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A cool breeze blew across Rio Resort, bringing relief to an oppressively warm Sunday evening. That comforting breeze must have done little to calm Andrey Esipenko as he came out … Read More
Javokhir Sindarov and Nodirbek Yakubboev starred in Uzbekistan’s greatest moment in chess. At the Olympiad in 2022, they played significant roles to take Uzbekistan to a stunning title, after starting … Read More
Peter Leko knew chess was big in India. But, he didn’t reckon it was big enough for people to recognise him from just his voice. The former challenger to the … Read More
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has announced a significantly relaxed dress code for next month’s World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Doha, a year after the ‘jeansgate’ storm involving Magnus … Read More
Wei Yi stormed out of the playing hall as darkness began to fall on Resort Rio in Goa on Friday. There were a couple of children waiting for his autograph. … Read More
World Champion Gukesh D and Magnus Carlsen are part of over 360 players who have confirmed their participation in the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship in Doha. A … Read More
No sport is perhaps driven by computer technology and the internet as much as chess. Therefore, it is not surprising that one man’s experiments in a new computer programming language … Read More
And then there were none. India started out with 24 participants at the Chess World Cup. Among them were the top three seeds. And there were another two in the … Read More
Arjun Erigaisi, the last Indian left at the ongoing Chess World Cup in Goa, went down to China’s Wei Yi in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: Michal Walusza/FIDE … Read More
Of the four semifinal spots, only one has been claimed yet. The battle for the other three could very well see some bloodbath in the tie-breakers. That is because all … Read More
