India Chess Star Slams Ministry's Decision To Stop Cash Rewards For Grandmasters, Says "Demotivating..."
The sports ministry has eliminated the reward system for chess players, who were earlier receiving Rs four lakh for achieving ...
Uzbek Chess GM Refuses Handshake With Indian GM, Triggers Row |First Sports With Rupha Ramani | N18G
Uzbek Chess GM Refuses Handshake With Indian GM, Triggers Row |First Sports With Rupha Ramani | N18G Uzbekistan's chess ...
Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour: Gukesh remains winless after collecting draw against Nakamura; Keymer stuns Carlsen
World champion D Gukesh and American GM Hikaru Nakamura played out a 59-move draw in Game 1 of their 5th-8th classification ...
Freestyle Chess 2025: D Gukesh remains winless; Magnus Carlsen loses thrice as Javokhir Sindarov shines on Day 1
The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam began at Weissenhaus, Germany, featuring a rapid event to decide eight knockout ...
Putting an end to cash rewards for attaining GM, IM titles not ideal: Arjun Erigaisi
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi expresses concerns about the government's decision to cease cash rewards for attaining GM ...
Tata Steel Chess: Uzbek Chess Player Nodirbek Apologises To R Vaishali, Gifts Her Chocolates, Flowers - Watch
Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev personally apologised to India’s R Vaishali following the handshake controversy at Tata ...
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How Indian government would combat doping, age fraud among athletes
In a major policy shift, the Indian Sports Ministry has stopped giving cash prizes to junior athletes who win medals at ...
Freestyle chess: Gukesh draws with Hikaru Nakamura as challenging opening position tests the best
After being eliminated by Fabiano Caruana in the quarter finals, Gukesh is battling to at least finish fifth in the 10-player ...
With flowers and chocolate, Uzbek GM Yakubboev says sorry to Indian GM Vaishali for handshake furore
Yakubboev met Vaishali, who was accompanied by her younger brother GM R Praggnanandhaa and mother Nagalakshmi, on the ...
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‘Beautiful board’: How chess saved an Indian village from alcohol, gambling
The game helped a south Indian community escape alcoholism and gambling. Now, it’s known as the Chess Village of India. A crowd gathers around a chess game at a teashop in Marottichal ...