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To get around even at home, he must be on an automated wheelchair. But, KSSRA Praneeth shows a tireless spirit to make the right choices on all 64 squares despite a grim battle for survival.This 15-year-old's passion for chess crosses all…

TOPEKA (WIBW) — Matthew Samich and Ethan Rochford, two freshmen at Hayden High, love chess. About four years ago the school had a very strong chess team, then it fell apart because Hayden just didn't have enough students interested in…

SHERIDAN - A group of men sit around chessboards in the Golden Room at the Sheridan County YMCA. Regularly,…

By Xuan Binh March 10, 2022 | 04:30 PT Tuan Minh defeated India's Raunak Sadhwani on Thursday to advance to the semi-finals of the Bullet Chess Online Championship. Le Tuan Minh at the National Chess Championship in Hanoi,…

New tournament in Collingwood on May 7 and 8; organizer hoping to attract national grandmasters Playing chess can be good for the mind, but if you're good at it, it can also be good for the wallet. The Canadian Chess Federation…

November 28, 2021 was one of the best days yet for Ernest Levert Jr. Olde Towne East's bi-weekly Chess Rallies at Upper Cup Coffee on Parsons Avenue. After meeting regularly from 3-6 p.m. on the second and fourth Sundays of every month for…

Suburban High Schools had a strong showing last weekend at the IHSA State Team Chess Tournament at the Peoria Civic Center. The Stevenson High School chess team won the IHSA State Team Chess Tournament!-->…

The February chill was no match for the spirited competition at the seventh annual Carl Dunn Memorial Chess Tournament Saturday and Sunday in Burlington.It was a quiet setting in The Loft on Jefferson, where 30 players competed in open and…

GM Yuri Averbakh, the world's oldest living grandmaster, is 100 years old today. After recovering from Covid last summer, he appears to be fit again and says he is still analyzing finals to keep his mind sharp. Born on February…

(Photo by Vlada Karpovich | Courtesy of Pexels) Living on turkey sandwiches and cereal for the week, the University of Utah Chess Club has had great success in Pan American Intercollegiate Championship Team Chess Tournament in January…

World number 22 Vidit Gujrathi surprisingly held world number one Magnus Carlsen to a draw in the eleventh round of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament on Friday to retain fourth place with six points. Meanwhile, the Norwegian…

By Dave Simpson (January 27, 2022, 10:47 PM EST) – A California federal judge has dismissed Netflix's attempt to dismiss a libel suit against Georgian chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili for her performance on the hit show "The…

SAN ANTONIO - It's a board game played by millions of people around the world, but little mastered.A game of pawns, knights, bishops and rooks -- a room that looks like a castle. The goal? Victory of course! Or simply put the opponent in…

Wyndham Libraries is proud to have successfully hosted a concurrent online teen chess tournament on January 17th.The tournament brought together 14 participants aged 12 to 19, who tested their chess skills against guest player Woman Grand…

By John Saunders One of the ideas behind the upcoming #GibChess Battle of the Sexes from Gibraltar tournament organizer Brian Callaghan - a Scheveningen-format match tournament between two teams of ten men and ten women, from January 23…

Palo Alto, Calif., December 28, 2021 — The 2022 Candidates Tournament, which will produce the challenger for the next World Chess Championship match, will take place in June 2022 in Madrid, Spain. As the…

Sports Correspondent Ludhiana, December 21 The Ludhiana District Chess Association (LDCA), an affiliate unit of the Punjab State Chess Association, will host the District Chess Tournament…

by Robert Oliver Chess, the game of kings, queens, castles, bishops, knights and pawns, has made a comeback in society as a whole. This game has been around for centuries. The recent increase…

Participants showing keen interest in chess games at IDPS Sunjwan in Jammu. Excelsior sports correspondentJAMMU, November 18: The first FIDE-ranked chess tournament invited by IDPS Checkmate and Crown Trust started at IDPS Checkmate!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Mumbai: A new biopic of a popular sports personality from India is coming, and according to reports, "Tanu Weds Manu" director Anand L Rai is working as the director of the biopic. Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand came…

Jayvon Fairman-Davis' Chess Express Children is the big winner of 2021 Swim with sharks competetion.“In chess, after the first move, there are billions of possibilities,” Fairman-Davis said in his…

Jayvon Fairman Davis Chess Express Kids is the big winner of the 2021 contest Swim with sharks competetion."In chess, after the first move, there are billions of possibilities," Fairman-Davis said in his argument. "That's how life is - you…

Joshua Christie, a master of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), easily won the Open Master National Master (NM) Dr. Harold Chan online chess tournament on October 9, 2021. Christie has won six wins in six matches for a perfect…

From Thursday October 21 to November 14, a curfew will be in place from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., non-essential businesses will remain closed and stores offering basic necessities will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The country has been grappling…

A group of six unsuccessful players brought legal action against the Dutch Chess Federation and the municipality of Hoogeveen. The players objected to a requirement at the next Dutch Championships to show a corona pass or be tested…

September 30, 2021 3:15 p.m. (UTC + 04:00) 382 By Laman Ismayilova Azerbaijani chess player Teymur Rajabov defeated Levon Aronian (Armenia) in the final stage of the Champions…

Chennai, September 29 (IANS): The All India Chess Federation (AICF) will be rolling out its “Chess for Everyone” project to bring the game to the local level starting in the first week of November.…

NAGPUR: Finally, the third International Master (IM) from Nagpur, India, Sankalp Gupta, won his first gold medal in an international chess tournament. The 18-year-old went undefeated to bring home his first yellow metal at the Joytu…

Hungarian grandmaster Richard Rapport rose to eighth in the live world rankings with excellent results in the ongoing Norwegian chess tournament. This took a lot by surprise, mainly because the free-spirited report is generally known…

Date of Birth: November 27, 1996 Place of birth: WindhoekNickname: I really don't have anyCurrent club: Fianchetto Chess ClubPrevious club: Zandell Chess AcademyWhat are your professional achievements? 2010 Blitz Chess…

September 6, 2021 10:14 am (UTC + 04:00 am) 1,403 By Laman Ismayilova Azerbaijani chess player Rauf Mammadov finished sixth at the European Men's Chess Championship in Iceland.…

The county hosted a youth chess tournament on Saturday to mark the addition of chess tables to Waterfront Park. Photo credit: Patricia Ramirez, County Press Center Now play chess at downtown Waterfront Park after the San Diego…

CEBU CITY, Philippines — One of Cebu's top professional wood shooters, the Toledo City Trojans, will host an online chess tournament called "Stay At Home Checkmate Covid-19 3-on-3 Team Tournament" scheduled for September…

August 11, 2021 10:33 am (UTC + 04:00 am) 1,999 By Laman Ismayilova Young Azerbaijani chess player Jahandar Azadaliyev won the FIDE Cadets and Youth Online Quick World Cup.…

Three national chess titles were awarded last week as the 2021 US Senior, US Junior and US Girls Junior Championships were held July 16-26 in St. Louis, Missouri.Each event featured ten of the…

Grand Street in Hoboken was in full competition when over 40 chess players of all ages faced off in a Sunday tournament at Play! Hoboken installation.The competition marked the club's first chess tournament as well as the first chess…

Johannesburg - Checkmate! No way! Checkmate means finished, finito! The king is dead! And in this case, very far from it. This week has been more like… “your move”. This chess…

Joseph Norman Cotter, 91, a high school principal and chess tournament player, died Sunday May 23 in the retirement community of Ware Presbyterian Village in Oxford from advanced dementia.Whether it was foreign languages, demanding…

Top in the photo: first place winner Desmoine Bennett, 14 Bas LR: Second place winner Marcus Harris, 9, and third winners Steve Sadiq, 9, and David "DJ" Dorsey, 14 STONE MOUNTAIN, GA-…

Chess Kerala Holds Online Tournaments To Raise Money For The State's COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign In a winning move, Chess Kerala, a collective of players from Kerala, are now hosting the 2021 Chess Kerala COVID Vaccine Challenge…

One of the world's greatest chess players faced 12 local players, at the same time. And, he didn't hold back. INDIANAPOLIS - There are very few like him. Aleksandr Lenderman is not only a master at chess, but…

Modern-day Beth Harmon Alexandra Botez told Insider that "The Queen's Gambit" was the "best portrayal of chess" she had ever seen on screen. Botez also relates…

Quan (Elo 1783) beat Shashikant (2,182) on Monday night on the 54th move. The Indian player dominated at the start, forcing his opponent to spend more time on counterattacks. But the native of Kien Giang province patiently waited for…

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While other kids his age conquered "Candy Land", he was busy capturing kings. What's up with this? Keshav Arjun Beegala learned to play chess before entering kindergarten. He has since said "checkmate" repeatedly to his…

the FIDE Checkmate Coronavirus project has resulted in over 1,500 tournaments being played over the past 17 days on multiple chess platforms. The project runs until June 16 and there are plenty of other prizes up for grabs for players of…

We want to hear from you! What is the best game in history? We are happy to announce the Chess.com "Best Game of Chess" tournament. We've identified 16 of the greatest and most acclaimed games of all time and…

Eric Labog Jr becomes fourth Filipino player suspended in online chess tournament MANILA, Philippines - An ASEAN age group champion has been disqualified by online chess portal chess.com for violating its fair…

Growing up I was very interested in both chess and the medical field. As a pre-med student, I wish I had been educated and trained enough to help during this very uncertain time. However, being a…

PANAJI: For more than two decades, Purushottam Kantak has never missed his daily routine: waking up at 5 a.m. for three hours without a break, solving problems, reading books and studying online gaming in order to become a best chess player…

Indian Head, Maryland – February 27, 2020 – More than 140 students participated in the Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) Winter Chess Tournament held Saturday, February 22, at Henry E. Lackey High School. The tournament is open to…

A star chess player was allegedly 'caught in the act' of cheating while using a phone in the bathroom during a tournament.A phone was reportedly found in a toilet that had just been used by Grandmaster Igors…

Darpan Inani is the highest rated blind chess player in India and the youngest to win the National Blind Chess Championships. Darpan at the Chess Championship for the BlindDarpan Inani sits facing his opponent with his wooden…

“Dear God,” she prayed, “let me be something every minute of every hour of my life”. - Betty Smith, A tree grows in BrooklynDennis Ivor Patterson, 73, died on…

Sunday marked the end of the most important chess tournament of the year, the London Chess Classic. The tournament was the third and final stop on the Grand Chess Tour, a newly formed circuit of three…

Has nature called?This is what the 25-year-old Georgian grandmaster tried to make everyone believe. But Gaioz Nigalidze was actually using his toilet breaks at the Dubai Open chess tournament on Saturday to check out playing tactics on a…