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A Resurgent Champion: As world title defence approaches, Gukesh seems to have rediscovered his winning touchAfter a turbulent period, D Gukesh's performance at the Chess Olympiad allowed him to regain confidence. He competed on Board 4, scoring 8....- Beyond cricket! Investors game for sports’ next big betInvestors in India's sports industry are diversifying their focus beyond cricket to include women's sports and emerging leagues. Companies ...
- Meet Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, the 3-year-old Indian chess prodigy who became the youngest player in history to earn an official FIDE rating at just 3 years, 7 months and 20 daysSarwagya Singh Kushwaha achieved a FIDE rating at three years old. He earned a rapid rating of 1,572 after playing rated games. This young ...
- Chess Olympiad: Indian men face first stern test against HollandIndia’s second-seeded men will face sixth-seeded Netherlands in the fifth round of the Chess Olympiad after beating Spain. D Gukesh and Nih...
- Chess Olympiad: Average start for Indian men, Gukesh dips below 2700 in live ratingsIndia’s defending champion men’s team made a modest start at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, winning its first two matches but withou...
- Meet Faustino Oro, the Argentine chess prodigy who became a grandmaster at 10 years, 8 months and 16 days, setting a record as the youngest South American grandmasterFaustino Oro started playing chess at just six, during the COVID-19 lockdown. Within a few years, the Argentine teenager was breaking recor...
- 'A senior citizen among India’s young achievers': From Burnol to burn rate, how the vocabulary of business has changedDuring The Economic Times 40 Under Forty awards, a seasoned jury member is struck by the dynamic energy of the young honourees. He highligh...
- Meet Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, the 15-year-old Turkish chess prodigy who became the youngest player ever to break the 2,700 rating barrier and climbed into the world's top 30Turkish grandmaster Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus became the youngest player to surpass a 2,700 live rating. He achieved this significant milestone a...
- The repeat challenge: India’s historic bid to defend its crown at 2026 Chess Olympiad in SamarkandIndia seeks to replicate its historic 2024 Chess Olympiad success in Samarkand. The nation's chess players are defending champions with imm...
- Sindarov is favourite but Gukesh has potential to defend his title: CarlsenMagnus Carlsen views Javokhir Sindarov as the favorite in the upcoming World Championship match. He advises D Gukesh to approach the title ...
- Global Chess League Season 4 kicks off in Bengaluru with Carlsen’s returnThe fourth Tech Mahindra Global Chess League season commenced in Bengaluru this Saturday. Six teams are competing in a nine-day franchise t...
- It’s time to Pragg: The 21-year-old became the first Indian to win Grand Chess Tour titleR Praggnanandhaa secured the Grand Chess Tour title by defeating Fabiano Caruana. He demonstrated strong performance in rapid and blitz che...
- School assembly news headlines, August 27: National, international, business, sports and education headlines for studentsSchool assembly news headlines, August 27: Floods in Nepal have caused fatalities and missing persons, prompting humanitarian aid from Indi...
- Vandan Sawai: This 15-year-old from Delhi beat world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen before bed, but isn't sure about a career in chessFifteen-year-old Vandan Alankar Sawai from Delhi stunned the chess world by defeating the legendary Magnus Carlsen in an online tournament ...
- School assembly headline August 26: Top national, international, business and sports news for studentsSchool assembly headlines for August 26 cover major national developments, including the Supreme Court's ruling in the Tarun Tejpal case, D...
- 19-year-old Indian Grandmaster Pranesh M clinches Kanizsa Open 2026 title in HungaryIndian Grandmaster Pranesh M secured victory at the Kanizsa Open 2026. He defeated Vadim Petrovskiy in the final round to clinch the title....
- From IIT dropout dream to chess success: He left home, became Rajasthan’s first Arena Grandmaster, built academy in 30 countriesChandrajeet Singh Rajawat turned away from an IIT path as a teenager to pursue chess, leaving home in 2014 with little financial security. ...
- Gukesh crumbling under pressure, needs to shut out noise: Grandmaster Hikaru NakamuraGrandmaster Hikaru Nakamura advised D Gukesh to block out pressure and regain his form. He believes Gukesh is crumbling under expectations ...
- A 3-year-old chess prodigy, a national award and a journey that began at home: What Anish Sarkar’s parents did right without turning his childhood into a pressure cookerParenting Lessons: At just three years old, Anish Sarkar became the world’s youngest FIDE-rated chess player, showcasing his remarkable tal...
- This 100-house Gujarat village has 17 international chess players: How one teacher’s dream of turning needy kids into grandmasters is making India proudA small village in Gujarat is buzzing with promise as the Mahisagar district administration embarks on establishing a government chess scho...
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