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By PTI BAKU (Azerbaijan): Indian GM R Praggnanandhaa held his own against World No.1 Magnus Carlsen to secure a draw in the first classical game of the final of the FIDE World Cup chess tournament here on Tuesday.…

By Express News Service CHENNAI:  Magnus Carlsen produced a typically great rook endgame to beat D Gukesh in the first of the two-legged quarterfinal affair at the ongoing Chess World Cup. Both players had the same…

By IANS DUBAI: Magnus Carlsen is the World Number 1 rated player and is considered to be the strongest World Champion ever. As an Icon player for the Alpine Warriors at the Global Chess League, he shared his thoughts…

Express News Service CHENNAI: ‘The poster boy of chess’ in India is a title that is worthy of many contenders. In a country with a plethora of grandmasters, most very much in their early years, D Gukesh is one of them.…

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By PTI NEW DELHI: Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen feels it is only a matter of time before India becomes a leading chess nation, saying the country is "doing a lot of right things". Carlsen who is the…

Global Chess League (GCL), a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and FIDE, on Tuesday announced the complete list of players for the upcoming inaugural edition. The first season of the Global Chess League will be…

Article content HERZOGENAURACH, Germany — Global Sports company PUMA and Brand Ambassador Magnus Carlsen, the five-time Norwegian World Chess Champion and the highest-ranked chess player in the world, have teamed up to launch an iconic…

Photo: Gladson Xavier/Pexels Chess will crown a new world champion when Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren begin their battle on Monday in the shadow of incumbent Magnus Carlsen, who voluntarily relinquished the title he held…

By AFP Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi and China's Ding Liren begin battling it out Sunday to become chess world champion after top-ranked Magnus Carlsen, considered one of the best players of all time, opted not to…