The self-destruction of the Austrian army in 1788 caused Austria to lose the Battle of Karansebes to the Turks. Karansebes is in modern day Romania. Austrian soldiers mistook each other for the enemy, ...

Flank Pressure: Engines often push rook pawns (a- or h-) to provoke weaknesses, a tactic Carlsen now uses to unsettle opponents. This isn’t just about attack—it’s about forcing concessions, a lesson ...

The players soon reached a rook and pawns endgame where Aravindh was a pawn less but had enough counter-play. The position petered out to be a theoretically drawn when Aravindh gave up a second ...

In a rare double unlikely to be replicated, the new world chess champion is an 18-year-old grandmaster from the Indian city ...

The history of chess is riddled with missed opportunities.

A tactic used in a 1960 victory over countryman David Bronstein, in which Mr. Spassky sacrificed a rook to open an attack on Bronstein’s king, was copied in a chess scene early in the 1963 James ...

It was a timely pawn sacrifice by Navara that equalised the position and after the trade of queens the players reached a theoretically drawn rook and pawns endgame. Despite having an extra pawn ...

The middle game surfaced with Dai Van being on the defensive despite his extra pawn, a typical feature of ... The Indian won a rook for a minor piece and when it comes to technicalities, no ...

Indian Grandmasters R Praggnanandhaa and Aravindh Chithambram played out a draw in their opening round matches of the 2025 ...

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India’s dominance in chess continued unabated with Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram winning the first major title of his career after finishing ahead of established names including compatriot R ...