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25 Apr 2024

D Gukesh Receives GRAND Welcome At Chennai Airport After Winning FIDE Candidat

Gukesh became only the second Indian player to win the Candidates Tournament, after Viswanathan Anand. Five-time world champion Anand's victory came in 2014.

21 Feb 2024

Meet Ashwath Kaushik, The 8-Year-Old Prodigy Who Defeated A Chess Grandmaster

Kaushik, originally from India, has called Singapore home for the last six years. His journey into the spotlight began at the tender age of six when he clinched triple gold in the Under-8 category of the Eastern Asian Youth Championship in 2022.

12 Jan 2024

Unveiling The Remarkable Success Story Of Chess Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli

Harika Dronavalli is an Indian chess grandmaster and former world junior girls' chess champion known for her strategic prowess on the chessboard.

31 Aug 2023

Chess World Cup Silver Medallist R Praggnanandhaa Meets PM Modi With Family

Praggnanandhaa fought hard but fell short with Carlsen summoning all his big match experience when it mattered the most.

Chess World Cup

30 Aug 2023

WATCH: Praggnanandhaa Returns To Rousing Welcome In Chennai

Praggnanandhaa lost the Chess World Cup final to World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the match that went on for three days in Baku.

24 Aug 2023

FIDE WC: PM Modi 'Proud' Of Praggnanandhaa, Says 'This Is No Small Feat'

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa showcased exceptional skills to give a tough fight to the formidable Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE World Cup finals.

22 Aug 2023

World Cup Chess: Praggnanandhaa Stuns Caruana, Set To Face Carlsen In Fin

In the final beginning on Tuesday, R Praggnanandhaa will take on five-times title winner Carlsen, who beat Azerbaijan’s Nijat Abasov 1.5-0.5 in his semifinal.

22 Jul 2023

Anand Mahindra's Epic Throwback Pic Playing Chess On Honeymoon- Have You Seen?

He mentioned the photo where he was holding a chessboard in the comment, adding that he is now practising his moves by playing chess online.

Global Chess League 2023

04 Jul 2023

Who Is Jesse February, The Girl From Viral Pic With Yuzvendra Chahal

Jesse February posted a picture on social media with Team India leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal during the Global Chess League in Dubai.

Yuzvendra Chahal

26 Jun 2023

'Chess Helps Me Stay Calm, Use To Play With R Ashwin' Says Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal visited the on-going Global Chess League as he came to cheer on the SG Alpine Warriors as a team ambassador.

Vantika Agrawal

03 May 2023

Chess: WGM Vantika Agrawal Rises To India No. 3 Rank

The youngster is also confident of becoming Grandmaster this year as she required three GM norms and cross 2500 rating points to achieve that title

02 Mar 2023

Bad Air Quality Can Negatively Affect Chess Players’ Performance: Study

Chess players' performance can get affected by air quality Cleaner air leads to clearer heads and sharper thinking, reveals study The study found the impact of air pollution on some of the strongest players in the history

Shraddha Walker murder case

11 Jan 2023

Law books, novels & chess - how 'remorseless' Aaftab spends time in jail

Delhi’s Saket court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala in the Shraddha Walkar murder case by a further 14 days. He has demanded some law books to study. The court has also directed the authorities to provide him with warm clothes.

Priyanka Nutakki

18 Oct 2022

India's Woman Grandmaster Priyanka Nutakki gets expelled from World Junior...

The point scored by Nutakki in Round 6 has been awarded to her rival, Beydullayeva.

16 Oct 2022

Magnus Carlsen BEATEN by an Indian again! GM Arjun Erigaisi shocks him

The win over Norwegian superstar Carlsen in the seventh round early on Sunday was the Indian's first over the world champion

27 Sep 2022

Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen accuses Hans Niemann of CHEATING

Magnus Carlsen once again resigned after just one move against Niemann at Julius Baer Generation Cup. Niemann is behind Carlsen by almost 200 Elo points, a measure used to calculate the relative skill level of chess players.

22 Aug 2022

Indian GM R Praggnanandhaa stuns No 1 Magnus Carlsen in final round

Magnus Carlsen won the top prize on the basis of a higher score. He finished with 16 match points to the Indian prodigy R Praggnanandhaa’s tally of 15.

World Chess Championship

14 Aug 2022

Independence Day 2000 Special: Beauty-Fashion से लेकर world chess championship में भारत का बजा डंका

साल 2000 में ब्यूटी एंड फैशन की दुनिया में भी भारत का खूब नाम हुआ. ये वो साल था जब लारा दत्ता को मिस यूनिवर्स, प्रियंका चोपड़ा को मिस वर्ल्ड और दिया मिर्जा को मिस एशिया पैसिफिक का ताज पहनाया गया. इतना ही नहीं, साल 2000 को भारत के लिए विश्वनाथन आनंद ने भी खास बनाया था. दरअसल, इस साल भारत के महान शतरंज खिलाड़ी ग्रैंडमास्टर विश्वनाथन आनंद पहली बार विश्व शतरंज चैंपियन बने थे.

28 Jul 2022

DNA: Analysis of Pakistan's propaganda on Kashmir

Today, the Chess Olympiad that PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated in Chennai, Pakistan has made it the center of dirty politics. Pakistan announced a few hours before the Chess Olympiad that it was withdrawing its participation.

28 Jul 2022

DNA: Pakistan exposed at 44th Chess Olympiad

The reason for Pakistan choosing the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in the Chess Olympiad is 'reach of the Olympiad'. Let us tell you that 187 countries are participating in this game, and Pakistan could not have had a better chance than this to spread propaganda on Jammu and Kashmir.

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