Gopal ties for second position in Gibtelecom chess

Gopal performed at very high level and finished with second position at Gibtelecom masters international chess tournament 2008 played at Gibralter.

Corus 2008 - Anand finshes 3rd

Corus 2008 super GM tournament is just over. Anand finished 3rd behind Aronian and Carlsson, Harikrishna finished 4th and humpy 11th in group B while Negi finished impressive 3rd in group C.

Anand awarded Padma Vibhushan

Anand has been awarded Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.
Congratulations to Anand, he totally deserved it.

Parsvanath international chess 2008

Abhijeet Gupta has won Parsvanath international chess tournament 2008 convincingly which is being played in Delhi. GB Prakash earned GM norm; Pravin kumar, AV Rajesh, Arjun Tiwari, and Debashish das earned IM norm.

Indian teams win silver in asian team championship

Indian Mens (sasikiran, ganguli, kunte, gopal, gupta) and womens teams (harika, tanya, nisha, arti) have won silver medals in asian team championship 2008.

Harikrishna finishes 4th in Reggio Emilia 2008

GM Harikrishna finished 4th in Reggio Emilia round robin chess tournament. He performed better and gained some rating points.