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Garry Kasparov’s rich praise for Gukesh: ‘He’s made his mom happy… summitted highest peak of all’

Former world champion Gary Kasparov lauded Indian grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated defending champion Ding Liren to become the youngest

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WATCH VIDEOS: Magnus Carlsen’s reactions to player touching his feet and getting mobbed by fans in Kolkata

Magnus Carlsen claimed the rapid and blitz titles at the Tata Steel Chess India tournament on Sunday. The tournament saw

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How Magnus Carlsen took down Arjun Erigaisi in 40 moves at Tata Steel India chess tournament

Magnus Carlsen imposed a defeat in 40 moves over Arjun Erigaisi, the latest entrant of the 2800-rating club, in Round

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Arjun Erigaisi interview: Being World No 3 or reaching 2800 do feel good but don’t matter that much

Earlier this month, Arjun Erigaisi stepped on Mount 2800, touching the elusive classical ratings barrier in chess that only 16

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Magnus Carlsen advises against reinstating Russian chess federation at award acceptance speech

Having received the FIDE award for the greatest chess player in the last 100 years from the hands of Arkady

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Chess Olympiad 2024: Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali, siblings of destruction, get India off to winning start

The Indian chess team signalled its intent to win a gold medal in the open section of the ongoing Chess

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Clash of Blames: Vladimir Kramnik defeats Jose Martinez in sequel to Clash of Claims

Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik defeated Jose Martinez in a special Clash of Blames event. Martinez is a Mexican grandmaster

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In age of teenage prodigies, 61-year-old Pia Cramling, who once beat Korchnoi and saw teenaged Anand taking 1st steps on board, still going strong

When the fourth round of the Norway Chess tournament begins on Thursday, India’s 22-year-old Vaishali will take on a colossus

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Magnus Carlsen exclusive: Gukesh is calculation-based, Pragg is more intuitive, Arjun is complete mad man… wants to kill you in every single game

Former five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen found himself in uncharted territory recently. The man who was earmarked for chess greatness

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Meet the Indian-origin chess prodigies taking Britain by storm

In August last year, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, on the verge of announcing a mega financial package for chess

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