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India’s chess champs await visas for WC qualifiers as Canada drags its feet
Mumbai: There’s a cloud of uncertainty over the chances of five Indian chess players’ participation in the qualifying tournament for the World Championship final in Canada, as they have not reportedly received…
- Sports
Praggnanandhaa scores five successive wins to lead with 6.5 points
Kolkata: Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa strung together five wins in a row on the opening day of the ‘Tata Steel Chess India Blitz 2023’ to lead the field with 6.5 points here…
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Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz 2023
Kolkata: Harika Dronavalli (R) of India and Anna Ushenina of Ukraine during their women’s rapid event match at the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz tournament 2023, in Kolkata, Friday, Sept.…
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A ‘pawn’ mutiny in Telangana chess intensifies after 8-yr old girl was barred from playing
Chennai: The cruel act of barring an 8-year old little girl, Jasveen Kaur, from playing in the Under 11 Telangana state chess selection tournament by the Telangana State Chess Association (TSCA) President…
- Telangana
Telangana state-level chess tournament on June 24, 25 in Karimnagar
Hyderabad: A two-day state-level chess tournament for seniors and Under-13 categories will be held on June 24 and 25 at the V-convention center in Karimnagar. On Monday, the CEO of Zilla Parishad…
- Hyderabad
15-year-old Hyderabad girl plays blindfold chess without notation
Hyderabad: A 15-year-old Hyderabad girl Likhitha Annapurna has a unique style of playing Chess. Unlike many blindfold chess players, she plays blindfold chess without notation and also arranges the chess board blindfolded.…
- Middle East
Saudi deaf women’s chess team participates in continental tournament
Riyadh: A Saudi women’s chess team with hearing disabilities is participating for the first time in the major continental tournament, local media reported. The first Asia-Pacific Deaf Sprint and Blitz Championship for…
- India
Germany: Indian chess master stands barefoot for metal detector check
Chennai: Indian Grandmaster S L Narayanan felt “humiliated” as he was left to stand barefoot inside the playing hall for metal detector check during a Bundesliga chess league match in Germany on…
- Sports
India lose to Uzbekistan in Men’s World Team Chess Championship semifinal
Jerusalem: Uzbekistan, the reigning Chess Olympiad champion, overcame India in the double-header semifinals with a 2-2 draw and a 2.5-1.5 win — including victories by Javokhir Sindarov over Nihal Sarin and Nodirbek…
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India to face Uzbekistan in Men’s World Team Chess semifinal
Jerusalem: India will face Uzbekistan, while China will play Spain in the semifinals of the 2022 Men’s World Team Chess Championship in Jerusalem later on Thursday. India and France beat each other…
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Indian chess WGM Priyanka Nutakki expelled from World Junior tournament
Chennai: Indian Woman Grandmaster and seventh-seeded Priyanka Nutakki has been expelled from the FIDE World Junior Chess Championship underway in Italy for having a pair of earbuds in her jacket pocket, said…
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Mikhail Gorbachev: A man of peace who fought battles on the board of chess
There are people who hail him as a saviour of humanity and there are those who hate him for destroying the former Soviet Union. But nobody can deny that Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader…
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Champions Chess Tour: Pragg, Carlsen score similar 3-1 wins
Miami :The FTX Crypto Cup seems to be heading towards a tense two-horse race as Indian teenager Praggnanandhaa and Norway’s World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen both crushed their opponents in the fourth…
- Sports
India is serious contender in current Chess Olympiad
Chess became a craze aft Celebrated Bengali Director Satyajit Ray’s movie ‘Shatranj ki Khiladi’ created a big buzz in 1977. But the recent Netflix release ” Queen’s Gambit” took it to a…
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Torch relay for 44th Chess Olympiad begins in Delhi
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju being handed over the torch by Indian chess Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand as torch relay for 44th Chess Olympiad begins at Red Fort, in New Delhi,…
