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Wonder toddler from Kolkata Anish Sarkar has chess experts gasping in disbelief
At an age when most children like to watch cartoons and play with toys, 4-year-old Anish Sarkar prefers to rack his brains to battle against opponents on the chess board. The toddler…
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Magnus Carlsen disqualified from top chess meet for violating dress code
New York: Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen was first fined and then disqualified from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship here for his refusal to comply with FIDE’s dress code after…
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Chess: An experiment that catapulted the Polgar sisters to spectacular success
Every now and then we come across some individuals with rare talent whose prowess has changed society’s perception of human intelligence and ability. In the game of chess, the three Polgar sisters…
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Historic triumph of Gukesh heralds rise of India to Superpower of Chess World
On Thursday that little schoolboy (Gukesh), now a talented teenager, fulfilled his ambition and made the country proud. “I won the title for myself, my loved ones, and my country. There is…
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Naseeruddin Ghalib, the jovial chess expert who helped develop the game in Hyderabad
Now that India’s D. Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren are engaged in a battle royal for the World Chess Championship, it is the right time to remember the services of a man…
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Young Shreyas’s chess skills saved his family from deportation
There are plenty of examples where a player’s sports skills enabled him or her to earn a good living and lifted their family out of poverty. But an unusual case has now…
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History of the birth of chess in India and its world wide proliferation
It is difficult to describe India’s extraordinary twin triumphs in the Chess Olympiad in mere words. Our young men and women have come out on top in a tournament in which 190…
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Indian men and women win maiden Chess Olympiad gold medals
Budapest: India on Sunday scripted history in the Chess Olympiad as its men’s and women’s teams clinched their maiden titles in a rare sweep of gold medals after beating their respective opponents…
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Octogenarian Rani Hamid fights chess battles like a young warrior
Rani Hamid of Bangladesh is a legend in the sport of chess in her country. At the age of 80, most people experience the ebb of their physical and mental faculties. The…
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Shatranj kay Khiladi: Young ‘Kings & Queens’ of India have taken world by storm
It is said that the game of chess originated in India in ancient times and then spread to Persia and from there to the rest of the world. Therefore it is fitting…
- India
Praggnanandhaa clinches 1st classical chess win over world No.1 Carlsen
Stavanger: Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa claimed his maiden classical game victory over world number one Magnus Carlsen to take the sole lead in the Norway Chess tournament here. The 18-year-old Indian, who…
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Grandmaster Gukesh at Chennai Airport
Chennai: Indian chess grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh on his arrival at the Chennai Airport , in Chennai, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar) Chennai: Indian Chess grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh speaks to the…
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Teenage wonder Dommaraju Gukesh takes chess world by storm; experts are awestruck
India’s sports persons are taking the country’s name to greater heights every day. The latest to do so is the 17-year-old Dommaraju Gukesh who has taken the chess world by storm by becoming the…
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In Pics: FIDE Candidates 2024
Toronto: Grandmaster R. Vaishali of India during her Round 11 match against Grandmaster Aleksandra Goryachkina at the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2024 chess tournament, in Toronto, Canada, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (PTI Photo…
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Photos: FIDE Candidates 2024
Toronto: Grandmaster R. Vaishali of India and Grandmaster Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia during their Round 4 match at the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2024 chess tournament, in Toronto, Canada, Sunday, April 7, 2024.…
