Indians faltered in the big matches and fell short of securing podium finishes in both sections after Magnus Carlsen lived up to his reputation and Russia’s Valentina Gunina proved a worthy champion in the World Blitz Chess Championship in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Saturday. In a second successful title defence in less than 48 hours, Carlsen retained the World blitz crown …
Continuing the run of resolute performances, K. Sasikiran overpowered Russia’s Alexandr Predke to join four others in the lead at 4.5 points after six rounds of the $425,000 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss chess tournament in Riga, Latvia, on Monday. Vantika Agarwal and Padmini Rout lost to former women World champions Alexandra Kosteniuk and Antoaneta Stefanova, respectively. READ: The results : …
