Winning a gold medal on the fourth board for India at the Budapest Chess Olympiad, which helped the Indian ... saw her finish ahead of even international heavy-hitters like Alexandra Kosteniuk and ...

I offered a draw and she wanted to play on,” Vaishali added. Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand, who has had a role to play in Vaishali’s rise through the Westbridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA) ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world’s No1 chess player, has triggered a major backlash after cutting short a final to share a world championship title with his rival. The 34-year-old Norwegian grandmaster ...

Chess players were beside themselves when Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi decided to end the FIDE championship in a tie. The 2024 FIDE World Blitz Championship was played on the night of New ...

This is Carlsen's eighth Blitz title (and 18th major chess tournament triumph) while this is Nepomniachtchi first. This meant that serial runner up Nepomniachtchi (three times in Rapid ...

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NEW YORK – Chess great Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York, after initially quitting following governing body Fide’s decision to bar him ...

Chess great Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York after initially quitting following governing body FIDE's decision to bar him for wearing jeans ...

NEW YORK — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a ...

World chess number one Magnus Carlsen is back in a major tournament after he quit because he was told to change his jeans. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has now relaxed its dress code ...

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round ...