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At chess World Cup, P Harikrishna’s defiant run shows Indian chess has depth
November 15, 2025 7:26 am
What has stood out in the veteran’s run to the fifth round has been his aggressive, devil-may-care brand of chess
‘Total fluff... nothing new... will just confuse fans’: Hikaru Nakamura’s ‘brutally honest’ review of Total Chess World Championship
October 16, 2025 6:49 pm
Nakamura was particularly unhappy with the fast classic format, which organisers and FIDE have said will count as classical games in terms of ratings. Nakamura said: "What exactly is going on here? We're now going to count 45-minute chess as classical chess."
Grandmaster of all trades: Chess gets 4th World Championship to decide World Combined Champion
October 16, 2025 6:51 pm
The new Total Chess World Championship Tour, which will come into effect from 2027, will feature four events each year across various cities: three events with 24 players while the finale will have four players qualified from the three previous events
FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025: Divya Deshmukh’s win is a turning point in Indian women’s chess
July 29, 2025 3:19 pm
China’s era of chess dominance meets resistance as India’s rising stars take center stage
Garry Kasparov: 'I beat strongest player to become world champion, Gukesh in different situation with Magnus Carlsen there'
May 18, 2025 10:13 am
Talking about Gukesh's vanquished rival at the world championship, Kasparov said: "Gukesh was a favorite because Ding Liren was the pale shadow of what Ding was before COVID. COVID ruined him. After COVID, Ding was just a different player."
Women’s World Chess Championship: Ju Wenjun on cusp of fifth title, needs just one draw vs Tan Zhongyi to retain crown
April 15, 2025 6:29 pm
Women’s World Chess Championship: All Ju Wenjun needs a draw in the next game against Tan Zhongyi to reach 6.5 points and win her fifth championship.
Women's World Chess Championship: Ju Wenjun levels score with endgame magic in Game 3
April 07, 2025 1:23 am
The result means that the score in the Women's World Chess Championship stands at 1.5-1.5 after three games.
FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship all you need to know: China vs China as Ju Wenjun battles Tan Zhongyi
April 03, 2025 11:35 am
China are the dominant force in women's chess: the Asian giants hold the record for the most Women’s World Champions (six, one more than USSR’s five).
PM Narendra Modi meets world chess champion D Gukesh
December 28, 2024 7:57 pm
Earlier in December, Gukesh became the youngest player in the history of chess to win the world championship after the 18-year-old defeated 32-year-old Ding Liren.
World Chess Championship: Meet the man behind D Gukesh's rapid rise to become king of the 64 squares
December 18, 2024 7:29 am
MVM Velmohan, owner of the Velammal School, is the champ's alma mater from where 22 of the 33 Grandmasters in Tamil Nadu have emerged
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