Indian women made short work of Kyrgyzstan in the last-eight round, winning the two match-ups easily - 4-0 and 3.5-0.5 - after having topped the preliminary Swiss system phase

Ajay Jadeja heaped praises on the KKR skipper. “Have to admit that he (Dinesh Karthik) pulled off a Dhoni. What MS Dhoni has been doing with other teams, today Karthik managed to do the same by dictating the play.

Harikrishna, who shared the lead with Lev Aronian after three rounds, lost the fourth round of the Rapid event to Nepomniachtchi, then drew with Armenian Aronian before losing the sixth to Carlsen.

The Indian ace will face Nepomniachtchi in the fourth round, followed by games against Aronian and Carlsen late on Wednesday.

Hyderabad: The longest known chess game by moves was played between Nikolic-Arsovic in 1989 which lasted 269 moves that took them 20 hours and 15 minutes. The game eventually ended in a draw. If everything goes well and he gets an official certification, Ajitesh Nair, an 11-year-old chess prodigy, is set to break the record. He played out a dra

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“Given the current situation, it looks logical to have an event similar to the Chess Olympiad. Once the situation improves in a couple of months and things get to normal, we will see how it goes."

`We have to appreciate Russia for their sporting gesture as they accepted the FIDE verdict’

On my performance I was steady even though I had to play with black eight or nine times. It is team’s effort and the people who were resting also helped us.

This was the first time FIDE, the international chess federation, was holding the Olympiad in an online format, due to the COVID-19 pandemic

India will play the winner of the other semifinal between Russia and the USA, in the summit clash on Sunday

In the open category, Shanmukha scored 11 points from 12 rounds for the top honours while SK Fayaz (10) and Basiq Imrose (9) stood at second and third respectively

Going into the match against the Chinese after ending his six-match losing streak, Anand surrendered the first game in just 22 moves late on Tuesday.

Anand needed just 45 moves to win the first round while he closed down the second round in 49 moves. The third ended in a draw.