But is there a gender bias even in handshake? Uzbek chess grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev found himself in the eye of storm after refusing handshake with Indian chess player R Vaishali. He then ...

The world of chess had a rather tumultuous end to 2024, with top players like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura taking on FIDE, the global governing body of chess. Carlsen and Nakamura accused FIDE ...

Continuing his rapid rise, world champion D Gukesh dethroned compatriot Arjun Erigiasi to become the highest-ranked Indian chess player ... and country-mate Fabiano Caruana (2798).

When Mathew Barzal and Adam Pelech face off against each other in practice, you could call it a chess match between ... will have a few players trading checkmates as much as bodychecks.

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa scored a finely-crafted victory over compatriot Arjun Erigaisi to share the lead with Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov after the third round of the Tata Steel Chess ...

The podcaster took to her social media on Monday, 20 January to share a photo of a "checkmate" chess move on her Instagram story. A checkmate in chess means that the game has ended immediately and the ...

This is the first tournament of India’s D Gukesh as world champion. The Tata Steel Chess 2025 is set to captivate chess enthusiasts worldwide from January 18 to February 2. As one of the most ...

This is not just a testament to their individual brilliance but also a reflection of how far Indian chess has come as a collective force," Sreekar Channapragada, an avid chess follower and co ...

But with the interests of the remainder of the group in mind, Wexford have announced that their hugely-promising galloper Checkmate will fill their slot in the inaugural running of the southern ...

Cricketers often do funky advertisements, maybe because being flamboyant comes naturally to them. But chess players? Aren't they supposed to look and act uptight? If that's your perception, a new ...

In 2015, on Japan’s forested island of Yakushima, a male macaque jumped up onto the back of a female sika deer and started trying to mate with it. At the time, researchers believed that the male ...