World champion D Gukesh maintained his half-point lead with an easy draw against Wei Yi of China, while R Praggnanandhaa ...
Uzbekistan's Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev did shake hands with another Indian GM Divya Deshmukh in 2023 but refused to do ...
Wijk Aan Zee: World champion D Gukesh maintained his half-point lead with an easy draw against Wei Yi of China, while R Praggnanandhaa outwitted top seed Fabiano Caruana of the United States to come ...
Caruana's 32nd move was a huge blunder giving Praggnanandhaa another victory five moves late at the Tata Masters 2025 ...
In the video, Nodirbek Yakubboev can be seen apologising to Vaishali Rameshbabu and her brother with a bouquet of flowers, just like a Bollywood movie.
Nodirbek Yakubboev found himself in the eye of storm after refusing handshake with Indian chess player R Vaishali, claiming ...
In the Challengers' section, Divya Deshmukh got a much-needed victory over Irina Bulmaga of Romania but R Vaishali found the going tough and lost to Aydin Suleymanli of Azerbaijan. Divya, on three ...
D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa, who were also present at the venue, were in action in their matches, at the same time as Deshmukh's match. The two Indian Grandmasters were also spotted pausing when Oro ...
Divya Deshmukh, 19-year-old Indian International Master, was left shellshocked at the ongoing Tata Chess Masters, as she crashed to a shock defeat against Argentina chess prodigy, Faustino Oro.
Divya Deshmukh. Known as the ‘Messi of Chess’ Faustino hails from Argentina - same as legendary Lionel Messi - and became the youngest IM in 2024 when he was just 10 years, eight months and 16 ...
Susan Polgar spoke about the no-handshake incident, criticising Nodirbek Yakubboev for refusing to shake hands with India's ...