Born in Havana in 1888, former world chess champion José Capablanca is generally considered to be one of the top five players of all time. Such subsequent champions as Anatoly Karpov and Bobby Fischer ...

The achievements of Cuban legend Jose Raul Capablanca will be remembered with his upcoming induction into the World Chess Hall of Fame in Kendall. But for many local chess aficionados, Capablanca’s ...

Recently, the column delivered some insights into chess openings and the middle game. Each phase has had players who excelled in a superior fashion. After the middle game comes the ending. One name ...

CHENNAI: Decades before five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand powered the country’s chess story, it was Mir Sultan Khan who gave India its first hero in the sport. While Anand’s feats on the ...

Rivalries in sport are usually riveting; between individuals, and sometimes, between countries. In boxing, there was Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier, and for years in cricket, there was the West Indies vs ...

Indian Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran earned 6.5 points from 10 rounds to became the first Indian to win the 52nd Capablanca Memorial Chess tournament at Varadero, Cuba. Sasikiran won the title with 6 ...