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The lesson this week is that as powerful as the queen is, she still must be guarded, because in chess assassins lurk in the ...

With all the pieces visible to both players and all the rules much pretty set in concrete, it’s hard to think of a good April ...

The self-destruction of the Austrian army in 1788 caused Austria to lose the Battle of Karansebes to the Turks. Karansebes is in modern day Romania. Austrian soldiers mistook each other for the enemy, ...

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GMs Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana met again at the just-concluded 2025 American Cup, extending what is likely the most ...

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However the positional value of Black’s pieces drastically outweighs White’s. The pawn on b2 is only 1 square away from Queening, the Rook occupies the Open d-file now – which was in White ...

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a draw with fellow Indian Aravindh Chithambaram as the two stayed a full point ahead of nearest challengers after the fifth round of Prague Masters chess ...

Photograph: Kind courtesy Nitin Narang/X India's dominance in chess continued unabated with ... the opening but the complications remained as white had a fractured king side and the extra pawn ...

The Indian Grandmaster settled for a draw against Turkey’s Ediz Gurel in the final round, ending the competition with six points.