Praggnanandhaa played out an uneventful draw, while Divya was in trouble right off the opening.

Peaking in ELO ratings in March 22, the Russian GM was also feted by the local club which had itself peaked in 2016 with a ...

Find out all the LIVE updates from the Round 8 game between Javokhir Sindarov and Andrey Esipenko at the FIDE Candidates ...

Doha: Russian GM Andrey Esipenko held his nerve against pre-tournament favourite and World No.4 ranked Arjun Erigaisi of India, securing a draw in the decisive final round to clinch the Qatar Masters ...

With seven points in her kitty from 12 games, Vaishali was joined by Zhu in lead after Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine made a silly ...

D Gukesh has been going through a lean patch since becoming the youngest chess world champion, struggling in the second half ...

R Praggnanandhaa drew with Andrey Esipenko, while Javokhir Sindarov defeated Hikaru Nakamura to maintain his lead in the ...

Panaji: Wei Yi, the Chinese GM who made it to the final of the FIDE World Cup on Sunday, couldn't believe his eyes when Andrey Esipenko blundered and offered him a place in the all-important ...

Javokhir Sindarov continued his impressive run, as his win over Hikaru Nakamura marked a third consecutive victory and took ...

Andrey Esipenko secured a spot in the Candidates tournament by winning the third-place playoff at the Chess World Cup. Despite a semi-final loss, the Russian prodigy's victory over Nodirbek Yakubboev ...

Russian Grandmaster Andrey Esipenko and Arkadij Naiditsch of Bulgaria on Friday played a battling draw to lead a pack of six players with 3.5 points each at the Qatar Masters. Esipenko and Naiditsch ...