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In era of teen prodigies, Vasly Ivanchuk, 56-year-old winner of Menorca Open, still has endless passion for chess
May 02, 2025 3:06 am
Watch Ivanchuk during games and he can come across as a tortured poet, his facade a mask of deep agony and a hand always planted on his face as he thinks of his next move.
Goa's Nitin Belurkar maintains lead after 5th round of Maharashtra International Open GM Chess 2025
April 24, 2025 2:26 pm
Karnataka’s A Balkishan clinched the title in the B category with 7.5 points in the Maharashtra International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament.
How 'free-spirited' Koneru Humpy lost and found motivation to play top-level chess: "I've started feeling the buzz again"
April 24, 2025 8:49 am
All this last week, Humpy has played with the sort of free spirit of someone not trying to prove any point.
New Delhi to host FIDE World Cup; Bharat Mandapam and Yashobhoomi ‘prime candidates’ to host event
March 04, 2025 12:56 pm
An AICF official said that India will also make a bid to host the 2026 World Championship, where Gukesh will defend his crown against a yet-to-be-determined challenger.
‘Seems legit’: Hikaru Nakamura roasts Daniil Dubov’s excuse of falling asleep to avoid Hans Niemann clash
January 07, 2025 4:35 pm
At the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship, Daniil Dubov missed a game against Hans Niemann and claimed that he had gone to his hotel room and fallen asleep because of jet lag. Nakamura poked holes in that theory.
Magnus Carlsen disqualified from World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship for wearing jeans: Who said what?
December 28, 2024 8:40 am
Defending Champion Magnus Carlsen fined $200 and then disqualified. What happened?
9-year-old Aarit Kapil becomes youngest Indian to beat a chess Grandmaster
December 09, 2024 2:24 pm
The youngest player in the world to beat a GM is Indian-origin Singapore boy Ashwath Kaushik who won against Jacek Stupa of Poland when he was just 8 years and six months old earlier this year.
World Chess Championship 2024 Game 3 Highlights: Gukesh takes down Ding Liren to level scores before 1st rest day
November 29, 2024 12:41 pm
World Chess Championship 2024 Game 3 Updates: Gukesh converted his advantage in the third game against Ding Liren. Winning Game 3 mattered even more as Thursday is the first rest day.
World Chess Championship 2024: Gukesh loses Game 1 after escaping severe time trouble
November 26, 2024 1:40 pm
World Chess Championship 2024 Game 1: Gukesh was forced into severe time trouble. He escaped losing on time by just one second. But world champion Ding Liren handed him a first game defeat in a few more moves.
Arjun Erigaisi pulls off a heist against Vidit Gujrathi at Chennai Grand Masters
November 05, 2024 9:48 pm
Vidit Gujrathi held all the aces or so it seemed but Arjun Erigaisi not only hung on but successfully pressed ahead in his pursuit of unlikely victory
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