Tania Sachdev shines as Indian women's team win at Chess Olympiad

After Koneru Humpy, Dronavalli Harika and R Vaishali ended with a draw in their respective encounters, Sachdev rose...

'Participants happy with arrangements for Chess Olympiad'

The Chess Olympiad is being held in India for the first time

Indian teams are strong, feels world champion Magnus Carlsen

The World No. 1 will be in Chennai as part of Team Norway, which is ranked third amongst 187 registered teams in the...

44th Chess Olympiad: India to field a record 6 teams, 30 players

With a record 187 countries taking part with 188 Teams in the Open section and 162 in the Women's section, the...

Susan Polgar feels India can win three medals at Chess Olympiad

The event to be held at the Four Point by Sheraton from 28th July to 10th August has attracted a record 187...

Thakur lauds FIDE's decision to launch torch relay for India

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were present at the opening of the Chess Olympiad...

PM Modi launches torch relay for 44th Chess Olympiad

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich, Indian Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand and Union Minister for Youth Affairs and...

PM Modi to launch historic torch relay for 44th Chess Olympiad

New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the historic torch relay for the 44th...

Anand confident of India winning a medal in Chess Olympiad

New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Legendary Viswanathan Anand on Friday said that in this Chess Olympiad India have...

PM to launch torch relay for 44th Chess Olympiad on June 19

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich will hand over the torch to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who in turn will hand it...

FIDE to celebrate chess origin with introduction of Torch Relay

FIDE announced that in this Olympic-style tradition, the Torch Relay will always begin from India--the land chess...

44th Chess Olympiad draws record number registrations

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 28 (ANI): The 44th Chess Olympiad is all set to hit the record books as the...