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Aleksej given top billing in Chennai chess tourney

Aleksej given top billing in Chennai chess tourneyChennai, Jan 14 : Grandmaster Aleksandrov Aleksej (Elo 2607) from Belarus has been given top billing in the Chennai Super Kings fifth international Grandmaster Chess tournament commencing here Tuesday.  Read more »

Anand looks forward to a busier 2013

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Noida, Dec 20 : Chess icon Viswanathan Anand has an insatiable thirst for success despite his exemplary achievements. The five-time World Champion had a lean patch in 

Delhi to host chess meet in December

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New Delhi, Nov 30 : The national capital will play host to another chess meet, the Rs. 12 lakh AICF-AAI Cup Dec 20-30.

Sharma wins All India Chess title

Sharma wins All India Chess titleGurgaon, Nov 20 : International Master Himanshu Sharma of Haryana with nine points emerged as champion by drawing his final round game with Himal Gusain of Chandigarh in the All India Open Fide Rating Chess Championship here Tuesday.  Read more »

Himanshu Sharma maintains lead

Himanshu Sharma maintains leadGurgaon, Nov 19 : International Master Himanshu Sharma of Haryana on 7.5 points maintained his lead of one point by drawing his game against top seed International Master Arghyadip Das from West Bangel  Read more »

Soumya, Harika to represent India in World Chess

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Pune, Nov 8 : Soumya Swaminathan and D. Harika would be representing India in the women's World Chess Championship to be played in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from Nov 10 to Dec 3.

Aravindh joins leaders in U-13 chess

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Chennai, Oct 15 : Madurai's top seed V. R. Aravindh Chithambaram defeated statemate Aniruddh Aiyengar and shared the lead with 4 points after the fourth round of the RAMCO 26th National Under-13 Open and Girls Chess Championship here Monday.

Big fields for U-13 chess nationals

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Chennai, Oct 12 - The RAMCO 26th National Under-13 Open and Girls Chess Championship is all set to begin here Saturday with two reigning champions from Tamil Nadu in the girls section R.

Negi wins, moves up to joint 2nd at Baku Open chess

Negi wins, moves up to joint 2nd at Baku Open chessBaku, Sep 29 - Parimarjan Negi finally found his winning ways by grabbing a win over Tomike Sanikidze in the seventh round and moved up to joint second at the International chess Festival Baku Open 2012.  Read more »

Negi lies third in Baku Open chess

Negi lies third in Baku Open chessBaku , Sep 26 - Parimarjan Negi stayed in tied third place, half a point behind twin leaders Baris Esen of Turkey and Eltaj Safarli of Azerbaijan at the end of the fourth round of the International Chess Festival Baku Open here.  Read more »

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Real Madrid sign Casemiro

CasemiroRio de Janeiro, May 24 : Spanish football club Real Madrid has exercised its option of signing Sao Paulo loanee Casemiro on a permanent deal.  Read more »

Barcelona make final Neymar offer

NeymarRio de Janeiro, May 24 : Barcelona have reportedly made a final offer of 23 million euros to sign Brazil international striker Neymar during the European summer transfer window.  Read more »

IPL scam: Vindu, two others sent to police custody till May 28

Vindu-Dara-SinghMumbai, May 24 : A court Friday granted police the custody of Bollywood actor Vindu Dara Singh Randhawa and two others, allegedly involved in the IPL spot-fixing scam, till May 28.  Read more »

No need to ban IPL, guilty will be punished: R.P.N. Singh

No need to ban IPL, guilty will be punished: R.P.N. SinghNew Delhi, May 24 : Minister of State for Home Affairs R. P. N. Singh Friday said it would not be right to ban the Indian Premier League (IPL) in view of fresh revelations in the spot fixing scandal, and promised to act tough against guilty.  Read more »

Mahindra riders looking forward to Le Mans

mahindraMumbai, May 15 : India's only motorcycle Grand Prix team resumes battle in France this weekend with high hopes of strong results after a top-10 start for the all-new Mahindra Grand Prix machine.  Read more »

Disappointing outing for Bolisetti

Sailesh-BolisettiDijon-Prenois (France), May 13 : Indian racing driver Sailesh Bolisetti's second weekend of his 2013 Euro Race Car campaign ended on a disappointing note as he finished 18th and 17th in the two races here.  Read more »