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India gets its 64th Grandmaster in Chess

Delhi boy Prithu Gupta became India's 64th Grandmaster, crossing the Elo threshold of 2,500 points after beating IM Lev...

Press Release19 July 2019 5:22 PM IST

FIDE pushes for inclusion of chess in Paris 2024 Olympics

The governing body of chess launched a campaign yesterday to get Chess included in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The...

Press Releases13 Feb 2019 10:13 AM IST

#2018InANutshell: The year for Indian Chess

2018 was set to be one great year for the game of chess. There were the usual strong tournaments that are held annually...

Devanshi Rathi18 Dec 2018 9:55 AM IST

Nihal Sarin: The 14-year old Grandmaster who is always thinking of his...

The boy’s feet could barely touch the ground in 2014 when he played in the World Junior Chess Championship in Pune, the...

Devanshi Rathi30 Nov 2018 9:28 AM IST

Self belief important for aspiring chess players: GM Ramesh RB

GM Ramesh RB is one of the leading coaches in India. He has been the captain of the Indian men’s team for almost a...

Devanshi Rathi22 Oct 2018 9:33 AM IST

Winning silverware should always be the target: Women's Chess Team...

Jacob Aagaard is a multi-talented chess personality. He is a Grandmaster, an author of the most popular chess books...

Devanshi Rathi10 Oct 2018 1:19 PM IST

Playing and winning at chess "like a girl", Tania Sachdev has come a...

If anyone asked a 7-year old Tania Sachdev what she wanted to be as an adult, the answer would unwittingly come without...

Press Releases25 Sept 2018 8:37 PM IST

Viswanathan Anand honoured with Russian Order of Friendship

Viswanathan Anand, a man who, few would argue, is a legend in his field, has been honoured with the Russian "Order of...

Press Releases11 Sept 2018 10:39 AM IST

Nihal Sarin becomes the country's 53rd Grandmaster

14-year-old Nihal Sarin has continued India's excellent run in chess, by becoming the country's fifty-third Grandmaster....

Akshat Mehrish15 Aug 2018 11:18 AM IST

Medals galore for the Indian chess team at the Asian Nations Cup

The Indian chess team will be coming home from the recently finished Asian Nations Cup with a bag full of medals. Both...

Akshat Mehrish4 Aug 2018 1:41 PM IST

Neglect of Chess in India brought to limelight again after Divya...

Little did Nagpur-born Divya Deshmukh know as a 4-year old that her shift from badminton due to height issues to the...

Sohinee Basu26 July 2018 9:31 AM IST

Praggnanandhaa finishes second in Italy but does chess get its due in...

Remember the name R Praggnanandhaa. The Chennai boy who has not even turned 13 has already been setting ripples along...

Press Releases25 Jun 2018 10:09 AM IST

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