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Chess enthusiasts at an event conducted by the Bangalore Chess Club at a cafe | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Amey Sirdeshpande, 16, got hooked to chess largely because of Samay Raina’s online streams.Raina, a stand-up comic and chess…

V. Prraneeth. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement V. Prraneeth became Telangana’s sixth and India’s 82nd Grandmaster when he outwitted GM Hans Niemann of the US in the penultimate round of the Baku Open 2023. The win against the top seed…

China’s Ding Liren smiles while speaking after his victory in the FIDE World Chess Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 30, 2023. China’s Ding Liren beat Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in a thrilling finale. He takes over the…

It’s a show of incredible skill, taking on 19 players at once, but Jorge Moreno isn’t worried at all. The Prince Edward Island chess champion moved from Peru to Canada to study at Holland College last year. He’s…

Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi You know what is the biggest problem with us Indians? Okay, okay, don’t answer that, this is a short column, no point starting something we can’t finish, (which is the slogan the…

Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi You know what is the biggest problem with us Indians? Okay, okay, don’t answer that, this is a short column, no point starting something we can’t finish, (which is the slogan the…

Born in Wenzhou a year after Xie’s victory, he was taught to play chess by his father, a chess aficionado, when he was 4. He began to compete in tournaments soon after and won his first national title when he was 5. He rose to international…

Ding Liren showed the ambition in his heart with a matching display on the board to become the 17th World chess champion. The 30-year-old is the first king of 64 squares from China. He defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in a rapid tiebreak in …

PARIS: Ding Liren became China's first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tie-break victory over Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchiin Kazakhstan.Ding, 30, takes over as winner of the World Chess Championship from Norway's Magnus…

PARIS: The World Chess Championship will be decided in a rapid-play tiebreak on Sunday, after Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi and China's Ding Lirenremained deadlocked following 14 games played under classical rules.Both players finished on…