Chess champ Kasparov bids for Russian presidency

Russia's opposition coalition on Sunday elected former world chess champion Garry Kasparov as its presidential candidate. Kasparov, who got 379 of 498 votes at a national congress of the Other......

The extremely BIZARRE photo album

These images from across the globe tell us that it is a out world out there! A model presents hair styling with creations by Irene Luft at Berlin Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2016 in Berlin,......

Putin's protege is new Russian President

Vladimir Putin's chosen successor Dmitry Medvedev is the new President of post-Communist Russia. Results after counting of90 per cent of the votes showed Medvedev had polled 70.03 per cent,......

Ashwin: Evolutionary, cerebral and never a one-trick pony

If one has to analyse Ashwin the cricketer, it is very difficult to ignore Ashwin, the person, who had a very independent mind and a brain that probably ticked 24x7. He believed in de-construction......

Carlsen bags fifth World Chess Championship crown

IMAGE: Magnus Carlsen successfully defended his World title in Dubai on Friday, defeating Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Reigning World chess champion......

Jennitha wins World Chess title for disabled

India's K Jennitha Anto was crowned the new World Chess Champion for disabled after winning the 13th IPCA World Women's Individual Chess  Championship in Velke Losiny, Czech Republic.Hailing......

Armenia chess GM Aronian will represent US

IMAGE: Levron Aronian's move follows political unrest in Armenia, where Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan condemned what he said was an attempted coup on Thursday after the army demanded he quit.......

Are Computers Destroying Chess?

Cheating poses an existential challenge to chess.It's hard to know how it will be mitigated, but it must be, if chess is to continue being a legitimate sport, asserts Devangshu Datta. IMAGE: World......