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World Rapid Chess Championship: Koneru Humpy finishes sixth, D Gukesh takes ninth spot in open section
•The experienced P Harikrishna, the highest ranked Indian player, ended 99th with 6.5 points.
World Women's Team Chess Championship: India beat France 3-1 to make it to quarters
•India will take on Kazakhstan in the quarter-finals of the FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship.
FIDE Online Chess Olympiad: India climb to top spot with three wins on Day 2
•The team led by former world champion Viswanathan Anand edged Belarus 3.5-2.5 after outclassing Shenzhen China 5-1 and Azerbaijan 4-2.
Young Indian Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani wins Spilimbergo Open
•The 15-year old Sadhwani (Elo 2579) remained undefeated in the tourney, notching up five wins and four draws.
Biel Chess Festival: India's Nihal Sarin draws final round game; finishes third overall
•Veteran American player Gata Kamsky, who established an early lead with a good performance in the Rapid event held on to win the title despite a below par showing in the Blitz section.
Viswanathan Anand to lead strong Indian team in online Chess Olympiad
•All the players will be based in Chennai from where all the matches will be played.
Asian Nations Online Cup: B Adhiban, R Vaishali shine as Indian men's, women's teams enter finals
•In the first match, India rode on Adhiban's win while Nihal Sarin, SP Sethuraman and K Sasikiran drew their games.
Asian Online Nations Chess Cup 2020: India women’s team beats Kyrgyzstan to reach semis, men's team also progress
•The top-seeded Indian women’s team on Friday stormed into the semi-finals of the Asian Nations (Regions) Online Cup 2020 Championship, while their male counterparts eked out a fighting win over Mongolia to secure the last four berth.
Online Chess Olympiad: An interactive look at the performances of each member of India's gold medal winning team
Fpsports •An interactive look at the performances of each member of the Indian chess team that won a gold medal at the Online Chess Olympiad.
Strange LAN: How the internet gave (and almost took away) India its Chess Olympiad gold
Vaibhav Shah2 •The internet that made it possible for Chess to carry on in these unprecedented times, injected a new life in the sport during the lockdown and even ushered in a trusted fan base almost proved to be the Indian team’s undoing on Sunday.