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India submits guarantee towards bid to host Chess Olympiad

The Olympiad was moved out of Russia after it invaded neighbouring Ukraine on February 24 and FIDE has opened the bids...

PTI2 March 2022 1:00 PM IST

Chess IM Anwesh manages to escape Kyiv; reaches near Polish border

Former Indian national rapid chess champion Anwesh Upadhyaya, who was stranded in Ukraine, has managed to leave the...

PTI1 March 2022 7:52 PM IST

Athletes come out to protect Ukraine, join war against Russia

While some Ukrainian athletes have come out on to streets with weapons to resist Russian forces, some others, like...

Press Trust of India1 March 2022 9:57 AM IST

Five players in joint lead at National Chess Championship

Apart from Erigaisi and Gukesh, Abhijeet Gupta, M R Lalith Babu and Kaustav Chatterjee have 4.5 points after five rounds

PTI27 Feb 2022 5:03 PM IST

Top seed Adhiban wins after registering draw in 3rd round at National...

Top seed B Adhiban returned to winning ways by beating Srijit Paul after being held to a draw by IM Koustav Chatterjee

PTI26 Feb 2022 11:45 PM IST

India to bid to host this year's Chess Olympiad

It would be the second major world event to be held in the country after the World Championship match in 2013

PTI26 Feb 2022 5:00 PM IST

Rela Hospital fetes Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa

City-based Rela Hospital felicitated chess Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa for beating World No. 1 Grandmaster Magnus...

PTI25 Feb 2022 8:35 PM IST

Chess: IM Anwesh Upadhyaya stuck in Ukraine amidst Russian invasion

"I am hoping for this madness to end and awaiting instructions from our embassy," Anwesh said.

PTI25 Feb 2022 1:34 PM IST

GM Adhiban gets top billing in senior National Chess Championship

This is probably the first time that 23 GMs and 30 IMs are taking part in the national championship

PTI24 Feb 2022 5:40 PM IST

"Don't get carried away" — chess prodigy Praggnanandhaa's coach RB...

After R. Praggnanandhaa defeated Magnus Carlsen in an online chess event, a lot of frenzy is taking place around the...

Sohinee23 Feb 2022 10:45 PM IST

How sister's hobby shaped young chess wizard Praggnanandhaa's life

It was a hobby acquired from his sister but R Praggnanandhaa made chess his life's calling pretty early on.

PTI22 Feb 2022 4:16 PM IST

Praggnanandhaa follows up win over Magnus Carlsen with 2 more...

R Praggnanandhaa registered wins against fellow Grandmasters Andrey Esipenko and Alexandra Kosteniuk

PTI22 Feb 2022 3:40 PM IST

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