B Shrikant anchors the Mumbai sports desk. A journalist for more than two decades, he covers hockey, chess, athletics, basketball and volleyball.
Articles by B Shrikant
Stairs to squares,seeking free way
Scalpers making a killing from tickets for chess events would be rarer than snow in the Sahara. Imagine therefore how FIDE officials must have felt at seeing a fan seeking a ticket for the World Championship battle between Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Oct 24, 2008 11:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Bonn
Check and mate: Charge of the Indian brigade in Europe
While Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik are battling it out in the World Championship at the Art and Exhibition Hallin Bonn, two other tournaments are in progress in Europe, involving a number of top 10 players, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Oct 24, 2008 12:01 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Bonn
Anand simply unstoppable
Anand only needs to draw four of the six remaining games to win. He will take his tally to 6.5 points and that will settle the issue in his favour with two games remaining, writes B Shrikant.
Updated on Oct 22, 2008 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Bonn
Mexican waves for Anand encore
Manuel Garcia, a Mexican student in Germany, has a huge regret in life. He was in Germany when Viswanathan Anand won the World Chess Championship title in Mexico City last year, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Oct 21, 2008 10:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Bonn
Safety-first at tactics from Anand-Kramnik
On Monday, Anand again cut out risks and it seemed he was ready with some home preparation in this system and had no hesitation in tackling any novelty that could be thrown by Kramnik, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Oct 21, 2008 12:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Bonn
Anand looks to paint it black
For Viswanathan Anand has drawn blood with black pieces in the third game and will have the same colour in the fifth, reports B. Shrikant.
Updated on Oct 20, 2008 12:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B. Shrikant, Bonn
‘Anand, one of the best ever’
At the World Chess Championship clash between Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik in Bonn, there is one former Russian player who picked Anand as favourite over Kramnik reports B. Shrikant.
Updated on Oct 18, 2008 11:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B. Shrikant, Bonn
'Anand kicked sand into Kramnik’s face'
Despite the acrimony, Kasparov had actually picked Kramnik as favourite for the battle in Bonn. So, it was surprising that Kasparov was effusive in praise of Anand in the manner in which he beat Kramnik on Friday, reports B. Shrikant.
Updated on Oct 18, 2008 11:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B. Shrikant, Bonn
Leko’s liking has professional reasons
Peter Leko is helping Kramnik in his match against Viswanathan Anand. Despite them sharing a manager, their association came as a surprise to many. B Shrikant reports.
Updated on Oct 15, 2008 10:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Bonn
First game ends in a tame draw
The game that was supposed to last a maximum of seven hours ended in less than half that duration, as the two grandmasters signed peace after 32 moves, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Oct 14, 2008 11:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Bonn
64 leaps! Chess set to cross stratosphere
People have played it among themselves, they have played the game against super computers and they have played it in cyberspace. Now it's time for chess to take to the outer space for weightless chess.
Updated on Sep 27, 2008 11:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Mumbai
‘6-ball snooker similar to T20’
India’s reigning world billiards champion, Pankaj Advani says 6-ball snooker is just like cricket’s shortest version and has the potential to change the face of the sport, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Aug 27, 2008 11:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Mumbai
Nothing to lose
Indian athletics team started taking part in the Olympics as late as 1920 but has no medals to show for. But Anju, Maheshwari, Gowda and the relay team have the potential for medals, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Aug 04, 2008 04:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Mumbai
Ric’s resignation accepted
As per the agreement, the ad hoc body accepted Ric’s resignation, ending his association with Indian hockey as its technical consultant.
Updated on Jul 19, 2008 12:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Hyderabad
Delhi will host hockey WC in 2010
Confusion over 2010 men's hockey world cup ends; India allotted the event officially, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Jul 19, 2008 12:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Hyderabad
Record fifth Oscar for Anand
The Indian Grandmaster bags the Chess Oscar for the year 2007, becoming the first non-Russian and non-Soviet Union player to win the award five times, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on May 08, 2008 11:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Mumbai
Sports minister, hockey boss clash
As the Jothikumaran issue rocks the Parliament, Sports Minister MS Gill asks IHF Chief KPS Gill to step down. B Shrikant & Chetan Chauhan report.
Updated on Apr 23, 2008 11:45 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant and Chetan Chauhan, Mumbai/new Delhi
IHF sacks selection committee
Charlesworth has been asked to interact with the committee comprising Olympians Merwyn Fernandes, Somayya and Vasudevan Baskaran.
Updated on Apr 17, 2008 12:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Bangalore
Geethu pivotal to Hawks’ flight
Born in Kerala, the 23-year-old Southern Railways hoopster is making waves in the Australian Big V League and is set for greater glories, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Mar 29, 2008 06:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B. Shrikant, Mumbai
Olympic onus now on women’s team, players positive
The Indian men’s team failed to qualify for the Olympics for the first time in 80 years putting the load of expectations now on their women counterparts, reports B Shrikant and Saurabh Duggal.
Updated on Mar 12, 2008 01:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant | Saurabh Duggal, Mumbai/chandigarh
Another leap of faith
A berth in the finals looks a realistic target, medals a bonus, a report by Indraneel Das and B Shrikant.
Updated on Feb 23, 2008 03:06 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Indraneel Das / B Shrikant, Ludhiana
From American idol to paranoid outcast
A maverick, recluse, genius, racist, rebel and a man who defied convention and some times acted beyond conviction — former World Champion Bobby Fischer was all this and much more, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Jan 18, 2008 11:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Mumbai
From American idol to paranoid outcast
America's first and only world chess champion Bobby Fischer, who died on Thursday, had turned the chess establishment on its head like no one else, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Jan 19, 2008 11:49 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Mumbai
Fortune favours the lacklustre
The Dynamos now has the chance of avenging their defeat to the Bangalore outfit in the 2006 final, reports B. Shrikant.
Updated on Jan 06, 2008 12:11 PM IST
None | B Shrikant, Candigarh
Negi wins battle of stars
Negi's experience and ability get the better of Sahaj Grover's tenacity and the world's youngest GM defeats his opponent in a French game, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Dec 17, 2007 11:39 PM IST
None | B Shrikant, Mumbai
Upsets continue as three seeds bite the dust
Chennai's Vishnu Prasanna stuns Iran's Alavi; Nadig beats Mohanty in girls' section, reports B Shrikant.
Updated on Dec 15, 2007 09:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Mumbai
Anand may return
Viswanathan Anand may soon shift base back to India. The world chess champion has bought a house in Chennai and will spend more time in India now on, report B Shrikant.
Updated on Nov 05, 2007 11:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Mumbai
IHF okays overseas camp for qualifiers
Facing their sternest test ever in qualifying for the Olympics, the Indian hockey team will undergo an 18-day training camp.
Updated on Nov 05, 2007 02:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Mumbai
Kramnik says he has lent Anand the crown
Long after the bitter days of rivalry between Kasparov and Karpov, another chess star war seems to be in the offing. B Shrikant reports.
Updated on Nov 04, 2007 03:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant, Mumbai
Lightning Kid continues to strike gold
Independent India's tryst with destiny was at midnight on August 14, 1947. The country's tryst with chess greatness, though, took longer.
Updated on Oct 01, 2007 02:27 AM IST
Hindustan Times | B Shrikant