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Teen set to conquer 64 squares

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Sai Krishna lost out on an opportunity to compete in the ongoing Chess Olympiad for the blind and visually impaired in the city as he finished 12th at the National 'A' chess championship for the visua

Moving in the site direction

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Before computers became common, chess enthusiasts had no choice but to rely on books and newspaper columns to learn the game. Even though the traditional method is still viable, online coaching is slo

Kasparov's words affected my game in Moscow, says Anand

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Terming his fifth world championship title as the most difficult one to achieve, chess wizard Viswanathan Anand on Saturday admitted that veteran Russian player Garry Kasparov's mind games did affect

Many a moves at crucial times 'huge leapt to unknown': Anand

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He has been the undisputed world champion for the last five years but Indian chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand says that many of his moves in crucial stages of games were simply "huge leapt to the u

Masters of the square

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Chess Championships have been the dream of many a school child. The all-time great Viswana-than Anand is a constant one point source of inspiration to budding chess enthusiasts and many undergo rigoro

Viswanathan Anand offers help for Kerala chess school

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Viswananthan Anand on Monday expressed his willingness to assist the Kerala government with its plans to open a chess academy along the lines of the one being opened by the West Bengal government.

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In the end, it boils down to critical moments, says Anand

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Viswanathan Anand may have successfully defended his title, but the five-time world chess champion feels that weeks of intense training and hard work comes to nothing as it boils down to few last crit

Srinath back with a bang

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Chess ace N. Srinath is back in news. The Chennai lad, who stole the limelight by winning the world under-12 boys title in 2005, caught the attention of pundits when he bagged the International Master

Nimmy earns coveted wim chess title

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For five months, Kerala’s women chess champion Nimmy A. George has been ruing a lost chance she had in Chennai. It was not until Thursday that she finally got her opportunity to get over that disappoi

Chennaiites catch the chess fever

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Is chess still a game of intellectuals? A visit to the bustling Corporation Park on the northern side of the Perambur flyover in the evenings may help convince you it is not so.

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