Guru Harshavardhan GB and his parents (designed by TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: As India moves one step closer to the milestone of producing 100 chess grandmasters, Chennai, long known as the ‘mecca of chess in India’, is once again in the spotlight.Harshavardhan GB became India’s 97th Grand Master (GM) on Sunday. In the 2nd Chola Chess…
India’s 96th Grand Master Ethan Vaz New Delhi: The exact date is March 11, 2011, when a magnitude 9.1 earthquake and subsequent tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Three reactor cores melted, causing the largest release of radioactive material since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. At the time, Linda Fernandez was pregnant with Ethan…
Divya Deshmukh and Magnus Carlsen (Institutional photo) The Global Chess League (GCL) is about to enter its fourth season and the much-awaited Season 4 player draft will be held on June 29 in Mumbai. The federation will once again bring together some of the biggest names in world chess ahead of the tournament taking place…
India’s top masters Pravin Thipsay, SL Narayanan, Abhimanyu Puranik, Srinath Narayanan, SP Sethuraman and Shyam Sundar M (designed by TimesofIndia.com) New Delhi: Getting an official rating from FIDE, the main governing body of chess, has never been an easy task. Players must compete in FIDE-rated tournaments, which are organized under strict regulations and often require…
D Gukesh (@FIDE_chess x photo) New Delhi: World champion D Gukesh is gearing up to defend his title against Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov later this year and grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran feels the young Indian needs to improve certain aspects of his game to stay ahead. According to Sasikiran, Gukesh’s habit of creating highly complex situations made…