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R. Vaishali successfully defended her title at FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Monday to become the third Indian woman after Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy to qualify … Read More
Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali beat former world champion Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine and jumped into joint lead after the end of the 10th and penultimate round in the women’s section … Read More
Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin’s hopes of making to the Candidates tournament suffered a setback as he lost to Alireza Firouzja of France in the ninth round of the FIDE Grand … Read More
Grandmaster Nihal Sarin played out a quick and effortless draw with Matthias Bluebaum on Germany to share the lead with the German on six points after the end of the … Read More
Seven Israeli chess players registered for a Spanish tournament starting on Friday have all withdrawn from the event, said the organisers, who told the players they would not be competing … Read More
World champion D. Gukesh will face women’s World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh in an exciting clash between two 19-year-old Indian Grandmasters in the eighth round of the FIDE Grand Swiss … Read More
World champion D Gukesh’s struggles continued as he slumped to a third successive defeat, losing to 16-year-old Turkish Grandmaster Ediz Gurel in the seventh round of the FIDE Grand Swiss … Read More
World Champion D. Gukesh suffered his second straight defeat at the FIDE Grand Swiss, losing to Greece’s Nikolas Theodorou in the sixth round here on Tuesday. Coming off a loss … Read More
World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura continued his push for a spot at the Candidates 2026 with a comfortable title win at the Iowa Open. Nakamura won all five of his … Read More
Indian-origin American Grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra became the youngest player to defeat a reigning world champion in a classical chess game, after he toppled India’s D Gukesh in Round 5 match … Read More
