Offering occasional female-only tournaments may make chess more attractive to girls and women, for the financial, social, and publicity reasons.

Chess prodigy Shriyana Mallya has won the Commonwealth 2018 Gold in the Under-8 Girls’ category. Trained under coaches Gahan Mg and Sameer Ghotane from Chess SaGa, the eight-year-old from Mangaluru won the chess championship in Delhi recently. https://www.facebook.com/chessbaseindia/videos/1749125311842186/ The chess champion won 5 and drew two sets, scoring 6 points to seize the title. In the final round, four girls scored […]

International Master Padmini Rout fought brilliantly and had a draw with her PSPB teammate Eesha Karavade, following which she secured a hat-trick of title wins in the National Women Premier Chess Championship in New Delhi on Monday. Padmini, who is from Odisha, managed to earn 8 points at the end of the tally. She aimed at the top throughout and […]

Second seed Grandmaster-elect S Vijayalakshmi of Air India was up against International Master Nisha Mohota of PSPB in the fourth round of the 43rd National Women Premier Chess Championship in New Delhi on Sunday, and showcased another impressive victory. Another Chess player IM Padmini Rout of PSPB also defeated Woman Grandmaster Swati Ghate of LIC in the Rs […]