Visakhapatnam’s V. Sriram Jayin won gold and earned the FIDE Master title at the Asian-plus Age Group Chess Championship in Singapore. The Andhra Pradesh player scored 7.5 points from nine rounds, defeating higher-rated opponents from Vietnam, Singapore and the Philippines
Chennai: A total of 213 teams from over 100 countries including Ukraine, have registered to compete in the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held at Mahabalipuram, said an official of All India Chess Federation (AICF). “Till now 115 teams in the open category and 98 teams in the women’s category from over 100 countries have […]
New Delhi: After a disastrous Day One when he lost three successive games, 16-year-old chess Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa shocked world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters rapid online chess tournament on Monday. The fifth-youngest person ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster, Praggnanandhaa, playing with black pieces […]
