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The 2024 edition of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships will take place at Wall Street, New York, from December 26 to 31. With interest in Indian chess at an all-time high following D Gukesh’s win in the World Chess Championship, hopes will be high for India’s top chess talents to compete against the…
The 2024 FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships will be held on Wall Street in New York from December 26 to December 31. With interest in Indian chess at an all-time high following D Gukesh’s victory in the World Chess Championship, India’s top chess talents will have high hopes of competing against the world’s best….
22-year-old Manu Bhaker became independent India’s first athlete to win two medals in a single edition of the Olympics. File | Photo Credit: PTI Double Olympic-medallist Manu Bhaker and chess world champion D Gukesh were among four winners of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award announced by the Sports Ministry, which also named an…
The first game of the World Chess Championship final was eagerly awaited as it had to answer all the questions about Ding Liren’s form and his state of mind for the match, as well as D. Gukesh’s strategy. The challenger faced a minor surprise in Ding’s choice of the French Defense, but nonetheless sprung a…
The World Championship in Singapore has suddenly taken on the flavour of a psychological duel instead of a pure chess match. In the last few games, we have started to see a very clear trend where D. Gukesh is trying to provoke his opponent into a battle, is ready to decline draws and take risks….
After his historic triumph at the World chess championship in Singapore a fortnight ago, D. Gukesh is looking forward to his next event. The Tata Steel tournament at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands, starting on January 17, will present an interesting challenge for him — he will face off with two men who helped…
After the rest day, Gukesh came ready to do battle for Game 7 of the World chess championship in Singapore. He had a new idea in a system which has been played extensively in the past and managed to navigate the middle game expertly. The position was complex and many of the moves were very…
Today I watched a boy — and yes, I can call him that because he was not even born when I first won the world title in 2000 — win the World Championship. D. Gukesh, just 18, is now the 18th world champion and if the future of chess had a face, it would probably…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with World Chess Champion D Gukesh during a meeting, in New Delhi. Chess world champion D Gukesh on Thursday (January 2, 2025) promised his “best moves on 64 square and outside” in future as well after being chosen for the prestigious ‘Khel Ratna’ award by the government. Gukesh recently became the…
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on Thursday announced the the list of awardees for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024. This year, shooter Manu Bhaker (Paris Olympics bronze medallist), Indian hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh (Paris Olympics bronze medallist), World Chess Champion D Gukesh, and Paris Paralympics gold medal-winning high jumper Praveen Kumar…
