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Shreyas Royal interview: ‘Written in stars’ Indian-origin prodigy on finally becoming UK’s youngest-ever GM at 15

Shreyas Royal was about eight when he first seriously thought that he could be a grandmaster. That d...

Magnus Carlsen advises against reinstating Russian chess federation at award acceptance speech

Having received the FIDE award for the greatest chess player in the last 100 years from the hands of...

Chess legend Judit Polgar says women’s titles should be abolished: ‘It would not hurt at all, neither women nor men’

Chess legend Judit Polgar has suggested that women’s titles should be done away with in order to ens...

Anish Giri interview: Why chess feels simpler these days, added pressure of being 30 and how the sport is getting younger

Grandmaster Anish Giri will make his debut in the Global Chess League later this year as an icon pla...