Wesely So in the first round…

Chess The Royal Game June 08, 2011 11:06

Chess: Why stop at a Four Pawns Attack when you can enlist five, or six. Recently I've had very little time for chess. If you don't play, your game suffers. This sad and simple fact…

Bundaberg Chess Club June 03, 2011 09:41

Tournament Schedule There will be a five round Allergo Tournament on 8 June. Starting time will be 6.45 pm. Time limits will be fifteen minutes on each clock for each game.15 June, it will be…

US Chess champ Dies at 78 November 18, 2010 09:17

Larry Evans, a five-time United States chess champion and prolific writer who helped Bobby Fischer win the world championship in 1972, died Monday in Reno, Nev. He was 78.Mr. Evans, who lived in Reno, died…

Viswanathan Anand becomes a father May 03, 2011 09:31

Viswanathan Anand, the World Chess Champion, has decided to stay away from his game of glory for a month as he became a proud father of a boy on Saturday.And in keeping with the tradition…

I have been my strongest opponent: Abhijeet Gupta April 20, 2011 07:30

Dubai: Fighting off his last round blues, Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta won the Dubai International open chess tournament on Tuesday and the Indian said it was a "decent comeback" after a series of recent final round…

73rd TATA Steel Chess Tournament 2011 January 17, 2011 13:03

73rd Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2011 : The Tata Steel Chess Tournament has three main tournaments. They are played according to the 'round robin' system, whereby each competitor plays in turn against every other during…

Adhiban stuns Wesley So in Asian Individual Chess May 07, 2011 09:52

Grandmaster B Adhiban of India crashed through the defenses of ace Philipino Wesley So in the fourth round to occupy the joint third position in the Asian Individual Chess championship.After a sedate start, Adhiban rose…

India not in the fray for title match April 12, 2011 07:57

CHENNAI: The dates for the Koneru Humpy versus Hou Yifan women's world chess title match have been finalized but the venue will be known only on May 31, the last day for the bidding process…

Humpy beats Maia to stay second March 14, 2009 08:33

Top seed Koneru Humpy remained in the hunt for top spot with a hard-fought victory over former world champion Maia Chiburdanidze of Georgia in the sixth round of the IS Bank Ataturk Women's Grand Prix…

Anand draws with Ivanchuk, slips to joint fourth March 14, 2009 08:38

with Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine to slip to the joint fourth position after the end of the 12th round of the Magistral Ciudad de Linares chess tournament in Linares on Friday. With just two rounds…