Nagpur’s rising Chess star and the current World Junior No.1 Divya Deshmukh defeated China’s top player, Hou Yifan at the World Team Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2025 in London. The star player ...

Lopota (Georgia), July 1 (IANS) Indian chess players Koneru Humpy and Dronavalli Harika, with 5.5 points, trailed three points behind leader Hou Yifan of China in the 2013-2014 FIDE women's grand prix ...

If chess is ritualised psychological domination, China's Hou Yifan has Humpy Koneru in her pocket. Hou, the world women's champion at the age of 17, has just retained her title by defeating her Indian ...

Women’s World Champion Grandmaster (GM) Hou Yifan of China and Indian ace, GM Koneru Humpy lead a strong field in the final leg of the Euros 90,000 World Chess Federation (Fide) Women’s Grand Prix ...

The Indian chess world witnessed a monumental feat when 19-year-old Divya Deshmukh scripted history after defeating World No. 1 Hou Yifan in the Blitz semifinals of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team ...

Three points down with three games to go, the match could be over for Humpy in Game 8 if she does not win and that could be one of the most painful defeats. Three points down with three games to go, ...

Grand Master Koneru Humpy was held to a draw by defending champion Yifan Hou in the opening game of the Women's World Chess championship. Grand Master Koneru Humpy was held to a draw by defending ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised Indian chess star Divya Deshmukh for her remarkable victory over World No. 1 Hou Yifan in the second leg of the Blitz semifinal at the World Team Blitz ...

India's top player Koneru Humpy pulled off a 6-5 win over world no.1 Hou Yifan of China on Friday to reach the final of the fourth and final leg of the Women's Speed Chess Championships. (More Sports ...

Divya Deshmukh defeated World No. 1 Hou Yifan in the blitz semifinal at the World Team Blitz Championships. She helped Hexamind Chess Club secure team bronze in blitz and team silver in rapid, along ...