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Topic: Chess

Death of a grandmaster: Former chess champion Kramnik faces heat as Naroditsky’s mother speaks out

In 'final video', Naroditsky says his idol as well as rival GM Kramnik was trying to 'destroy' his life with allegations of cheating. Under probe, Kramnik denies ever bullying the 29-year-old.

At just 16, chess prodigy Abhimanyu Mishra makes history by defeating world champion D Gukesh

American teenager became the youngest ever to defeat a reigning world champion in classical chess, outplaying Gukesh in 61 moves during Round 5 encounter at the Grand Swiss.

Opening gambit: Divya Deshmukh, India’s newest Grandmaster, says Chess World Cup victory just the start

New Delhi: The lights were bright, the cameras all trained on her, and across the board sat , one of India's greatest chess players...

ThePrint Quiz, 20 July, 2025: International Chess Day

Think you can score 10/10 in a quiz about chess? As the world observes International Chess Day, test your knowledge of the game in this edition of ThePrint Quiz.

D Gukesh scores breakthrough win over Arjun Erigaisi, moves to second spot at Norway Chess

Stavanger (Norway): Reigning world champion D Gukesh continued to turn adversity into opportunity as he wriggled out of a virtually intractable position to beat...

Myntra FWD ad is too cool with Gukesh, Viswanathan Anand. Who knew they could act

No one saw the collaboration between ‘Gukesh and Vishy sir’ coming. The new Myntra FWD ad now has over three million views.

D Gukesh to R Vaishali, upcoming documentary captures the teens behind India’s chess prodigies

Comedian Biswa Kalyan Rath joined hands with Dopamine Media co-founder Prashant Raj to create ‘Candidates: India’s Chess Story’, which is currently being edited and is set to release early next year.

‘Living my dream’: Gukesh is youngest world chess champion, 2nd Indian after Anand to hold title

18-yr-old Gukesh won world chess championship by defeating China's Liren after 58 moves in nail-biting 14th round. 'Every chess player wants to live this dream,' he said later.

India’s 18-year-old GM D Gukesh becomes youngest world chess champion

Grand Master Gukesh becomes youngest world chess champion after beating Ding Liren of China in 14th and last game of summit clash.

Amritsar’s handmade chess sets are sold in US, Europe. Now, artisans are fighting to survive

Once thriving with global orders, Amritsar’s chess industry has witnessed a rapid decline in sales due to bureaucratic hurdles and rising costs.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.