Viswanathan Anand with Sai Akhil | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sai Akhil Anand sees patterns everywhere. On the road. And, on animals. “I once looked keenly at the stripes of the zebra and tiger and observed patterns on them,” recalls Akhil, in a telephonic chat, “This made me very interested in art and patterns.” The […]
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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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D. Gukesh, India, playing at the 44th Chess Olympiad held at Mamallapuram. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Teenaged Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh stunned former world rapid champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan in the final to win the World Chess Armageddon Asia & Oceania event here. Gukesh emerged winner in a topsy-turvy summit clash late […]
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Chess Grandmaster and former world champion Viswanathan Anand during the inauguration of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz 2022, in Kolkata, on Nov. 28, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand, who is now deputy president of the world governing body FIDE, feels cheating in his sport is “not rampant” […]
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With the teen trio of D. Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and R. Praggnanandhaa busy making up for the time lost due to the pandemic and briskly climbing up the rating ladder, Indian chess never had it this good. Vishwanathan Anand, right, and R. Praggnanandhaa. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement If Gukesh and Arjun have joined Club […]
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With the teen trio of D. Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and R. Praggnanandhaa busy making up for the time lost due to the pandemic and briskly climbing up the rating ladder, Indian chess never had it this good. Vishwanathan Anand, right, and R. Praggnanandhaa. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement If Gukesh and Arjun have joined Club […]
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Reinforcing his growing stature, R. Praggnanandhaa stunned World No. 4 Alireza Firouzja 2.5-1.5 and joined World champion Magnus Carlen and two others as the winners on the opening day of the $210 FTX Crypto Cup rapid chess tournament in Miami on Monday, August 15, 2022. In the second major event on the $1.6 million Meltwaters […]
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If the Chess Olympiad became a resounding success, the fans of Chennai are also a reason for that If the Chess Olympiad became a resounding success, the fans of Chennai are also a reason for that When Sai Chockalingam, a class 8 student at SBOA School in Chennai’s Anna Nagar, wanted to watch the Chess […]
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Viswanathan Anand believes the 44th Chess Olympiad has been a phenomenal success. He said it in as many words in his first press conference after getting elected as FIDE deputy president. “We are already one of the top nations (in playing chess) now we are also one of the top organising nations,” he said. “Having […]
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Chess should continue to use technology, digital platforms and all the recent developments, says the Indian legend Chess should continue to use technology, digital platforms and all the recent developments, says the Indian legend Viswanathan Anand is all for use of technology, all the digital platforms and more, to promote chess globally. Soon after becoming […]
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