BAKU– The 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh stunned the chess world by winning the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025, becoming the first Indian woman to claim the prestigious title. In the all-Indian final, Divya ...

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IAS officer Divya Mittal, who resigned in August 2026 after 13 years of service, has announced she will enter independent ...

At the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Savitha Shri clinched an individual gold medal, showcasing her remarkable ...

At the 2026 Chess Olympiad, R Praggnanandhaa secured his first win by outplaying Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri in a tense Ruy Lopez, helping India beat the Netherlands 3-1. Gukesh also won, while Erigaisi ...

BENGALURU: BOTH the open and women's Olympiad teams show no signs of slowing down. On Saturday, the open team were untroubled in their highly impressive disma ...

The Indian women's chess team begins their gold medal defence at the FIDE Women's Olympiad in Samarkand on Wednesday, and this time around they are even bigger favourites to win the title. There are ...

It promises to be one of the hottest debates in Indian chess: who plays for India on board one at the upcoming Chess Olympiad, with at least three contenders in the race, Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and ...

Divya Deshmukh had a barnstorming 2025, a year in which she won the Women’s World Cup, became a grandmaster in one shot, and constantly stepped outside the comfort zone of women-only events, competing ...

The Indian Sports Ministry will not hand out the biggest sporting award of the country, which is the Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award for 2025, but a total of 17 athletes have been selected for the Arjuna ...

In the 3rd round of the Cairns Cup 2026, Divya Deshmukh defeated former Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk with black pieces. Divya secured an early opening advantage in a closed Sicilian ...

OSLO: In 2007, when Viswanathan Anand was at the peak of his powers, he beat Magnus Carlsen twice in the same Classical event in Linares. This wasn't out of the ordinary. Carlsen wasn't anywhere near ...