The Punjab sports department is going to organize a two-day Punjab Open Chess Championship – the first ever large-scale chess event of the Punjab province – at the Nishtar Park Sports Complex gymnasium hall on March 6 (Friday). The matches will start at 9.00 pm and will continue till Sehri time. The chess players from […]
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Indian 16-year-old stuns chess world champion Carlsen
New Delhi: Indian teenage chess grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won praise Tuesday for a stunning victory over world number one Magnus Carlsen in an online championship. Praggnanandhaa, 16, who in 2016 became the youngest international master in history at age 10, beat Carlsen late on Monday at the Airthings Masters rapid chess tournament. “It’s about time […]