Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess world has been debating why ...
Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...
Austrian skier Raphael Haaser wins gold in men’s giant slalom at the Alpine world championships
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) — Austrian skier Raphael Haaser ended the Swiss dominance in the men’s events at the ...
Brignone finally snatches the skiing gold medal she’s always wanted by winning the GS world title
“This was my dream, to be a gold medalist in GS. I have been dreaming of this moment for many, many years. I was always ...
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Vaishali breaks silence on handshake controversy
Indian chess Grandmaster R Vaishali has set her sights on two key objectives this year: delivering consistent performances ...
Assam’s Viraj Sarawgi clinches silver at Bangkok Rapid Chess Championship
Assam’s rising chess talent, Viraj Sarawgi, a Grade 5 student at Royal Global School, Guwahati, delivered a stellar ...
Bangkok Rapid Chess Championship: Ten-Year-Old Viraj Sarawgi Claims Silver In Thailand
Competing in the Under-12 category the Assamese prodigy, Viraj, secured the silver medal with an impressive 5.5 points out of ...
10-year-old Viraj Sarawgi bags silver at Bangkok Rapid Chess Championship
Viraj Sarawgi, a Grade 5 student from Assam, secured a silver medal in the Under-12 category at the Bangkok Rapid Chess ...
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Magnus Carlsen to Anna Cramling: World’s most attractive chess grandmasters and players
Intelligence is attractive, and so are these 11 chess grandmasters and players, whose moves have us locked in checkmate.
Hikaru Nakamura heaps praise on India's chess ecosystem: 'Everything is the way it should be'
Japanese-American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura added that the Indian chess ecosystem, which is given rise to superstars such ...
Magnus Carlsen admits fear of losing made him share World Blitz title with Nepomniachtchi: 'My confidence was shaken'
Magnus Carlsen said that he was confident of winning thee World Blitz championship but after Ian Nepomniachtchi made a ...