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World Chess Championship: Starting from November 25, 18-year-old Gukesh will made an audacious bid to become the youngest-ever winner of the prestigious World Chess Championship. If he succeeds in defeating…
Meet the former world chess champions: Artists, magicians, rebels, math teachers, and alcoholics-turned-milk drinkers
When you hear the words world chess champion, the familiar faces of Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Garry Kasparov or Bobby Fischer will flash by. Carlsen was the maverick who rose…
World Chess Championship: When Henry Kissinger had to convince Bobby Fischer to play Boris Spassky in Match of Century
World Chess Championship: The world of chess was on tenterhooks. Everyone was wondering if the World Chess Championship of 1972 would even happen. All eyes were trained on one man,…
World Chess Championship: Could Ding Liren’s bad form be a smokescreen? It’s unlikely
Reigning World Champion Ding Liren’s slump has led to many dire predictions about the fate of the crown that currently rests uneasily on his head. But given how the history…
Why Ding Liren, even in middle of worst form slump, is not to be taken lightly
As the world championship battle between India’s Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren approaches, there is a general consensus building in the world of chess. It installs an 18-year-old, first-time challenger…
How Gukesh was shaped by a radical ‘experiment’ proposed at age of 11 by his coach Vishnu Prasanna
In a month’s time, there is a possibility that 18-year-old Gukesh could go where Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, and Bobby Fischer could not. He could become the youngest-ever…
World Chess Championship: Why Gukesh thrives in classical chess
Eleven years ago, as Viswanathan Anand jousted against Magnus Carlsen with the world champion’s crown on the line, a boy barely seven years of age and his father made their…
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 hundreds of chess fans crowding the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in…
Magnus Carlsen recovers from wobble to complete double in Kolkata; Arjun Erigaisi slips up | Chess News
Magnus Carlsen overcame a temporary slump of form which saw him get a string of five consecutive draws on Sunday to claim the blitz title at the Tata Steel Chess…
How Arjun Erigaisi took down Magnus Carlsen in 20 moves in a blitz game
In a little less than six minutes and with just 20 moves on the board, Magnus Carlsen, the world’s greatest player of this generation, had waved the white flag of…
