September 23, 2024, 07:05 PM - 5 min read
The 54-year-old and a five-time world champion, said that he had put his faith in the ability of both the teams to go the distance in Budapest and it was icing on the cake that he was there to witness history being made by them in the Hungarian capital.
Read moreSeptember 23, 2024, 03:52 PM - 4 min read
The Indian team, spearheaded by the youngest contender in the team, D Gukesh won their first ever gold in the just concluded 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest Hungary. Gukesh was powered by the smartest in the lot Arjun Erigaisi, low key in his celebration clinched the most wins, 10 out of 11 games in the tournament.
Read moreSeptember 22, 2024, 07:17 PM - 2 min read
Indian women team is currently competing with Azerbaijan for gold medal, the team is at lead with 1-0.
Read moreSeptember 22, 2024, 03:45 PM - 2 min read
The results for the women’s team were equally the same: they beat China by 2.5-1.5. Divya Deshmukh was the team’s star performer as she defeated Ni Shiqun.
Read moreSeptember 21, 2024, 02:11 PM - 4 min read
Vantika had to equalise the score and the young girl played with a lot of heart and commitment to beat her higher-rated opponent, Grandmaster Krush.
Read moreSeptember 20, 2024, 08:15 AM - 3 min read
The win ensured that India as a team scored 16/16 points at the tournament. In the live ratings, World No.4 Arjun Erigaisi has scored 2793 points out of 2800, directly followed by D Gukesh’s 2785 rating points. This is the only time that there are two Indians in the top five World rankings.
Read moreSeptember 19, 2024, 09:44 AM - 2 min read
Grandmaster R Vaishali and Vantika Agrawal secured wins against Georgia, helping the Indian women's chess team maintain an unbeaten record with seven straight victories. Meanwhile, the men's team faces a challenge, settling for draws in their matches.
Read moreSeptember 17, 2024, 03:38 PM - 2 min read
Indian men took over Hungary in the ongoing Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary. Meanwhile, women defeated Armenia. Divya Deshmukh scored the much-needed victory over Elena Danielian to help India gain an early lead against Armenia.
Read moreSeptember 16, 2024, 04:58 PM - 3 min read
Ding Liren and D Gukesh are competing with each other in an ongoing Chess Olympiad in Brussels, Belgium. Seeing Indians garb five consecutive wins in this tournament, Liren in a media interaction said that Gukesh can be considered a favorite in the upcoming World Chess title match.
Read moreSeptember 16, 2024, 03:33 PM - 3 min read
In the ongoing Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Belgium it was a straight fifth victory for the men with Gukesh and Erigaisi pushing the team to the winning side.
Read moreSeptember 16, 2024, 03:28 PM - 2 min read
The Indian women in the Chess Olympiad had a bitter start, With Harika losing its first match to Kazakhstan but then R Vaishali, took the lead and defeated Meruert Kamalidenova.
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