Tag: CHESS
Grandmaster in a flash: Indian prodigy chess champ at 12
NEW DELHI: A 12-year-old Indian boy described as “unstoppable” by his proud father has become the world’s second youngest chess grandmaster ever.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, the...
Chess victories win Pakistan’s ‘Queens of Karachi’ confidence and freedom
KARACHI: Peering at the chess board from behind her spectacles, 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl Maleeha Ali deftly put her opponent’s king in checkmate, winning her...
Iranian chess player banned for not wearing hijab will now compete...
NEW YORK: A leading Iranian chess player, barred from her homeland’s team after refusing to wear a headscarf, will now compete as a player...
