Chess Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi Exclusive (Designed by TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: The race for a place at the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 in Paris through the India Rising: Road to EWC Chess qualifiers has boiled down to a blockbuster final between two established Grandmasters. India’s Vidit Gujrathi will take on Benjamin Bok of the Netherlands….
Vidit Gujrathi Exclusive (Graphic designed by TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: The race for a place at the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 in Paris through the India Rising: Road to EWC Chess qualifiers has boiled down to a blockbuster final between two established Grandmasters.India’s Vidit Gujrathi will take on Benjamin Bok of the Netherlands. Both have…
Vidit Gujrathi Exclusive (Graphic designed by TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: The race for a place at the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 in Paris through the India Rising: Road to EWC Chess qualifiers has boiled down to a blockbuster final between two established Grandmasters.India’s Vidit Gujrathi will take on Benjamin Bok of the Netherlands. Both have…
Pratitee Bordoloi becomes India’s lone medallist at World Youth Chess NEW DELHI: Last week, 13-year-old Woman FIDE Master (WFM) Pratitee Bordoloi created history for India in Montesilvano, Italy. Competing at the FIDE World Youth Chess Championship 2026, the Bengaluru-based youngster clinched the silver medal in the Girls Under-18 category.Entering as the 16th seed with a…
Grandmaster Harshavardhan GB with his parents (Designed by TimesofIndia.com) NEW DELHI: As India moves one step closer to the landmark of producing 100 Grandmasters, Chennai, long hailed as the “Mecca of Indian chess”, has found itself as the protagonist again.On Sunday, Harshavardhan GB became India’s 97th Grandmaster (GM) from the very land. Pulling off three…
India’s 96th Grandmaster Ethan Vaz NEW DELHI: The exact date was March 11, 2011, when a magnitude 9.1 earthquake and the subsequent tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three reactor cores melted down, resulting in the largest release of radioactive material since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. At the time, Linda Fernandes was pregnant…
D Gukesh (@FIDE_chess X Photo) NEW DELHI: World champion D Gukesh is preparing to defend his title against Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov later this year, and Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran believes the young Indian needs to sharpen some areas of his game to stay ahead. According to Sasikiran, Gukesh’s habit of creating highly complicated positions makes him…