Every success story has silent heroes. In Indian chess, RB Ramesh is one of them. After…
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Important for Divya to compete with men: India women’s team coach Abhijit Kunte
Atreyo Mukhopadhyay It’s tough to succeed at the higher altitudes of professional sports. Tougher is to…
Pragg in 2025: Steadier, hungrier and deadlier
If chess were to name a year after a player, 2025 might well be the ‘Year…
FIDE World Cup – Arjun Erigaisi’s best chance to make Candidates cut
Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Can Arjun Erigaisi qualify for Candidates 2026? He couldn’t make it in 2024, when…
FIDE World Cup the witness of India’s journey in top-level chess
Tracking the FIDE World Cup is a good way to study the evolution of Indian chess…
Nakamura’s king-toss act against Gukesh raises eyebrows
The world chess witnessed what can be called the controversial moment of the year. In a…
Gukesh Out of Top 10: More of a blip than a pattern
Atreyo Mukhopadhyay There appears to be something called the world champion’s syndrome in chess. In the…
PBG Alaskan Knights secure Gukesh-Erigaisi double, as GCL comes to India
Shamik Chakrabarty, Mumbai A double whammy for PBG Alaskan Knights, as they snapped up world champion…
I haven’t seen another team in world hockey that’s fitter than us: Paddy Upton
Abhishek Mishra in Rajgir Paddy Upton, the experienced mental conditioning coach from South Africa, has played…