Checkmate: 4 held for faking papers to go play chess in the US NEERAJ CHAUHANPosted online: Tuesday , February 19, 2008 at 11:49:00Updated: Tuesday , February 19, 2008 at 12:07:56 New Delhi, February 18 They claimed they would represent...
Goa needs serious chess coaches
Goa needs expert chess coaches, says R Gokhaleby Jovito Lopes Panaji, Feb 17 There is bright future for chess players in Goa provided there is more governmental support, parental help and expert coaching exposure, disclosed Dronacharya awardee chess coach,...
Aiming to break 2600
Negi targets 2600Sunday February 10 2008 01:27 ISTAshok Venugopal CHESS prodigy Parimarjan Negi, who has the distinction of being the world’s second youngest Grandmaster, is pleased with the way his career is shaping. His main aim for 2008 is...
Chess sponsorship for a young Indian talent
Geojit Group to sponsor teenage Grand Master Gopalhttp://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2331NI WireNew DelhiFri, 8 Feb 2008: The 18 year-old first teenage Grand Master from Kerala, Gopal G N, has finally got the sponsor in the form of Geojit group, a leading retail...
Anand: Make chess an Olympic sport
‘Make Chess an Olympic sport’ 1/27/2008 12:55:12 PM After winning the Padma Vibhushan, Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand speaks exclusively to TIMES NOW and categorically said that he wants chess to be included in the Olympics. In his first tournament of...
Anand voted top Sportsman in 2007
Grandmaster Anand is 2007’s top sportsmanCNN-IBNPublished on Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 07:28, Updated at Thu, Jan 24, 2008 in Sports New Delhi: In his triumph, he brought glory for India and made us proud and now he is...
Kids’ stuff
Kid’s champion champion stuffThursday January 3 2008 17:03 ISTPavitra Srivatsan SHE’S all of six years old and barely reaches your knee, but Muthyala Bansi Prathima is already taking giant strides in the Chess world. At an age where sitting...
The impact of Anand
YEAR-END SPECIAL / CHESSMixed baghttp://www.sportstaronnet.com/ Even as Viswanathan Anand continued to strive harder to take his game to the next level, most of the other Indian names did not have a great year, writes Rakesh Rao. Twenty years ago,...
Players unhappy with rules change
Chess players unhappy with changes in rulesANUPAMA BAGRITNN MUMBAI, December 24: The All India Chess Federation (AICF) may have decided to change the format of National A championship and make Elo rating the criteria for an Olympiad berth, but...
Motivating others
Hope my achievement motivates others: MaryA STAFF REPORTER Calcutta: Mary Ann Gomes is the new Woman Grandmaster-elect from Bengal. The WGM title will be ratified by Fide in its next list. But the 18-year-old — only the second from...