Street smart in Kolkata
22 Jun 2012 3:26 AM GMTRain or sun does not bother them, neither does the cacophonous traffic nor the incessant clamour of a packed city. Their dream is to get world...
Gelfand encourages Israel to focus on chess
6 Jun 2012 1:07 AM GMTEncouraged by Boris Gelfand's heroic battle against India's Viswanathan Anand, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to make the Jewish...
A true champion of the game
1 Jun 2012 1:45 AM GMTVishwanathan Anand, or Vishy, as he is endearingly called, has made India proud again by winning the fifth World Championship, beating Israeli GM...
Anand's last chance before tiebreak
27 May 2012 5:35 PM GMTDefending champion Viswanathan Anand will have a lot to think about ahead of the last game of the Chess World Championship against Boris Gelfand of...
Parimarjan Negi is Asian champion
13 May 2012 6:54 PM GMTGrandmaster Parimarjan Negi won the Asian continental chess championship despite losing to A R Saleh Salem of UAE in the final round that concluded...
Anand starts favourite against Gelfand
10 May 2012 5:35 PM GMTWorld Champion Viswanathan Anand starts as huge favourite in his title defense at the Tretyakov Gallery here against Boris Gelfand of Israel in a...
Negi, Gupta register wins in Asian chess
8 May 2012 6:28 PM GMTGrandmasters Parimarjan Negi and Abhijeet Gupta were back in contention with victories over Nguyen Anh Dung of Vietnam and Irwanto Sadikin of...
Gupta, Negi shocked in Asian chess
7 May 2012 6:08 PM GMTThe two highest rated Indian Grandmasters -- Abhijeet Gupta and Parimarjan Negi -- suffered major setbacks as they lost their second round ties in...
Gelfand should not be taken lightly: Ganguly
1 May 2012 4:34 PM GMTAs Indian ace Viswanathan Anand gears to defend his World Chess Championship title against Boris Gelfand later this month, GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly...
Sandipan joint winner in Dubai
24 April 2012 6:47 PM GMTGrandmaster Sandipan Chanda played out a draw with overnight co-leader Miezis Normunds of Latvia to tie for the first spot in the 14th Dubai...
Negi makes a blunder to go down to Chanda in Dubai Open
23 April 2012 7:43 PM GMTGrandmaster Parimarjan Negi blundered and went down to Sandipan Chanda from a position of strength in the penultimate round of the 14th Dubai...
