chess olympiad 2022

By Express News Service CHENNAI:  Chennai and Mahabalipuram, not to mention all of Tamil Nadu, are agog with excitement over the Chess Olympiad 2022. And it’s no different with the participants who have flown in from…

Express News Service MAHABALIPURAM: For something as mundane as a chair, it has had a colourful history in the world of chess. This most basic of furniture has been the subject of multiple subplots including political…

Express News Service Koneru Humpy is one of India's finest players and will be leading the country's bid for its first Olympiad gold. Playing only her fourth Olympiad since 2004, Humpy holds the key to India's…

Express News Service Over the last few weeks, Srinath Narayanan has put his team through the proverbial wringer. The captain of the India 'A' team — one of the favourites to medal in the Open category at the 44th chess…

Express News Service Koneru Humpy is one of India's finest players and will be leading the country's bid for its first Olympiad gold. Playing only her fourth Olympiad since 2004, Humpy holds the key to India's…

By PTI CHENNAI: Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand is happy being an "enthusiastic mentor" and never thought of reconsidering his decision of not playing in the Olympiad after it was moved out of Russia and…

Express News Service CHENNAI:  The banlieues of Paris are celebrated for producing elite-level footballers at an industrial level. The mats of Haryana are famous for churning wrestlers. The maidans of Mumbai are…

Express News Service CHENNAI:  Mohammad Rafique Khan is a name that has quietly faded in the annals of history. There is hardly any trace of him, not even in the book of chess legacy of the country. Rafique used to…

Express News Service CHENNAI: International Master John Donaldson has captained Team USA in many Chess Olympiads. His high point came in 2016, when USA triumphed in the Open section of the Chess Olympiad in…

Express News Service For a tiny island tucked away in one of the remotest corners of the world — just south of the equator and roughly 3200km Northeast of Australia — Nauru's place in history is pretty secure. Because…