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Last Updated:November 23, 2024, 6:57 PM IST This year’s tournament marks the first time in 138 years that two Asian players will pitted against each other in the World Chess Championship, that is offering a prize fund of USD 2.5 million. D Gukesh will now focus on the all-important World Championship. (PTI Photo) It does…
File photo of Magnus Carlsen.© AFP World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen recorded a flawless performance, securing victories against S L Narayanan, Wesley So and Arjun Erigaisi, to take the sole lead at the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid Tournament in Kolkata on Thursday. Starting the day just half a point behind overnight leader…
Last Updated:November 13, 2024, 8:20 PM IST Abdusattorov Nodirbek holds the sole lead with Magnus Carlsen and SL Narayanan joint-second at the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid tournament. Uzbekistan’s grandmaster Abdusattorov Nodirbek (X/FIDE) Uzbekistan’s young grandmaster Abdusattorov Nodirbek emerged sole leader in the open section of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid tournament here on…
Last Updated:November 08, 2024, 09:41 IST Liren won the world crown in May last year after defeating Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi. He took a break from the game after that, owing to his battle with depression. Ding Liren, back home ahead of his World Championship clash against D Gukesh (X/Take Take Take) Ace Indian chess…
Last Updated:October 29, 2024, 5:36 PM IST The teenage sensation has roped in the services of the man who helped India clinch the 2011 ODI World Cup under the leadership of the legendary MS Dhoni and more recently guided the Indian national hockey team to their second consecutive bronze medal finish at…Read More D Gukesh….
Last Updated:October 27, 2024, 10:59 IST The historic achievement garnered the attention of Indian PM Narendra Modi, who shared his heartfelt wishes to the young GM. Arjun Erigaisi with PM Narendra Modi (X) Arjun Erigaisi’s historic achievement left the nation stunned at his brilliance with PM Narendra Modi echoing the amazement and joy of the…
Last Updated:October 25, 2024, 11:27 IST Arjun became just the second Indian, right after the legendary Viswanathan Anand, and 16th player in chess history to cross the 2800-rating mark. Arjun Erigaisi with Viswanathan Anand (X) The brilliance of Arjun Erigaisi continues to take the chess world by storm as the young Indian phenom scripted history…
GM Harika Dronavalli in action (X) Harika feels the success of the Indian teams at the Olympiad didn’t happen overnight but it was the result of several years of hard work at the grassroots level. Indian-American Abhimanyu Mishra may have become the youngest Grandmaster at the age of 12 back in June 2021 but leading…
India’s literal clean sweep at the 2024 Chess Olympiads in Budapest – winning the Open and Women’s Team Gold and three individual gold medals – has surely put the world on notice with the country possibly taking its first steps to be a global powerhouse in the sport, much like the Soviet-dominated the sport in…
Chess Representational Image. (AFP Photo) ChessBase, a passionate advocate of the game of chess who raised Rs. 10,26,577.13, seek to help ambitious chess players with financial and technical assistance on their journey. ChessBase announced that it had raised an incredible fund during the runtime of the recently concluded 45th Chess Olympiad in Hungary as the…