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“Slowly transitioning” from a world champion competitor to a mentor-cum-sports administrator, chess icon Viswanathan Anand feels the current crop of Indian players, that he has had a role in shaping, … Read More
India’s Shubhi Gupta clinched the girls U-16 gold and girls U-20 bronze medals in the just-concluded Commonwealth Chess Championships in Kalutara, Sri Lanka. A Women FIDE Master and the reigning … Read More
Anatoly Karpov and Gary Kasparov from the Soviet Union. Right, playing against O. Panno and D. Campora of Argentina, during the 1988 Chess Olympiad. | Photo Credit: AP / PTI … Read More
With an average rating of 2755, India enters the open section of the 45th edition of the Chess Olympiad as the second-seeded team, just behind the USA (2758). The Indian … Read More
Set to make her debut in the Global Chess League alongside the great Viswanathan Anand, Indian Grandmaster R. Vaishali says doing well in the star-studded event is not the only … Read More
The 45th edition of the Chess Olympiad will take place in Hungary from September 10 to 23. This will be the first time since 1926 that the world’s biggest multi-national … Read More
Chess is an individual sport by nature, but the excitement and dynamics of playing it in a team format elevate the Olympiad to a unique and special status. This year, … Read More
As the second season of the Global Chess League is less than a month away, Grandmaster Anish Giri took a moment to share his excitement and plans ahead of his … Read More
A self-proclaimed accidental chess player, Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi says he thought of sports as a more “stable” career option after watching his doctor parents being called to work at … Read More
The World chess championship match between the defending champion Ding Liren of China and the challenger D. Gukesh from Chennai, to be held in Singapore from November 23, will have … Read More
