India’s Divya Deshmukh beat compatriot Harika Dronavalli on tiebreaks on Monday to enter the semifinals of the FIDE Women’s ...

India’s Divya Deshmukh beat compatriot Koneru Humpy in tiebreaks to claim the FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup title on Monday, ...

Slowly but surely emerging as one of India's key players, International Master Divya Deshmukh stunned higher-ranked ...

Divya Deshmukh stunned Chinese second seed Zhu Jiner as all four Indians won their respective fourth-round matches to advance ...

Divya joined her compatriot Humpy, and the stage is now set for an India-China clash in the World Cup. Chinese top seeds GM ...

Dronavalli Harika is one of the most decorated Indian players, having won numerous medals in age categories and in open categories. She is a Padmashree awardee and one of the most solid and ...

India’s Harika Dronavalli lost to China’s Tan Zhongyi in the semi-final tiebreaker of the World Women’s Chess Championship in Tehran on Sunday. Harika, who was aiming to become the first ...

A freewheeling conversation with Indian chess grandmaster Harika Dronavalli on food, family, travel and, of course, chess. Chess is a cerebral game, requiring high levels of intelligence, focus ...

The victory netted Harika 23 rating points and helped her recover a lot of the ground that she had lost over the last year. “That (rating points) is more important for me,” says the 28-year-old.

Indian Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli came up with an inspiring performance to register one win, two draws and one loss on day two of the 2016 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships (Open and Women) ...