Harikrishna wins last round, wins Spice Cup title Sep 29th, 2008 By Sindh Today Category: India Lubbock (Texas), Sep 29 (IANS) India’s Pentala Harikrishna won the Spice Cup chess with an exciting last-round win that not only got him...
The elusive title
The world crown eludes Humpy againManisha Mohite Wednesday, 24 September , 2008, 23:41 She was the hot favourite but was blitzed away in the tie-breaks. Supporters, critics, and followers each had their say in Koneru Humpy’s ouster in the...
Proposals to FIDE by AICF
AICF proposals to FIDE CHENNAI: The All India Chess Federation has proposed to the International Chess Federation (FIDE) that a separate zone status be accorded to India like it had done for Russia, United States, Canada and China. A...
Handling pressure
Humpy Dumpty had a big fall…Rajesh PansareMonday, September 15, 2008 04:16 IST …that was at the women’s world meet, an event she has never won. DNA asks experts what is troubling the Indian GM MUMBAI: During an interview last...
Indian national teams announced
India team for Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008Sasikiran and Harika lead IndiaReport by Chessdom.com Official Dresden Olympiad Website: http://dresden2008.com/ India has announced the teams for the Chess Olympiad in Dresden. We will not see Anand lead the men team, nor...
Indian training hard for Dresden Olympiad
Indians training hard for OlympiadArvind Aaron Official Dresden Olympiad Website: http://dresden2008.com/ CHENNAI: The Indian team’s training camp for the Chess Olympiad is on in full swing in Chennai and New Delhi. For the first time, both the men’s and...
The next Anand?
Another feather in his capPlaying a strong middle game is Girish Koushik’s strength and he admits that he is still learning, writes Kalyan Ashok. He is just 11 years old and is already making waves in international chess in...
Interview with Humpy Koneru
Humpys chance to set record straightManisha Mohite India have been having its best moments in chess for the last one month with Abhijeet Gupta and Harika Dronavalli winning the World junior and World junior Girls title respectively and the...
Interview with Dronovalli, world’s girl champion
Interview with World Junior Chess Champion Harika DronavalliTuesday, 26 August , 2008, 21:37Last Updated: Tuesday, 26 August , 2008, 21:46 No one can deny that there is that extra bit of pressure playing as the top seed, but for...
The final standings
World Junior Final Standings: 1 GM GUPTA Abhijeet 2551 IND 10 2 GM NEGI Parimerjan 2529 IND 9½ 3-7 IM BRAUN Arik 2533 GER 9GM HOWELL David 2561 ENG 9GM SAFARLI Eltaj 2527 AZE 9WGM HOU Yifan 2557 CHN...