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November 4, 2025 10:30 AM
GM Narayanan SL and GM Diptayan Ghosh won both their rapid games to secure their spots in the second round of the FIDE World Cup 2025, while Aronyak Ghosh joined them with a clinical performance in the second stage of the round one tiebreaks here on ...
October 21, 2025 2:40 PM
Indian grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa expressed his heartfelt condolences on the passing of US chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky, saying it was hard to believe he would no longer see his familiar chess challenges online. Naroditsky’s sudden death ...
September 16, 2025 10:26 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday congratulated Grandmaster Vaishali Rameshbabu for creating history by winning the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss 2025 for the second time in a row, calling it an "outstanding accomplishment." In a post on X, PM Mo...
June 19, 2025 4:52 PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Indian chess prodigy Divya Deshmukh for her remarkable performance at the World Team Blitz Championships in London, where she defeated World No. 1 Hou Yifan in the second leg of the Blitz semifin...
June 3, 2025 9:35 AM
A seething Magnus Carlsen slammed his fist into a table after suffering his first defeat by world champion Gukesh Dommaraju in a classical game in Stavanger before the Norwegian wondered why he was still playing standard chess. On Sunday, Carlsen ha...
June 2, 2025 10:00 AM
World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh pulled off a stunning victory against former World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in Round 6 of the ongoing Norway Chess 2025 tournament, turning the game around from a losing position on Sunday. This marked Gukesh's first-ever...
January 17, 2024 1:12 PM
Chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has secured the top spot among India's chess players after defeating World Champion Ding Liren in the 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The 18-year-old surpassed the legendary Viswanathan Anand after beating Ch...
October 16, 2023 1:14 PM
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Sreedhara Somanath recently paid a visit to Indian chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa at his Chennai home. During the meeting, Somanath presented Praggnanandhaa with a miniature replica of t...
October 13, 2023 1:18 PM
The Indian team has withdrawn from the World Cadet Chess Championship, 2023 to be held at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 14 to 23. Safety concern has been cited as the reason behind the withdrawal. The All India Chess Federation (AICF) in a pre...
August 25, 2023 11:18 AM
The Indian Chess Prodigy's R Praggnanandhaa finished second on the medal tally at the FIDE World Cup 2023. The 18-year old went down to World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen in the tie-breaker. Despite the loss in the final, Pragg won billion hearts and...
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