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Shreyas Royal wants D. Gukesh to win the upcoming World chess championship. If the Chennai teenager does that – he is most people’s favourite at the moment – Shreyas could … Read More
Firouzja Alireza made the rook move, and almost straightaway realised he had messed it up. The disappointment on his face was obvious: he was going to lose a game, after … Read More
An All India FIDE Rating Chess Tournament will be organised here at the SMCA Chess School from October 11-16. The tournament will feature around 220 players and will have a … Read More
For once, the Knights were made to dance to somebody else’s tune. That of the Pipers, fittingly enough. Alpine SG Pipers’ 9-7 victory at the Friends House here on Monday … Read More
The draw Nihal Sarin made with Daniel Dardha, in Sunday’s match in the Global Chess League 2024 between PBG Alaskan Knights and Alpine SG Pipers, stands. Nihal was in a … Read More
Antoaneta Stefanova was the Bulgarian Prime Ministerial candidate for her party four years ago. In 2004, she became the first – and till now the only – women’s Chess World … Read More
The Friends House in Central London has become the focal point for fresh debates surrounding the role and credibility of arbiters in chess, with the clash between India’s Nihal Sarin … Read More
Grandmaster Arkadij Naiditsch once said that beating Magnus Carlsen was easier than beating Anish Giri. The modest Super Grandmaster from the Netherlands may disagree with that assessment, but his team … Read More
“Magnus, Magnus,” they shouted. “Giri, Giri,” shouted the rest. It wasn’t the most usual of sights you would see ahead of a game of chess. Normally, it would be pin-drop … Read More
In this episode of the Sportstar Podcast, Mayank joins host Nihit Sachdeva as they discuss India’s historic first-ever gold medals in both the open and the women’s sections at the … Read More
