Daily Quiz | On chess grandmasters 1 / 5 | A heavy smoker and drinker, this chess GM was briefly world champion in the 1960s. His innovative, aggressive play on the board set him apart for his peers. Name him. 2 / 5 | Early in his career, the former chess world champion Mikhail Botvinnik […]
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Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi You know what is the biggest problem with us Indians? Okay, okay, don’t answer that, this is a short column, no point starting something we can’t finish, (which is the slogan the Mumbai Metro will be using), so, let me take that one. It’s to do with our […]
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Satheesh Vellinezhi | Photo Credit: Satheesh Vellinezhi You know what is the biggest problem with us Indians? Okay, okay, don’t answer that, this is a short column, no point starting something we can’t finish, (which is the slogan the Mumbai Metro will be using), so, let me take that one. It’s to do with our […]
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Ding Liren. | Photo Credit: AP Tell me, Grandmaster, how can a Western European Grandmaster lose to a Chinaman? Dutch Grandmaster and author Jan Hein Donner thus asked Gudmundur Sigurjonsson, an Icelandic player, during the Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires in 1978, after the latter lost to Qi Jingxuan. Donner was actually trying to console […]
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Chess – FIDE World Championship Match 2023 – Game 14 – Astana, Kazakhstan – April 29, 2023. Ding Liren of China walks towards a chess board while competing against Ian Nepomniachtchi of International Chess Federation. | Photo Credit: VLADISLAV VODNEV China’s Ding Liren’s victory after a hard-fought game in the World Chess Championship final against […]
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China’s Ding Liren smiles while speaking after his victory in the FIDE World Chess Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 30, 2023. China’s Ding Liren beat Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in a thrilling finale. He takes over the world championship title from Norway’s Magnus Carlsen. | Photo Credit: AP Chess has a new World champion. Ding […]
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Sixteen-year-old chess Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa lost to world No. 2 Ding Liren in the tie-break of the 2022 Chessable Masters final, ending his dream run of become the first Indian to reach the event final Sixteen-year-old chess Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa lost to world No. 2 Ding Liren in the tie-break of the 2022 Chessable Masters […]
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The second day of the final will also feature four games and the tie-break if required The second day of the final will also feature four games and the tie-break if required Chinese world No.2 Ding Liren seized the advantage against India’s Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa in the final of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters […]
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The Young Grandmaster becomes the first Indian player to reach the final of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters tournament. The Young Grandmaster becomes the first Indian player to reach the final of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters tournament. Young Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa became the first Indian player to reach the final […]
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