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World Chess Championship: Gukesh still has 50-50 chance to win, provided he avoids tie-breaks

Despite losing Game 12 of the World Chess Championship, Indian challenger D Gukesh still has an even chance of claiming

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FIDE World Chess Championship: About glances at the opponent and pre-game rituals

As the tension mounted on him in Game 7, Ding Liren sneaked a couple of glances at D Gukesh as

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World Chess Championship: Of being in the zone, maintaining a poker face and not believing in numerology

There was a viral clip a few months back involving Viswanathan Anand and Gukesh. It’s barely a 15-second-long clip, but

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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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Harika Dronavalli: From planning her 2-year-old’s birthday party to realising a long-held dream of Chess Olympiad gold

Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli was seated on dias in the middle of the felicitation function for the gold-medal winning chess Olympiad

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Chess Olympiad: Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Divya Deshmukh star as history beckons Indian chess teams

Both the Indian chess teams find themselves on the cusp of history-making gold medals in the open section and the

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Chess Olympiad: India play out first draw but stay within touching distance of gold medal

In a battle royale of prodigies, the Indian chess team played out their first draw in the Chess Olympiad, this

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