Hou Yifan became the women’s World chess champion at 16 and abdicated her crown seven years later. In all her title matches, she never lost a game. She is the second-strongest female player of all ...

CBSE Board Exam 2026 Datesheet has been revised. The Class 10, 12 timetable can be checked at cbse.gov.in. The Central Board of Secondary Education has released the revised CBSE Board Exam 2026 ...

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Singer Pink shared a message of hope for the new year as she welcomed 2026 from a hospital bed after surgery on her neck. The musician revealed she was getting “two new shiny discs in my neck” because ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen’s emotional outbursts continued at the FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship 2025 in Doha as the former world champion lost his 14th round game to Armenian grandmaster Haik ...

World champion Gukesh Dommaraju suffered a shock defeat at the ongoing FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 in Doha after losing to 12-year-old chess prodigy Sergey Sklokin in the third round of the ...

The 16th world chess champion, Magnus Carlsen, suffered a technical defeat in match against Armenia’s Haik M. Martirosyan at the 2025 FIDE World Blitz Championship in Doha. In the 14th round, the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Watching a game of chess can be a thrilling experience – even for a novice with only a basic grasp of the game. Like Test cricket, ...

Magnus Carlsen reclaimed the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship after forfeiting the title last year over an infamous dress code violation for wearing jeans during the event. The World No 1 finished ...

It wasn't just D Gukesh's historic success which laid the platform for 2025; it was also Koneru Humpy, the reigning two-time Women's World Rapid Chess Champion. 2025 turned out to be the year, as ...

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In a study published in Latin American Antiquity, Dr. Julien Hiquet and Dr. Rémi Méreuze analyzed the remains of a unique mosaic-style patolli game board discovered in the Classic Period city of ...