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  R Vaishali creates history, becomes first Indian to win FIDE Women's Candidates

  Other Sports | April 16, 2026 10:49 IST

  R Vaishali created history in Cyprus to become the first Indian to win the FIDE Women's Candidates. She defeated Kateryna Lagno to win the second-most prestigious tournament and will now challenge Ju Wenjun for the Women’s World Championship crown.

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  FIDE eases dress code regulations after Magnus Carlsen's 'Jeansgate' controversy

  Other Sports | August 30, 2025 12:46 IST

  FIDE recently came forward and updated its dress code regulations after the controversy surrounding Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who wore jeans to a tournament. FIDE eased their regulations for the same.

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  India to host Chess World Cup for first time in 23 years, dates revealed

  Other Sports | July 21, 2025 12:48 IST

  The prestigious FIDE Chess World Cup will take place in India for the first time this year. A total of 206 players will take part in the tournament and it will also decide the qualification spots in the 2026 FIDE Candidates Tournament.

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  Chess World Cup final heads to tiebreaker as R Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen play another draw

  Other Sports | August 23, 2023 20:22 IST

  World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and India's ace Chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa played out to draw after 30 moves in the second game of the Chess World Cup final.

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  Chess WC: R Praggnanandhaa pushes Fabiano Caruana into tie-breaker, Magnus Carlsen reaches finals

  Other Sports | August 21, 2023 8:20 IST

  Chess World Cup: R Praggnanandhaa survived a hard press from Fabiano Caruana as the Indian star took the World Cup semifinal into a tie-breaker.

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  FIDE Chess WC: R Praggnanandhaa becomes only Indian after Vishy Anand to reach World Cup semis

  Other Sports | August 18, 2023 11:28 IST

  FIDE Chess WC: R Praggnanandhaa registered a thrilling win over compatriot Arjun Erigaisi in a quarterfinal of the FIDE Chess World Cup

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  44th FIDE Chess Olympiad caps off with terrific performances

  Other Sports | August 10, 2022 18:44 IST

  44th FIDE Chess Olympiad: Over 187 countries competed on 700 boards in the tournament.

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  COVID-19 pandemic: FIDE stops Candidates tournament after Russia bans flights

  Other Sports | March 26, 2020 16:48 IST

  The decision to conduct the tournament despite the spread of the deadly disease across the globe had come in for criticism from many, including former world champion Vladimir Kramnik.

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  FIDE removes list of AICF office bearers from its website

  Other Sports | March 03, 2020 11:40 IST

  FIDE had recently recognised a new set of office-bearers of AICF after they were declared elected unopposed by the returning officer for the election.

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  Viswanathan Anand returns to World Cup after 15 years, eyes Candidate spot

  Other Sports | September 02, 2017 18:29 IST

  The 47-year-old Indian ace has won the World Cup twice in China (2000) and Hyderabad (2002) respectively.

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  Chennai To Host World Chess Championship Title

  Other Sports | July 13, 2011 16:17 IST

  Chennai, Jul 13: Holder Viswanathan Anand will clash with Boris Gelfand of Israel for the 2012 World Chess Championship title, which will be held in India for the first time.Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa

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