2+ hour, 44+ min ago  (369+ words) | Hindustan Times'Hindustan Times More than a millennium ago, a board game born in India travelled along the Silk Road into Central Asia before spreading to the rest of the world Today, that ancient journey is quietly being replayed in reverse…...

19+ hour, 42+ min ago  (442+ words) Bengaluru: R Praggnanandhaa has been swept up in his sister Vaishali becoming the newly-minted Women's Candidates winner, while still processing his own underwhelming performance in the tournament " just one win from 14 rounds. The 20-year-old Indian believes his loss to eventual…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (345+ words) The Telangana government will soon enact new legislation for the comprehensive administration of the capital city Hyderabad, officials said on Saturday. The new municipal act, called Hyderabad Core Urban Act, will replace the existing Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act (GHMC)…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (684+ words) Bengaluru: Vaishali Rameshbabu's eyes widened as they darted across the board, running triple checks, taking deep breaths, and perhaps feeling her heart pounding in her ears. With under a minute on her clock, she had to find a sequence of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (641+ words) The 2016 Rio Games witnessed a hegemonic shift in men's badminton. The Riocentro was packed, ready to witness the legendary Lin Dan, arguably the greatest ever shuttler, claim a third successive Olympic medal. Having lost the semis to his long-time nemesis…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (340+ words) Budapest, Shivika Rohilla has become a Woman International Master following a final round draw with IM Rudolf Sertic of Croatia in the first Saturday chess tournament that concluded here. Shivika, who had made her first norm back in 2023, came close…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (369+ words) Bengaluru: It's a thing with R Vaishali. If she's on a winning run, she can be an unstoppable force. In Round 11 on Saturday, the 24-year-old appeared to be playing out a peaceful game with the Black pieces against Aleksandra Goryachkina....

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (169+ words) Nakamura went on to lose his Round 5 game and laid the blame squarely on his team of seconds. "This was 100 per cent on the people working for me," he said. Seconds, a largely invisible workforce, are players who spend hours…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (281+ words) Bengaluru: Twenty-year-old Javokhir Sindarov is doing almighty, astonishing things at the Candidates tournament. He won his four straight game in Cyprus on Saturday and is now on 5. 5 points from six rounds. It's the sort of performance that hasn't been seen…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (279+ words) New Delhi, Indian-origin chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan has become England's top-rated female player, according to the latest rating list of the International Chess Federation. The 11-year-old, whose parents moved from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu to England in 2007, has 2366 FIDE rating…...