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How can Arjun Erigaisi and Vaishali qualify for Candidates through Grand Swiss? Check all scenarios, result, pairings and standings of final round
September 15, 2025 3:33 pm
Here are all the qualification scenarios for Arjun and Vaishali's Candidates qualification through FIDE Grand Swiss tournament happening in Samarkand.
Vaishali Rameshbabu surges into joint lead ahead of first rest day at FIDE Women's Grand Swiss
September 09, 2025 11:47 pm
The FIDE Grand Swiss is a treacherously complicated event to win. Vaishali topping the field at Samarkand is remarkable when compared to the campaigns of the other favourites: ex-World Champion and top seed Tan Zhongyi is in 15th spot, former women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk is 16th while Ukraine’s Anna Muzychuk is 30th.
Vaishali leads women's section; Gukesh vs Arjun Erigaisi ends in rare smiles, Vidit Gujrathi frustrated in 6-hour-long draw
September 08, 2025 5:40 am
Vaishali is the defending champion in the Women's Grand Swiss event, having earned her spot in the Women’s Candidates tournament in the last edition in 2023 by winning at the Isle of Man.
Vaishali speaks up on Nodirbek Yakubboev handshake incident: ‘I respect his views...Didn't bother me in any way’
February 11, 2025 10:46 pm
World No 18 Vaishali will be seen in the Norway Chess later this year which has a strong elite women’s field including Ju Wenjun (World No. 2), Lei Tingjie (No. 4), Humpy Koneru (No. 6) and Anna Muzychuk (No. 8).
Nodirbek Yakubboev gives flowers and chocolate to Vaishali, tenders personal apology for not shaking her hand
January 31, 2025 8:53 am
Yakubboev can be heard apologising to Vaishali where both she and her brother Pragg can he heard repeatedly telling him that it was okay, and that they didn't take any offence. Yakubboev still continues to apologise.
Chess legend Susan Polgar reacts on Nodirbek Yakubboev's handshake snub of Vaishali
January 31, 2025 8:44 am
Susan Polgar gave her opinion on the incident after posting a photo of Nodirbek Yakubboev shaking hands with India's Divya Deshmukh at an event in 2023 and asking, "What's the difference?"
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Round 2: Praggnanandhaa beats Harikrishna; Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi held to draws
January 20, 2025 2:15 am
Tata Steel Chess 2025 Round 2: Gukesh is still unbeaten into his reign as the youngest world champion in the sport's history.
R Vaishali claims bronze at World Blitz Championship to cap stellar year for Indian women in chess
January 02, 2025 5:09 am
Reacting to Vaishali's bronze, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand posted on X: "What a way to wrap up 2024!"
Chess Olympiad 2024 Women's Round 1 Highlights: Vaishali, Divya Deshmukh, Tania Sachdev rack up wins
September 12, 2024 4:31 am
Women's Chess Olympiad 2024 Round 1 Updates: With top star Harika Dronavalli skipping the first round match against Jamaica, reserve player Tania Sachdev will play on board 4.
Norway Chess: Hikaru Nakamura shows he’s the king of confessional room; Vaishali rises to top of standings
May 30, 2024 4:44 pm
The confessional booth is an area where players get to deliver a one-way monologue to the camera, without being asked or prodded by anyone, since the game is still on so there can be no contact with the players.
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Acute crisis: AES deaths in Bihar expose cracks in health machinery
June 25, 2019 11:51 am
While doctors have identified malnutrition and low sugar levels as a common thread among all AES patients, the state of the district’s Primary Health Centres and Community Health Centres make the battle against AES doubly harder.
VAISHALI VIDEOS
Ghaziabad Police launch search operation for 'abducted' woman
February 11, 2016 4:03 pm
Ghaziabad, Feb 11 (ANI): Ghaziabad Police on Thursday confirmed that they have launched a search operation for a 23-year-old woman, who her family claims was allegedly abducted by an auto driver on Wednesday night. Superintendent of Police Salman Taj Patil on Thursday said that Dipti Sarna, who works in an office in Gurgaon, Haryana, may have been abducted by the auto driver from the main bus stand at Ghaziabad. He said that Dipti's family has filed a case with the police station at Sihani Gate in which they have said that she was speaking to a friend on her mobile phone and suddenly started shouting as the auto driver took a wrong route. He also that Dipti's family had informed the police that they usually came to the bus stand to pick Dipti up and then go to their home in Vaishali. Patil said that on the basis of the information receiv
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