The FBI raided a pawn shop in New York City’s Diamond District and charged two men with running a fencing operation for South American theft groups in connection with a spate of burglaries ...

As part of the deal, PNG has agreed to tighten foreign investment screening and block economically unviable or high-risk projects. Papua New Guinea's government has promised not to push ahead with ...

World No.1 Magnus Carlsen has accused FIDE of coercion and broken promises after its dispute with Freestyle Chess escalated. The feud centers on FIDE's opposition to Freestyle's use of the "World ...

R Praggnanandhaa stunned chess world champion D Gukesh in tiebreakers to win Tata Steel Chess 2025. Image: Tata Steel Chess The Tata Steel Chess 2025 Masters title was decided in playoffs with Indian ...

Gukesh, who had defeated Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren to be crowned the 18th and youngest chess world champion in Singapore in December, ended up losing to Arjun despite playing with white pieces, ...

Liverpool is set to host the annual British Chess Championships in the summer. The event, in its 111th year, will be held at St George's Hall from 31 July to 10 August. All age groups will compete ...

Gukesh is now the world no 3 in the FIDE live ratings charts after his draw against China’s Wei Yi in the 11th round of the Tata Steel chess tournament coupled with Praggnanandhaa’s ... Eventually, ...

World champion D. Gukesh, leading the Tata Steel Chess Tournament by a slender margin, faces China’s Wei Yi in the 11th round, aiming to extend his unbeaten run and secure the season’s first major ...

In Round 10 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, Gukesh Dommaraju retained his lead, defeating Max Warmerdam. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu outplayed Vladimir Fedoseev, while Arjun Erigaisi drew ...

CHESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game ... The idea is to randomise the starting positions of the non-pawn pieces. That means there are 960 possible outcomes, although the tournament will ...