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Vidit, Harikrishna & Harika get byes in 1st round of Chess World Cup

The much-awaited FIDE Chess World Cup is expected to kick-off in Sochi, Russia, from 10th July 2021.

Abhijit Nair25 Jun 2021 11:57 AM IST

Nihal Sarin, Praggnanandhaa get wild cards for FIDE Chess World Cup

Young Indian chess players Nihal Sarin and R Praggnanandhaa have received the FIDE president's wild cards in the men's...

PTI19 Jun 2021 9:00 PM IST

Vishy Anand says time to move on; asks for closure on 'cheating'...

Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath defeated Anand during an online charity match and later admitted that he had cheated.

PTI15 Jun 2021 10:24 PM IST

Assam's Shahil Dey becomes first-ever chess International Master from...

India saw its first-ever chess International Master from the Northeast region with Assam's 14-year-old Shahil Dey...

Md Imtiaz14 Jun 2021 4:43 PM IST

Why is Chess not an Olympic sport?

Chess has failed to make its way into the Olympics. It is not that the top governing body of Chess, FIDE, has not pushed...

Abhijit Nair6 Jun 2021 6:01 PM IST

FIDE strikes deal with Tech Mahindra for Global Chess League

The FIDE announced a new partnership with Tech Mahindra Ltd for the Global Chess League which will also have former...

PTI4 Jun 2021 6:00 PM IST

Covid-19 forces Indian chess players to withdraw from Asian...

The second wave of coronavirus has forced top Indian chess players to withdraw from the Asian Continental Chess...

Abhijit Nair21 May 2021 3:45 PM IST

Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli to lead Indian challenge at Women's...

Four Indian women chess stars have qualified for the FIDE Women's Chess World Cup to be held in Russia in the month of...

Abhijit Nair21 May 2021 1:00 PM IST

AICF launches initiative to help chess community fight COVID-19

The All India Chess Federation launched the 'Checkmate Covid Initiative' to help the chess community affected by the...

PTI4 May 2021 10:45 PM IST

The game of chess helped this village escape from gambling and...

A small seed sown by C. Unnikrishnan has not only helped Marottical escape from the clutches of social vices, but also...

Abhijit Nair21 April 2021 2:03 PM IST

Biel Chess Festival: Harikrishna opens campaign in Classical event...

Indian Grandmaster P Harikrishna began his campaign in the Classical event of the 53rd Biel International Chess Festival...

PTI22 July 2020 12:49 PM IST

26 out of 74 Grandmasters in India are from Tamil Nadu

India's first chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, who led the way like a bellwether brought about a chess revolution in...

Md Imtiaz13 Sept 2019 7:47 PM IST

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