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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The Indian team has withdrawn from the World Cadet Chess Championship, 2023 to be held at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt from October 14 to 23.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...
August 24, 2023 3:23 PM
The 18-year-old Indian Chess prodigy, R Praggnanandhaa will be in action in FIDE World Cup final in Baku, Azerbaijan on August 24. The second game of the FIDE World Cup Finals ended in a draw on August 23, meaning, the winner will now be decided thro...
August 23, 2023 12:32 PM
The much awaited final match between Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw after 35 moves in the first game on Tuesday. Both the chess maestros will go head-to-head in the second game today, Augus...
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