Favourites R. Praggnanandhaa and Tania Sachdev started their campaigns with draws but ninth seed Abhijeet Gupta and women’s second seed Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel proved the biggest casualties in the opening round of the Asian chess championship here on Wednesday. Turkmenistan’s Saparmyrat Atabayev, rated over 250 points below Praggnanandhaa, gave nothing away during their 57-move deadlock. Abhijeet, […]
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After a three-year break owing to Covid-related restrictions, the $60,000 Asian chess championship is back. With the Chinese absent from this edition beginning on Wednesday at the Leela Ambience Convention Hotel, an Indian medal sweep is widely expected. Should the Open section’s third seed Nodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbekistan) and the women’s second seed Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel (Mongolia) […]
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Ever since she made her Olympiad debut, way back in 2004, Dronavalli Harika wanted to be part of an Indian women’s team that climbed the podium. When she had the best chance of realising that dream, she wasn’t going to miss it — even if that meant being taken to the labour room straight from […]
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A day of sensational drama produced some thrilling action, with some late strikes changing the projected results on its head. For instance, India 1 needed Tania Sachdev and R. Vaishali to post victories to more than nullify the defeat of K. Humpy in a thrilling match against sixth seed Azerbaijan. Sensational draw In the Open […]
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