Anish Giri and R Praggnanandhaa (FIDE Photo) NEW DELHI: When Grandmaster R Vaishali defended her FIDE Women’s Grand Swiss crown last September, it was a wish that her younger brother R Praggnanandhaa would join her at the Candidates 2026 journey.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The marquee tournament, scheduled from March 28 to April 16, 2026, at the Cap St Georges Hotel...
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India's Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa (FIDE/Eteri Kublashvili) Indian Grandmaster (GM) R Praggnanandhaa has secured his spot in the Candidates 2026 tournament by winning the FIDE Circuit 2025, becoming the only male player to represent India.The Chennai-based Grandmaster has demonstrated exceptional performance throughout the year, securing victories at multiple prestigious tournaments, including the...
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday released its second list of 39 candidates for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly election, which includes Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Singh Patel and Faggan Singh Kulaste, as well as four Lok Sabha MPs.By fielding such heavyweights, the party has raised the stakes for the assembly polls and underscored its determined bid to retain power in the state amid...