Indian chess witnessed a landmark September as Arjun Erigaisi ascended to world number four and Nihal Sarin joined the elite 2700 club. Vaishali Rameshbabu secured a Women's Candidates spot, while ...
In 2010, a day after drumming before 27,000 blues fans, with pop star John Mayer’s trio at the Crossroads Guitar Festival in a Bridgeview soccer stadium, prolific session musician Steve Jordan ...
SINGAPORE: Ng See Jen is no stranger to facing obstacles when it comes to her passion for chess. As a younger child, she was the only girl at open competitions. There were times she was shouted at by ...
If you’ve heard anything about the ’80s musical “Chess,” it’s probably this: catchy songs, nonsensical story. Clearly, they know the challenge ahead as a fresh take on “Chess” opens this month at New ...
Five-time chess world champion, Magnus Carlsen, has entered a new phase of his life. Magnus and his wife, Ella Victoria, were blessed with their first child on September 27. Victoria broke the good ...
Pawn pushers at a couple of low-stakes chess tournaments in Iowa and Louisiana recently sat down at their boards only to discover a surprising competitor: one of the highest rated chess players ever ...
Although I played chess as a child, my recent appointment as the COO of a franchised chess league has helped me experience the pastime through a completely new lens. This experience has helped me draw ...
At eight years old, Griffin McConnell underwent a third brain surgery to treat his life-threatening epileptic seizures. The operation disconnected the left side of Griffin’s brain, limiting function ...
Women's World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh lightened the mood with a jersey typo during the 'Checkmate: USA vs India' exhibition. However, Team India suffered a 5-0 defeat to Team USA, highlighted by ...
Talk about playing the long game! The cult musical “Chess” — which had only 68 regular performances on Broadway before closing in 1988 but spawned a hit soundtrack by two members of ABBA — is making a ...
Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura stunned World Champion D Gukesh as India were whitewashed 0-5 by the USA in the first Checkmate event in Arlington, United States. However, the Japan-born American chess ...
American chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura threw his beaten opponent's king into the crowd after clinching a 5-0 win for the United States over India in Texas. Other leading players accused Nakamura ...