For the three men — Frank Ames, Paul Trahan and Lincoln Cyrus — that day last September began an unlikely chain of events that would ultimately save one life, maybe two. For Frank, it started with a simple moment of recognition.

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on June 1, 2026.

R Praggnanandhaa defeated world No 1 and defending champion Magnus Carlsen for the second time in as many meetings at the 2026 Norway Chess, capitalising on a blunder in their eighth-round meeting on Tuesday to force a resignation in 50 moves.

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Carlsen, then 32 and a five-time World Championship, was widely considered the greatest player in the millennium-and-a-half history of the sport. The Norwegian had an Elo rating — a system that calculates a player’s relative skill level — no human being had ever reached.

MANILA, Philippines–For Hikaru Nakamura, chess remains one of the few pursuits capable of bringing people together regardless of age, background or skill level. The American Grandmaster shared that view on Monday as he met Filipino fans during the opening day of the WR Bughouse Championship at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Bonifacio Global City.

Chess spread quickly through feudal Europe, far from its roots in sixth-century India. Here’s how the game of strategy kept the elite entertained.

Harish Kumar Gupta on Monday inaugurated the International FIDE Rating Chess Tournament at the VIT-AP University campus in Amaravati. The tournament is being jointly organised by VIT-AP University and the Andhra Pradesh Chess Association and will continue until June 8.