Buy or sell stocks, 24 April 2026: Following the intensifying global uncertainty around the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, the key indices of the Indian stock market extended their losing streak for ...

With the Chennai Grandmasters ending on August 16, 2025, and the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss scheduled to begin on September 2, there was very little time to recover. Vaishali, who eventually qualified ...

The girl watched them from behind the glass wall. The king taking on the pretender. Her hero, from her hometown to boot, was taking on the new sensation on the chessboard. The year was 2013. R.

Immediately after D Gukesh became the youngest challenger to the World Championship throne in Toronto in April 2024, Garry Kasparov remarked it as an ‘Indian earthquake in Toronto’. One of the ...

The Uzbek 20-year-old won first prize unbeaten but his girlfriend, Bibisara Assaubayeva, finished second to the lowest seed in the Women’s Candidates Javokhir Sindarov finished with a record total in ...

Vaishali R started the Women’s Candidates tournament as the lowest-rated player in the field, and while she was expected to have her moments, no one was expecting her to go all the way. Fortunately, ...

She started out as the lowest seed. She started slowly, drawing all of her first four games. And then she lost in the fifth round. And yet, on Wednesday night at Pegeia, Cyprus, it was R. Vaishali who ...

BENGALURU: Even as Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa was beginning to make waves within Chennai's imposing chess circle, he wasn't even the best player in his immediate family. That honour went to R Vaishali.

R. Vaishali's remarkable victory at the Candidates Tournament, fuelled by unwavering family support and quiet determination, has earned her a coveted spot in the World Championship against Ju Wenjun.

Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali clinched the FIDE Women’s Candidates title after defeating Kateryna Lagno in the final round on Wednesday in Cyprus. The ace chess player has now secured her place in the ...

India's R Vaishali on Wednesday won the FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2026, earning her the chance to compete for the World Championship against Ju Wenjun later this year. The 24-year-old secured ...

NEW DELHI: History was created on the Mediterranean shores as Vaishali Rameshbabu clinched the 2026 Women’s Candidates Tournament on Wednesday, earning the right to challenge China’s reigning champion ...