In the Challengers' section, Divya Deshmukh got a much-needed victory over Irina Bulmaga of Romania but R Vaishali found the going tough and lost to Aydin Suleymanli of Azerbaijan. Divya, on three ...

R Praggnanandhaa came up with a dominating performance against Vladimir Fedoseev who chose the Tarrasch defense as black.

Norway Chess on Tuesday announced that world-renowned chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, currently ranked world no. 3, will compete in Norway Chess 2025. This w ...

This much anticipated novel comes from the mind of Pulitzer-Prize and National Book Award finalist, Laila Lalami. The brilliantly twisted piece of literary science fiction is a timely examination ...

Beginning January 17, 2025, in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, the tournament features top players like Fabiano Caruana. The strong Indian presence in both the Masters and Challengers sections ...

Fabiano Caruana, Giri, Yi Wei, Nordirbek Abdusattorov, Max Warmerdam, Jorden Van Foreest, Vladimir Fedoseev, Alexey Sarana and Vincent Keymer are the other top competitors. Caruana, Foreest and Giri ...

Competing against chess heavyweights — like 2018 World championship challenger USA’s Fabiano Caruana, World No. 3 USA’s Hikaru Nakamura, the youngest-ever to 2800 Elo rating, Firouzja, two-time World ...

Wins earn 1 point, draws earn ½ point, and losses result in 0 points. Fabiano Caruana (USA); Arjun Erigaisi (Ind); D Gukesh (Ind); Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb); Wei Yi (Chn); R Praggnanandhaa (Ind ...

In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on ...

He defeated Magnus Carlsen with black pieces in round 10, before beating Fabiano Caruana in the 11th and final round. Earlier in round seven, Arjun Erigaisi lost only one match to American ...