Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin’s hopes of making to the Candidates tournament suffered a setback as he lost to Alireza Firouzja of France in the ninth round of the FIDE Grand Swiss here on Saturday. With just two rounds left in the tournament, Nihal remained on six points and will now need to win his last…
Grandmaster Nihal Sarin played out a quick and effortless draw with Matthias Bluebaum on Germany to share the lead with the German on six points after the end of the eighth round of FIDE Grand Swiss here. On the day when R Vaishali lost her sole lead after losing to Bibisara Assaubayeva of Kazakhstan in…
World champion D Gukesh’s struggles continued as he slumped to a third successive defeat, losing to 16-year-old Turkish Grandmaster Ediz Gurel in the seventh round of the FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Thursday. Coming off reverses to USA’s Abhimanyu Mishra and Nikolas Theodorou of Greece, the rest day did little to arrest Gukesh’s…
Grandmaster R. Vaishali stayed in front after a draw with Dinara Wagner of Germany but was joined by Kateryna Lagno of Russia in the lead after the end of the fourth round of FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand on Sunday. Lagno defeated Yuxin Song of China with white pieces, and it will be…
World Champion D. Gukesh was held to a draw by 14-year-old Yagiz Khan Erdogmus of Turkey, while defending champion R. Vaishali excelled at the expense of Eline Roebers of Holland in the second round of the FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Friday. In the Open section, Gukesh squandered a winning position against Erdogmus…
India’s top-ranked Grandmaster R. Pragganandhaa will be keen to seal his Candidates 2026 berth, taming a strong field in the FIDE Grand Swiss that begins in Samarkand on Wednesday. The 11-round tournament, which carries a total prize pool of $6,25,000 (Rs. 5.50 crore) in the open section and $2,30,000 (Rs. 2.02 crore) in the women’s…
PRO KABADDI LEAGUE August 29 – October 23 WORLD PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS September 27 – October 5: New Delhi CRICKET Duleep Trophy – Bengaluru August 28 – September 15 Men’s Asia Cup T20I – UAE September 9-28 Australia Women’s tour of India September 14: 1st ODI – Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, Mullanpur September…