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From making donations to charities to organising fundraisers, world sports has always stepped forward to help fight the novel Coronavirus pandemic, even when sporting activities around the world has come to a complete halt. Today, mobile e-Sports platform  Mobile...

India with its vast sea of humanity and widespread interest in sport should be producing world beaters in every manner of competition. With a population of over 1.2 billion, natural selection as good as demands it. That our performance in...

With the start of the Bundesliga Chess League, Indian Chess icon Viswanathan Anand went to Germany to take part in the competition. Unfortunately, before his flight back to his home country this Monday, the Coronavirus pandemic gave birth to...

At a tender age when kids start learning the game of chess, Shashini Puvi from Bangalore is setting a benchmark. At just 6 years of age, Shashini has already been the crowned champion of three national level tournaments. Her...

Koneru Humpy is a renowned name in the world of chess. The Indian Grandmaster, who became the youngest woman ever to to achieve the title, has made the country proud again. In a fierce comeback to glory, she has...

Chess is a game of intelligence. No use of brawn, all use of brain. The reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, holds a monumental IQ of 190. Trained under the legendary chess icon Garry Kasparov, Carlsen is widely regarded...

The game of chess has gifted us gigantic talents from its country of origin, notably K Sasikiran, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, Tania Sachdev, Harikrishna, and of course, the one and only Vishwanathan Anand, the pride of India who has achieved...

Two consecutive tournaments for chess prodigy R. Praggnanandhaa resulted in a burn-out, as the 14-year-old finished ninth in the recently concluded U-20 championship. The last 22 days has been hectic for the youngster, who took part in two major...

India's campaign at the Chess championships came to an end after both P. Hari Krishna and Vidit Gujrathi were knocked out in the third round. Both the Indians, playing white, faced must win situation having lost the first game of...

Viswanathan Anand played out his 10th straight draw to finish at an impressive third place in the Sinquefield Cup chess tournament on Wednesday. The unbeaten Indian accumulated a total of six points in the strongest tournament finishing just half a...