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GM Leon Mendonca wins 2nd Kumania GM tournament in Hungary

Young Indian Grandmaster Leon Luke Mendonca emerged victorious with a score of 6.5 points from nine rounds.

PTI26 March 2021 1:30 PM GMT

Koneru Humpy named BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year

While Koneru Humpy was named the Indian sportswoman of the year, Anju Bobby George was handed the Life Time Achievement...

Abhijit Nair8 March 2021 4:52 PM GMT

Queen's Gambit, which gave Indian chess new impetus, wins Golden Globe ...

Another checkmate for Beth Harmon! Netflix’s miniseries on chess 'Queen's Gambit' won two top prizes at Sunday night’s...

The Bridge1 March 2021 10:17 AM GMT

Chess board sales in India grew by 500% in 2020

The new president of All India Chess Federation (AICF) Sanjay Kapoor said that the sales of chess boards in India went...

The Bridge Desk22 Feb 2021 10:42 AM GMT

Maharashtra Chess Association back as a governing body after 4 years

The All India Chess Federation (AICF) in its Annual General meeting finally announced that Maharashtra Chess Association ...

The Bridge Desk18 Feb 2021 9:51 AM GMT

Is it time for chess to be included under the e-sports bracket?

Ever since the pandemic happened and the entire world went into complete lockdown, with the movement of people across...

Abhijit Nair3 Feb 2021 5:34 AM GMT

The chess champion who became India’s youngest billionaire

Out of the 2,825 billionaires in the world a total of 3.6% i.e. 102 billionaires belong to India. While the likes of...

Abhijit Nair27 Jan 2021 1:15 PM GMT

Nihal Sarin wins Brilliancy Prize in Chess, equivalent to Golden Ball...

Indian chess grandmaster Nihal Sarin has won the Gazprom Brilliancy Prize, the International Chess Federation announced...

The Bridge Desk19 Jan 2021 5:09 AM GMT

A world champion in chess, why does no one speak about Mallika Handa?

Mallika Handa may not have been able to hear the deafening cheers of the spectators witnessing her entry into the...

Md Imtiaz16 Jan 2021 10:47 AM GMT

How Koneru Humpy broke barriers in a male dominated chess world

By this time if you have finished watching Queen's Gambit, the American mini-series on Netflix, you must have drooled...

Md Imtiaz8 Jan 2021 7:48 AM GMT

Leon Mendonca becomes India's 67th chess Grandmaster

While every other sport saw setbacks in the year of the pandemic, chess in India thrived It was for the first time India ...

The Bridge Desk31 Dec 2020 6:14 AM GMT

Chess Federation Election: Secretary challenges nomination of...

All India Chess Federation (AICF) secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan on Friday challenged the nomination of Venkatrama Raja...

Md Imtiaz26 Dec 2020 5:12 AM GMT

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