Even as Armenia beat India seniors in round 8, India Team B beat US to stay in contention for a stab at the top spot. If India Team B wins against Azerbaijan next or if Armenia loses next game, then the kids will be in play for the top spot. Having said that, their loss to Armenia has sullied...
After the seventh round of the Chess Olympiad 2022, Armenia pushed down the US on its way up to gold with five other teams close behind. In the match between Sam Shankland (USA) and Robert Hovhannisyan (Armenia), Sam, playing white, brewed a disaster for his team. He was in a rush to settle for...
Dr. Sivaraman, a Siddha practitioner, is a regular participant in the public discussions on Siddha medicine, and known for his reasoned position on issues. He spoke to inmathi.com on the recent Madras High Court judgement permitting AYUSH doctors to prescribe allopathic medicines. This is an...
Georgia surrenders to India A team. With Armenia, the youngsters team recorded their first loss of the Olympiad. In the open, India A team managed to draw with Uzbekistan. Pentala Harikrishna beat Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who is the reigning world rapid chess champion. It happened to be...
After a testing Round 5 of Chess Olympiad 2022 yesterday, Indian teams must be aware of their main contenders in this Olympiad. As Georgia defeated one more Indian women’s team yesterday at 3 - 1, with Soumya and Divya losing and Vantika and Padmini drawing their games, the challenge is now...
Indian teams go through a test of strength, as the 2022 Chess Olympiad progresses to Round 4 of Chess Olympiad 2022 and Indian grandmasters face more draws. Indian teams recorded their first losses against Spain rated at 2700 in the open and Georgia rated at 2400 in the women’s category....
Magnus Carlsen said he feared Team B of India that included Praggnanandha and his fears have been well founded, so far. Pentala Harikrishnan stole the show, with his tactical win against Dimitri Mastrovasilis, in the Round 3 of the Chess Olympiad, yesterday. Dimitri’s king side castling was...
On Day 2 of Chess Olympiad, the Swiss format seemed to kick in with the Indian team facing tougher opponents which showed in how R Vaishali won after a long, exhausting game against Maria Campos Jose of Argentina. Since the number of teams is large, the Swiss format has been chosen. In this,...
On Day 1, in a reflection of how the Indian women’s team is probably the strongest among the more than 180 teams competing in the Chess Olympiad, Koneru Humpy pulled back from a tough position by surprising the opponent, Nadezhda Antonova, from Tajikistan. Koneru Humpy, who is one of the...
It only cost Rs 200, said Ashok Kumar, pointing to the framed photo of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Ashok Kumar was proud that he was able to get hold of it. It had been the last such photo available at the nearby shop. All others had been sold out on Kalam’s death anniversary, July 27. That evening,...
