Magnus Carlsen advises against reinstating Russian chess federation at award acceptance speech
Having received the FIDE award for the greatest chess player in the last 100 years from the hands of...
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Chess legend Judit Polgar says women’s titles should be abolished: ‘It would not hurt at all, neither women nor men’
Chess legend Judit Polgar has suggested that women’s titles should be done away with in order to ens...
Anish Giri interview: Why chess feels simpler these days, added pressure of being 30 and how the sport is getting younger
Grandmaster Anish Giri will make his debut in the Global Chess League later this year as an icon pla...
Shyam Nikhil becomes India’s 85th GM: Incredible tale behind 12-year wait to earn the final norm
In a sport often featuring teenage prodigies, Shyam Nikhil is the poster boy for patience. The Chenn...
Pakistan gets its first Grandmaster after Mir Sultan Khan given honorary title; Controversy erupts over FIDE’s move
Legendary chess player Mir Sultan Khan, widely known as the best Asian chess player of his generatio...