Gukesh D, the boy who could soon be king

Gukesh D, the youngest challenger for the FIDE world crown, thanks his mental strength for Challengers triumph ... Read More

The Growth of Chess

Host Sharon Carpenter sits down with Grandmaster Maurice Ashley to discuss the growth of chess and how he became ... champion and a two-time world youth champion. Paikidze transferred to the ... Read More

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The United Nations and others said donors should resume support for UNRWA after a review found that Israel hadn’t backed up claims that many agency workers are members of terrorist groups. The ... Read More

Grandmaster Rameshbabu Vaishali sets eyes on World Champion title

When she was six, Rameshbabu Vaishali’s parents enrolled her in chess classes in an attempt to wean her off cartoon shows. In just a year, though, she had started participating in serious ... Read More

India's Gukesh D becomes youngest Candidates tournament winner, to compete in World Championship final

India's teenage chess sensation D Gukesh became the youngest player to win the Candidates tournament after holding American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura on to a draw. Gukesh has become only the second ... Read More

Crosby or Celebrini? Why the World Championship Could Be An Audition for the Four Nations Face-Off

With the Four Nations Face-Off looming in the horizon, this year's World Championship could take on a greater importance. Maybe it's because they occur at the same time as the Stanley Cup playoffs ... Read More

Gukesh wins Candidates 2024: How a defeat in Round 7 was the turning point for 17-year-old Indian Grandmaster

After 14 gruelling rounds, here's how 17-year-old D Gukesh went on to become the youngest Candidates winner of all time on Monday. Read More

Local arm wrestling world champion dies

McSherry competed as an arm wrestler where he became World Champion and presented the United States flag at the opening ceremony of the 1994 Goodwill Games. He also was an avid traveler and went ... Read More

Chess: Four in close contention as Candidates reaches weekend climax

With just the final two rounds to come, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura and Gukesh Dommaraju share the lead while the world No 2, Fabiano Caruana, is half a point behind ... Read More

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Britain’s Parliament passed contentious legislation to allow the deportation of asylum seekers to the African country, a political victory for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. By Mark Landler and ... Read More

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Hairy-nosed otters and cats that catch fish are among the startling diversity of creatures making their home in threatened habitats ‘Chronic traumatic stress disorder’: the Palestinian ... Read More

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Farmer’s Defense Force vice president Jos Ubels poses for a portrait at his farm in Anderen, Northern Netherlands, Monday, March 18, 2024. Ubels feels that everything from overbearing ... Read More