My association with chess began in the summer of 1975. I was 12 years old and living in Lansdowne Court just across the road from Gorky Sadan. My friend Arun Mitra took me to Gorky Sadan to watch a ...

“One feature above all determines the strength of a chess player: the undivided attention which must absolutely isolate the player from the outside world.” _ World champion Alexander Alekhine ...

World champion Viswanathan Anand crashed through the defenses of Chinese champion Ding Liren and jumped to sixth spot after the end of the fifth round of the Alekhine memorial chess tournament here at ...