Anand-Carlsen World Championship match could move out of Chennai

It's now official: FIDE, the international chess body and the All India Chess Federation (AICF) represented by Vice-President Israel Gelfer and Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan today signed the MoU for holding the world chess championship match here ...

The All India Chess Federation (AICF) president, J.C.D. Prabhakar, has hailed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaas offer to stage the world chess championship here in November. Ex...

New Delhi: The FIDE, world chess governing body, has revealed that it tried its best to convince India to allow Norway to stage one half of the match but India has refused accusing the body of "lack of transparency."Following criticism by many ...

The Presidential Board of FIDE, the world chess body, has approved the staging of the World chess championship in India. Reigning champion India's Viswanathan Anand will play challenger Norway's Magnus Carlsen from November 6 to 26 in Chennai. An ...

Reigning champion Viswanathan Anand and India have won the mini-battle in the World chess championship match against challenger, world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. After the All India Chess Federation and FIDE signed an agreement in Baku (Azerbaijan) on ...

India's International Master Narayanan Srinath retained his Asian Junior chess title while compatriot J Saranya finished runner-up in the girls' championship that concluded at Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates today. Srinath, who had won the Asian ...

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Two chess players in a battle of wits at the National Open Chess Tournament For Visually Challenged in the city | EPS Tables were set and the boards were ready as the chessmen awaited their next move. There was no special chess arrangement at the ...

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