Adhiban won silver at Asian Continental Chess Championship

1.  Adhiban won silver at Asian Continental Chess Championship

i. Grand Master Adhiban won silver medal at the Asian Continental Chess Championship held in Sharjah on 26 April 2014. With this silver he got an entry in the World Chess Cup 2015 that will be held at Baku, Azerbaijan.

ii. Adhiban ended up with 6.5 points whereas Yu Yangyi of China won the gold medal ending with 7 points. Ni Hua of China won bronze medal with 6.5 points.  Rustam Kasimdzhanov stood at the fourth place (6 points) and Weng Yan of China at the fifth place (6.5 points).

iii. The 13th Asian Continental Chess Championship and Women’s Chess Championships 2014 was held from 16 April to 26 April 2014 in Sharjah, UAE. The top five of Asian Continental Championship 2014 will qualify for the World Cup Championship 2015.

2.  John Travolta honoured the Most Popular All Time International Star in India at IIFA awards

i. Hollywood star John Travolta received a special honour, the Most Popular All Time International Star in India at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards. The 15th IIFA awards were held in Tampa Bay, Florida from 23 to 26 April 2014.

ii. John Travolta, 60, has seen astounding success as an actor, singer and dancer in the Hollywood.

iii. He starred in several blockbusters films such as Saturday Night Fever, Pulp Fiction, Grease, Swordfish, Face Off, Broken Arrow and Ladder49.

About IIFA awards
IIFA awards were first held in London in 2000. The awards are presented annually by the International Indian Film Academy to both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Bollywood. The awards have categories like popular awards, technical awards and special awards.  In 2013, the IIFA awards were held in Macau.