Uzbekistan's Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev triggered a huge controversy after deciding to snub a handshake offer by Indian chess star Vaishali, who is also the sister of R Praggnanandhaa.

In the women's section, R Vaishali and Tania Sachdev scored fine victories in the first-time control itself. However, on the other two boards, there was stiff resistance, as Divya Deshmukh had to ...

The women's team was made up of R Vaishali, Tania Sachdev, D Harika, Divya Deshmukh and Vantika Agrawal. They were captained by Abhijit Kunte. Modi asked the team about their sensational run ...