Sasikiran ousted from World Cup; Adhiban to face Nakamura

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 14:17

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran made his exit from the World Chess Cup, losing to Sergey Karjakin of Russia in the rapid tie-break games of the second round that concluded on Saturday.

Sasikiran holds Karjakin in World Chess Cup

Last Updated: Thursday, August 15, 2013, 13:49

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran kept himself in the hunt by holding Sergey Karjakin of Russia to a draw in the first game of the second round of World Chess Cup.

Adhiban, Sasikiran in second round of World Chess Cup

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013, 11:34

Former National champions B Adhiban and Krishnan Sasikiran raised their performance when it mattered and clinched their respective tie-break games to enter the second round of the chess World Cup here.

Negi`s defeat allows Korobov to emerge as sole leader

Last Updated: Saturday, December 29, 2012, 21:37

India`s Parimarjan Negi lost to Anton Korobov of Ukraine while Krishnan Sasikiran and Abhijeet Gupta signed peace with their respective opponents in the ninth and penultimate round of AICF-AAI Chess Cup, here on Saturday.

Abhijeet Gupta beats leader Korobov; Sasi outsmarts Negi

Last Updated: Thursday, December 27, 2012, 19:36

Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta spiced up the AICF-AAI Cup by defeating the tournament leader Anton Korobov of Ukraine in the seventh round, here on Thursday.

Korobov stays in lead; Sasikiran beats Gupta

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 21:32

Grandmaster Anton Korobov maintained a slender half-point lead after drawing with nearest competitor Evgeny Alekseev in the sixth round of the AICF-AAI Chess Cup.

Negi beats Sasikiran, shares lead with Wojtaszek

Last Updated: Saturday, December 22, 2012, 20:48

Grandmaster and Asian champion Parimarjan Negi crashed through the defenses of countrymate Krishnan Sasikiran to emerge as the joint leader after the second round of AICF-AAI Chess Cup here today.

Sasikiran to lead Indian challenge in AICF-AAI Cup

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 18:39

Former national champion GM K Sasikiran will spearhead the Indian challenge in the six-player double round-robin format category-18 AICF-AAI Cup chess tournament to be played here from December 20 to 30.

Indian eves tamed by China; Men hold England

Last Updated: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 11:22

The Indian women`s team met their nemesis in the Chinese as they lost by a huge 0.5-3.5 margin but the men held higher seeds England to a draw in the fifth round of the 40th Chess Olympiad here.

Chess Olympiad: Indian men let United States off the hook

Last Updated: Saturday, September 1, 2012, 11:05

Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran slipped in the final stages as India settled for a draw despite being at the threshold of victory against the USA.

Another victory for Indian teams in Chess Olympiad

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 10:04

Grandmaster K Sasikiran showed the way as Indian men cruised to a 3-1 victory over Turkish 2016 team in the second round of the 40th Chess Olympiad.

Abhijeet Gupta wins to secure a 2-2 draw for India

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 21:07

Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta scored a crucial win over Lou Yiping as India secured a 2-2 draw against China-2 in the sixth round of the Asian Nations Chess Cup.