FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 6 - Caught on Camera

R Praggnanandhaa's historic road to FIDE World Cup final

NEW DELHI: Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa on Thursday lost to World no.1 Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE World Cup final in Baku but despite that the teenage prodigy scripted a golden chapter in Indian chess history, becoming the youngest player from the country and only the second to Viswanathan Anand, to…

The Times of India · Aug 24, 2023

Praggnanandhaa has already played a lot of tie-breaks...he is very strong: Magnus Carlsen

NEW DELHI: World No.1 Magnus Carlsen said on Wednesday that his opponent in the ongoing FIDE Chess World Cup final, Indian teen sensation R Praggnanandhaa, is very strong in tie-breaks as he has already played a lot of them against very strong players.

The Times of India · Aug 23, 2023

Chess and trans rights: another pawn in the culture war?

The English Chess Federation (ECF) has said that it will not enforce restrictions on transgender people’s involvement in the game, in defiance of new rules introduced by chess’s international governing body.

The Week · Aug 23, 2023

Excluding trans women in women’s chess makes you a pawn of the patriarchy

The world’s top chess federation is banning trans women from competing until a review is made – and the defenses are sexist assumptions and shaky science

The Guardian - US · Aug 19, 2023

World chess just placed restrictions on both trans women and trans men

The International Chess Federation will stop allowing transgender women to participate in women's tournaments. The group said changing genders has a "significant impact" on a player's status.

WEKU · Aug 18, 2023

Chess chiefs ask why it's still mostly a man's game. Culture, but hormones and endurance too?

A top global chess official is calling for more research into whether factors like hormone levels and physical endurance might have an impact on players’ abilities at the game, which remains overwhelmingly a preserve of men

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

WTAF: International Chess Federation Bans Transgender Women From Competing In Its Women’s Events

"This is so insulting to cis women, to trans women, and to the game itself."

Pedestrian.tv · Aug 18, 2023

World chess federation bars transgender women from competing in women's events

The world’s top chess federation has ruled that transgender women cannot compete in its official events for females until an assessment of gender change is made by its officials

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

International Chess Federation bans trans women with bizarre new policy

FIDE says players who transition ‘from male to female’ will not be allowed to play in women’s events

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

Chess World Cup: Gukesh goes down fighting; Vidit also out

Praggu level with Arjun; winner of their clash today may get candidates spot

The Times of India · Aug 17, 2023