Indian chess stars Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh held Chinese opponents Tingjie Lei and Zhongyi Tan to draws in the first ...

"It's like seeing a very young Humpy again,” says GM Kunte before adding with a smile: “I think Humpy is trying to match ...

CHENNAI: Both Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh drew their opening ties of the two-match semifinal of the women's World Cup in Batumi on Tuesday. Deshmukh, the IM ...

Magnus Carlsen’s wife Ella has spilled the beans on who the World No.1 player feels plays the ‘most similar’ chess to him.

Indian teenage chess star Divya Deshmukh added a new chapter to her rising reputation on Monday, becoming only the second ...

Divya joined her compatriot Humpy, and the stage is now set for an India-China clash in the World Cup. Chinese top seeds GM Lei Tingjie and GM Tan Zhongyi are their opponents in the last four., Chess, ...

In a landmark moment for Indian chess, four Indian women have entered the quarterfinals of the FIDE Women's World Cup for the very first time.

Nagpur: World Junior Champion Divya Deshmukh scripted history by becoming the first Nagpur master to make it to the final four of the Women's World Cu.

Divya will face former Women’s World Champion Tan Zhongyi, while Koneru takes on Lei in an all-India vs China final four.

Teenager beats the more experienced Harika Dronavalli as there is a guarantee of at least one Indian at next year's ...

CHENNAI: ONE of Divya Deshmukh or Koneru Humpy will feature in next year's women's Candidates, the eight-player double round-robin tournament whose topper will ...

Grandmaster R Vaishali's journey to the quarters was the most dramatic of the lot. Up against the giant-killer of the tournament, Vaishali played a marathon match that stretched across eight games, ...