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Chess960 or Freestyle chess will soon be the centre of attention. The 1st German Chess960 Championship will take place in Berlin, Germany, on 9 February and in the German spa Weissenhaus at the Baltic see the world's best chess players will compete in the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge. But who invented this form of chess? Chess historian Hans D. Post has been searching the archives. | Picture: Philip Julius van Zuylen van Nijevelt, who probably was the first to come up with the idea of Chess960 or Freestyle chess.

Pragya or Prajna in Sanskrit means intelligence, wisdom, or enlightenment. Last week witnessed India’s “Pragya” scaling amazing heights to touch the moon, literally. On August 23, Chandrayaan-3 made India the fourth nation to soft-land on the moon and

'I don't want to tense Praggnanandhaa by saying you have to win -- you should not do that,' Sudha Murty told Moneycontrol.

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa held his own against World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen to secure a draw in the first classical game of the final of the FIDE World Cup Chess here on Tuesday. The 18-year old GM held his own against a fancied and higher-rated opponent and forced a stalemate in 35

The FTX Crypto Cup, kicks off next week with world champion Magnus Carlsen and new rival Alireza Firouzja topping a stellar line-up. The all-play-all tournament is the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour’s second Major of the season and will be held on-site at the Eden Roc Miami Beach in Miami, Florida, from August 15 to 21. On offer is $210K plus an additional $100K tied to the price of bitcoin provided by leading cryptocurrency exchange FTX.