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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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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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