India defeat Armenia to take lead30 Nov 2008, 2257 hrs IST, PTI NEW DELHI: The Indian junior team defeated Armenia 2.5-1.5 in the first match to take a 1-0 lead at the India-Armenia Friendship chess tournament Russian Center For...
Armenia vs India Challenge
GM Abhijeet spearheads Indian chess challenge against Armenia Posted: 6:41p.m IST, November 27, 2008 New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Grandmaster and World Junior Champion Abhijeet Gupta will spearhead the Indian challenge in the 1st India-Armenia Friendship Chess match that...
Improvement plan
A long way to go: MaryA STAFF REPORTER Calcutta: Mary Ann Gomes is happy with her performance in the chess Olympiad in Dresden. The Calcutta girl won a silver after scoring six out of eight points and a performance...
Anand: It’s a terrific feeling
‘Thank you, Chennai’: Anand Ashok VenugopalFirst Published : 22 Nov 2008 12:37:00 AM ISTLast Updated : 22 Nov 2008 07:36:20 AM IST CHENNAI: The phone hasn’t stopped ringing at Viswanathan Anand’s residence in Rajah Annamalaipuram ever since he touched...
India still in medal hunt in both Olympiads
Marginal victory for Indians, men move up to thirdBy Our Chess Correspondent Dresden (Germany), Nov 20 (PTI) Indian men and women teams carved out identical 2.5-1.5 victories over Bosnia-Herzegovina and Italy, respectively, in the sixth round of the 32nd...
A hero welcome home
Anand returning to India on ThursdayVijay TagoreThursday, November 20, 2008 03:13 IST MUMBAI: It could be a long flight from Spain to Chennai for Viswanathan Anand. But he will have to wait longer for home food. The world champion,...
Indian squads split round 5 scores
Indian men beat Austria, women lose to HungaryPTI News From our Chess Correspondent Dresden (Germany), Nov 18 (PTI) Indian men bounced back with an easy 3-1 victory over Austria in the fifth round of the 32nd Chess Olympiad now...
Indian women held Russia to a tie
Round 3 on 2008/11/15 at 15:00 Bo. 1 Russia (RUS) Rtg – 11 India (IND) Rtg 2 : 2 1.1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2525 – IM Harika Dronavalli 2462 1 – 0 1.2 IM Kosintseva Tatiana 2513 – IM...
New format may help Indian teams in Dresden
New format to help India in Chess OlympiadNew Delhi (IANS): The Indian team for the Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germanyhave good medal prospects due to the new format introduced this year. The placing will be based on wins and...
I am very proud that I could win by such a margin
CHESS / INTERVIEW ‘I am very proud that I could win by such a margin’ “For me, Mexico was beautiful because you win the title for the first time, the unified title, and here you hold it. Both are...