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Nihal Sarin holds off Vishwanathan to capture TATA Steel Rapid chess title
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Sarin came in as a last-minute replacement for world champion D Gukesh, who had pulled out of the tournament, and from being someone who was not supposed to play to being the trophy winner, he has started off his 2026 brilliantly.
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Olympics milestones, Neeraj's takeover, Kapil-led cricket revolution in 83
Updated : 7 months ago IST
From dusty playgrounds to the grandest stages of global sport, India's journey since 1947 has been written with sweat, spirit, and unyielding dreams. In a country where sports have often carried the hopes of a billion, some victories have gone beyond the scoreboard; they have become national
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Vishwanathan Anand puts his weight behind Gukesh ahead of high-stake conte
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
This year's Norway Chess will see a star-studded line-up featuring world no.1 and defending champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Gukesh D (India), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Arjun Erigaisi (India), and Wei Yi (China) among the men while the Norway Chess Women will feature Ju
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"If you enjoy Chess, you play it better," Coach Vishnu Prasanna reveals Wo
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Following D Gukesh's historic FIDE World Championship title win, his coach Vishnu Prasanna said that there is a lot to achieve for the young Indian grandmaster to come up to the level of five-time world champion Vishwanathan Anand.
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Viswanathan Anand recalls meeting World Champion D Gukesh as a young boy
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand took to social media and shared a photo of him with young D Gukesh recalling the moment when referred to the Indian Chess grandmaster as the "boy who would be king" in the post.
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Global Chess League: Carlsen beaten by clock, Vishy Anand's Ganges Grandma
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The Pipers, playing with the white pieces, entered the match with three points after defeating the Ganges Grandmasters on day one. Triveni, meanwhile, were looking to bounce back from a crushing 15-3 loss to the Alaskan Knights in their opening round.
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"Vishy's children are all grown up...": Kasparov hails India's double gold
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
In the recently-concluded Chess Olympiad, India's men's and women's teams made history, securing gold medals for the first time in their respective categories and joining the elite company of countries to have pulled off a double of gold medals in the same edition of the competition.
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Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi breaks into world top-5 in FIDE rating list
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Arjun Erigaisi, with an ELO rating of 2769.7, has so far added 8.7 points to his tally and is only behind Magnus Carlsen of Norway, USA's Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. He had briefly reached a career-high live rating of 2771.2 earlier this week and is
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Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur hands over Chess Olympiad Torch
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Honorable Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur on Wednesday, February 14 handed over the Chess Olympiad Torch to Budapest, Hungary, the official host of the 45th edition of the Chess Olympiad.
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Global Chess League: Day nine a day of upsets as Magnus Carlsen suffers sh
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The famous Indian tennis player, Mahesh Bhupathi, a long-time friend of Vishwanathan Anand, visited the event and made a ceremonial first move in the match between SG Alpine Warriors and Triveni Continental Kings.
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Dubai to host inaugural Global Chess League
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The world's largest and first franchise-based chess league will be held in Dubai in association with Dubai Sports Council, the league's host partner.
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'All show, no substance', BJP TN chief hits out at 44th Chess Olympiad ad,
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 16 (ANI): A teaser video for the upcoming 44th edition of the Chess Olympiad, hosted in Tamil Nadu this year, has stoked a row with state BJP chief calling the ad "all show and substance" as it does not feature sporting the country's ace player Vishwanat
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