Rani Hamid (Photo credit: Special arrangement) NEW DELHI: Balaji Sudarshan is a 2012-born chess prodigy from Tamil Nadu who was up against 80-year-old Bangladeshi legend Rani Hamid in round 6 of the Delhi International GM Open Chess Tournament 2025.Going into the game, Hamid had suffered three losses, all against lower-rated opponents in the first five…
Anish Giri was involved in a heated exchange with Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura. (Screengrabs) The quarterfinals of the FIDE World Blitz Team Championship in London were marred by controversy after top-seeded WR Chess lost their opening match to Germany and Friends due to a delayed arrival. Star players Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura reached the…
Indian GM P Harikrishna slams a table in an interview with FIDE. (Screengrab) Magnus Carlsen‘s outburst after losing to World Champion Gukesh in the recently concluded Norway Chess tournament has taken over social media in the past few days — and it seems it isn’t going away anytime soon.In an interview with FIDE, Indian grandmaster…
Tornike Sanikidze (left), Rani Hamid (right), and playing hall (in the middle) NEW DELHI: After Gukesh Dommaraju won the Candidates last year in Toronto, Garry Kasparov — former world champion and one of the greatest players in history — famously said, “The ‘children’ of Vishy Anand are on the loose.” He later hailed Gukesh’s achievement…
80-year-old Bangladeshi chess legend Rani Hamid NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s renowned 80-year-old chess player Sayeda Jasimunnessa Khatun, better known as Rani Hamid, arrived in India earlier this month to participate in the 21st edition of the Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament (June 7-14).The journey that began in high spirits took a troubling turn when her…
D Gukesh beat Wei Yi to keep himself in contention for the title at Norway Chess. (Twitter/Norway Chess) World number-one Magnus Carlsen leads World Champion D Gukesh by half a point heading into the final round of Norway Chess 2025 after both players won their classical games in round nine. Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana while…
PM Modi and chess legend Susan Polgar NEW DELHI: Chess legend Susan Polgar reminisced about receiving a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Republic Day eve 2022, acknowledging her contributions to developing young Indian chess talent.Recently, PM Modi extended congratulations to Gukesh Dommaraju for achieving his first classical chess victory against Magnus Carlsen, world…
Demis Hassabis speaks at SXSW London 2025 on AI frontiers panel. (Getty Images) Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind and recipient of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has followed an extraordinary path marked by academic brilliance, scientific curiosity, and technological innovation. From mastering chess at the age of four to leading one of the…
World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh secured a statement victory in the sixth round of Norway Chess 2025, defeating former world champion Magnus Carlsen in classical time control for the first time in his career. The Indian teenager, playing with the white pieces, seized a critical opportunity in the endgame after a rare blunder by the 34-year-old…
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen during the 2025 Norway Chess. (Norway Chess) Magnus Carlsen extend his lead in the Norway Chess tournament following an Armageddon victory over Fabiano Caruana, while Hikaru Nakamura suffered a devastating loss to Arjun Erigaisi after blundering from winning positions. The day featured three Classical draws followed by three decisive Armageddon…