On the eve of the 44th Chess Olympiad, Viswanathan Anand was taking part in a fun, interactive session with chess-inclined kids from across the country. After solving some tricky puzzles on the 64 squares, one of the first questions in the ensuing quiz session was, “Which Indian player holds the record for playing the most number of Olympiad matches?” Most …
K. Sasikiran bounced back from the loss in the previous round to outplay Ukraine’s Pavel Eljanov in 33 moves and jumped to the tied-fourth spot with nine others after nine rounds of the $425,000 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss chess tournament in Riga, Latvia, on Friday. RELATED| On the top table, top seed Fabiano Caruana ended the unbeaten run of overnight …
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 : …
