The Chennai Grand Masters 2025 is poised to be a significant chess event in Asia, featuring top global and Indian talents.

India’s Divya Deshmukh beat compatriot Harika Dronavalli on tiebreaks on Monday to enter the semifinals of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025.

GM Harika Dronavalli: To be honest, when we were young, we weren’t as smart as this generation’s kids. (laughs) I don’t even remember what I did until 9-10. So it was very random.

Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh achieved a historic victory by becoming the first Indian woman to win the FIDE Women's World Cup.

Divya Deshmukh produced a remarkable performance to defeat GM Harika Dronavalli in the Quarterfinals of the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025, winning both the tie-break games to advance to the semifinals.

Yakshika began India's march in the last four stage with a hard-fought 3:2 split decision victory in the 51kg bout over ...

Harika Dronavalli + Chess Squad 45th Chess Olympiad Winners The game of chess is only for those who can maintain excellent composure during tough times. India has produced such exceptional minds whose ...

Almost two months after the historical achievement, Indian Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli is yet to entirely soak in the euphoria of winning the gold-medal finish at the 2024 Chess Olympiads, where ...

Dronavalli Harika, a Hyderabad Grandmaster, finally achieved gold at the Budapest Olympiad after competing for 20 years and in 10 editions. Despite limited preparation due to family ...

On Day 1 of the 2024 edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, chess stars Harika Dronavalli Chandra And Vidit Gujrathi spoke about their recent historic victory at the Chess Olympiad.

Harika Dronavalli was 13 when she played her debut Olympiad in 2004. The Indian women finished ninth that year. Now 30, she stayed unbeaten through the World Women's Team Championship in Sitges ...

Grandmaster (GM) Harika Dronavalli of India defeated Nafisa Muminova of Uzbekistan to grab solo lead with a perfect two-point slate after as many rounds of the Fide Women’s Grand Prix Chess ...