Nihal

If it was Arjun Erigaisi last year, it is Nihal Sarin this year — the teenaged Indian champion at the Tata Steel Chess India at the National Library here on Thursday.Interestingly, Arjun spoiled Nihal’s party a bit in the end, winning their…

It rained medals for India following its best ever Chess Olympiad campaign here.Though a bronze in each section — Open and women — was a first, India 1 claimed the Gaprindashvili Cup — a symbol of combined supremacy of a team in both…

In the women’s section, D. Harika drew with the 2015 World championship finalist Natalija Pogonina to reach 3.5 points. Veteran K. Sasikiran upstaged fancied Russian Vladimir Fedoseev and caught up with an unbeaten Nihal Sarin in the…

In-form Nihal Sarin maintained his joint second position following a draw with Russia’s Pavel Ponkratov to reach three points after four rounds of the $425,000 FIDE Grand Swiss chess tournament in Riga, Latvia, on Saturday. France’s…

Nihal Sarin continued his impressive run in the $425,000 FIDE Grand Swiss, beating Australia’s Temur Kuybovkarov with black pieces in the third round in Riga, Latvia, on Friday.Nihal’s second victory put him joint second with 2.5 points…