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Carissa Yip and Wesley So claimed the Tata Steel Chess India blitz titles in Kolkata. (Express Photo by Partha Paul) At just 22, International Master Carissa Yip is already a four-time US Women’s Champion....
For every athlete, there come moments that test more than skill and talent; they test the heart. Moments when one has to choose to either press onward through personal pain, or take a step back to grieve and...
London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama was thick with tension that morning in 1982. Everyone was waiting for a 15-year-old schoolboy who was running late. To save a few pounds, he and his father had...
“Well… it was exhausting not playing.” Those were the words of five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand ahead of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz Tournament in Kolkata, where he is...
World Champion D Gukesh has withdrawn from the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz tournament, scheduled to be held in Kolkata from January 7 to 11. While there has not been any communication from Gukesh...
As the year winds down, The Indian Express team picks moments from the world of sports that captured imagination and changed fortunes. From Divya Deshmukh in chess, to Rory McIlroy in golf, to a visually impaired mountaineer Chhonzin Angmo who conquered Mount Everest
The blunder came on move 70 when Gukesh, who was playing with black pieces, had just eight seconds left on his clock while his opponent had 13 seconds. Gukesh was a pawn down at the stage.
Alpine SG Pipers players celebrate after winning the Global Chess League. (GCL)Inside an hour after their coronation as the champions of Global Chess League’s season 3, the Alpine SG Pipers players made their...
