New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): 16-year-old Nihal Sarin on Thursday won the Serbia Open and as a result, he has recorded his consecutive tournament victory in Serbia.
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): 14-year-old Aditya Mittal on Thursday earned his first Grandmaster title. He achieved the feat in the ongoing Serbian Open. Mittal scored 7/9 including three consecutive wins against GMs to win his first Grandmaster title.
Zagreb [Croatia], July 8 (ANI): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand defeated Dutch Grandmaster Jorden van Foreest on his return to competitive chess on Wednesday.
Budapest [Hungary], July 4 (ANI): Abhimanyu Mishra, who recently became the youngest chess grandmaster in history, said that his ultimate goal is to be the World Champion.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Superstar Aamir Khan shared that he would be honoured to play the lead in the much-anticipated biopic on the Indian Chess Grandmaster- Vishwanathan Anand, which is currently in the works and will be jointly produced by Aanand L Rai and Mahaveer Jain.
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], March 14 (ANI): All-India Chess Federation (AICF) president Sanjay Kapoor announced, here on Sunday, that the first Punjab International Grandmasters tournament will be held in Jalandhar later this year.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 13 (ANI): Filmmaker Aanand L Rai is set to direct a film on the life of Indian chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand. The title of the biopic has not been unveiled yet.
New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI/NewsVoir): The 7-year-old Abhijita Gupta has been recognized as the world's youngest author by the International Book of Records, while the Asia Book of Records has conferred on her title of the 'Grandmaster in Writing.' According to the India Book of R
New Delhi [India], Aug 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): What happens when the two best of the very best in their respective fields meet? Well, they find common ground for the greater good.
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Grandmaster RB Ramesh on Saturday lashed out at the current sports system in the country, saying that it shows Indian coaches in bad light.
Georgia [USA], Nov 29 (ANI): Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has retained his World Chess Championship title after defeating America's Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in a tie-break contest.