[ad_1] Divya Deshmukh and Konero Hampi (Photo by Michael Waloza/Norwegian Chess) New Delhi: Like any other elite chess tournament, Norwegian chess pitted Indian grandmaster Divya Deshmukh against compatriot Konero Hampi, the country’s top-ranked female player, in an all-Indian clash at Oslo’s Deichmann Björvik Library on Tuesday. It is standard practice to draw two players from…
[ad_1] Divya Deshmukh beats world champion, Magnus Carlsen loses his game (Photo by Michael Walsza/Norwegian Chess) New Delhi: On her debut at Norway Chess on Monday, Divya Deshmukh made it clear that she is eager to leave her mark. In between drawing World Women’s Chess Champion Jo Wengen in her classic game and then defeating…
[ad_1] D. Gokesh, Divya Deshmukh, Koneru Hampi, and R. Praganananda (Photo by Mikel Valoza/Norwegian Chess) New Delhi: This year, Norwegian chess returned to the capital Oslo for the first time, after 13 consecutive years in Stavanger. In another change, it won’t be a global number. 1 and five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen’s only classical appearance…