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Gukesh’s ‘year of transition’ suffers another setback as world champion is knocked out of Chess World Cup in Round 3

An eight-man security cordon surrounds world champion D Gukesh as he walks out of the playing hall at Goa’s Resort

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For Mohamed Allam, only Palestinian at FIDE World Cup, chess is not war on the board… it’s a peaceful paradise

For a man who has just lost a game after persevering for nearly five hours, Mohamed Allam is unnaturally cheerful.

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Checkmate organisers troll FIDE’s Emil Sutovsky after Nakamura-Gukesh incident: ‘We sincerely apologize if players and fans had a good time’

Checkmate organisers troll FIDE’s Emil Sutovsky after Nakamura-Gukesh incident: ‘We sincerely apologize if players and fans had a good time’

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Ashok Koneru, Humpy’s dad and real chess obsessive of the family, makes a comeback after 22 years at Guntur Nationals

Some of the country’s most veteran grandmasters and the next line of India’s chess battlers have made their way to

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Nihal Sarin leads FIDE Grand Swiss after wild ending vs Parham Maghsoodloo; Vaishali on track for history

Gukesh Dommaraju and Arjun Erigaisi — who are among the top three seeded players at the ongoing FIDE Grand Swiss

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‘Didn’t feel I was inferior to Gukesh, Pragg’: Abhimanyu Mishra after beating world champion, drawing Praggnanandhaa at Grand Swiss

Three days after staving off the spirited challenge of the 14-year-old Turkish phenom, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, Gukesh Dommaraju, the youngest

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How Gukesh was celebrated in Poland: Face on coffee foam, cheering fans holding his name, helicopter ride and adoring kids playing chess

Before he flew off to USA to compete in the St Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament, world chess champion Gukesh

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FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup: Divya Deshmukh combines meticulous strategy and unshakeable confidence

When the weakest piece on the chessboard, the pawn on the f-file, broke free of its shackles and marched forward,

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Vantika Agrawal beats former women’s world champion Anna Ushenina to take 1-0 lead at FIDE Women’s World Cup

Vantika Agrawal, who is currently an International Master with a rating of 2377, handed former women’s world champion Anna Ushenina

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