The renowned French opera composer François-André Danican Philidor produced over 20 operas in the mid to late 18th century.

Gazelles and zebras often run in a zigzag pattern across the grassland. Bishops, too, zigzag across the board. Unlike ...

Though Caruana had a pawn edge, Gukesh defended well for over four hours to draw the main game. The current world chess ... game, White gets more time (usually 10 minutes), and Black gets less ...

Often, we get positions where we are aware of possessing an advantage, with no immediate tactics in sight. The advantage seems obvious not because of a material advantage but due to the better quality ...

Following the win, Carlsen earns three points and is in joint lead with American Grandmaster and world No.2 Hikaru Nakamura ...

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Muradli, playing black, sacrificed a ... knight on the c4-square, the white knight’s ideal outpost in the Benko Gambit. It was all downhill from thereon for Muradli as Krishna managed to create a ...

It was the bang heard around the chess world. With his clock running low and defeat at his doorstep, perhaps the greatest chess player of all time couldn’t hide his anger any longer. Norwegian ...

A Transit van was blown up at a home linked to Richardson's pal Paddy Beatson on Niddrie Marischal Crescent in Edinburgh in ...

After a rough start to the Norway Chess ... clash with white pieces. The rules of the Armageddon dictate that the players with white pieces — in this case Gukesh — has 10 minutes on his clock to earn ...

D Gukesh vs Arjun Erigaisi, Norway Chess 2025 ... resigning after Hikaru’s ‘c’ pawn going the full distance to bring the queen back on the board. Hikaru and Carlsen shake hands after the former, ...