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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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Vishy Anand’s grade for Gukesh after Norway Chess: ‘I’ll give him a B… he deserved a D, but got a lot of answers correct’

Gukesh Dommaraju has had an interesting few months after becoming the youngest world chess champion in history last December by

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Magnus Carlsen leads after playing some ‘old-man chess’; Garry Kasparov says Gukesh played some terrible games today

It’s been a comeback of epic proportions from Magnus Carlsen, who is now the sole leader in the SuperUnited Rapid

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‘Nice that I could win against Magnus from two losing positions in a row’: Gukesh who topped rapid format at Zagreb

World classical champion D Gukesh was asked after Day 1 of Rapid chess at Zagreb if he was on Cloud

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Norway Chess organisers exploring possibility of chess tournament in India

The organisers of Norway Chess, one of the most prestigious tournaments on the chess calendar annually, are exploring the possibility

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Arjun Erigaisi holds Hikaru Nakamura to thrilling draw under time pressure at Freestyle Chess Grand Slam

When Arjun Erigaisi qualified for the quarter-finals of the Paris leg of the Freestyle Grand Slam Tour on Tuesday by

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Boris Spassky passes away: Rich tributes and mourning in chess world as 10th world champion, passes away

Boris Spassky, the 10th world champion of chess, has passed away, FIDE announced on Friday. He was 88. He became

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Gukesh ends round robin stage winless, but sneaks into quarters of Freestyle Chess at Weissenhaus

Call it the curse of being a world champion! Gukesh Dommaraju went winless in nine qualifying round robin games at

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