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27/08/2026

♟️ 𝗪𝗘’𝗥𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞!

It’s been a while, but our love for chess never took a break. ❤️

After stepping away from Facebook for a few years, 8cross8 is back — and we’re excited to reconnect with the chess community once again.

For more than 3 decades, we’ve been part of the chess journey of players, learners, coaches, schools and chess enthusiasts.

And there’s more to come — chess products, new arrivals, useful content, stories and everything we love about the game.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁. 𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. ♟️

We’d also love to see you on Instagram! ♟️

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𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝟴𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝟴! ❤️

30/03/2018

Is it possible to have three stopovers at Moscow with just a double entry visa? What's the best thing to buy at Budapest? What is the name of the dessert you can't miss at Budapest? What are the advantages of a round-robin event? Which is a highly recommended Budapest movie? How did Niranjan Navalgund score his only win in the event? You will find answers to all these questions and more in this article:

https://8cross8.com/fabulous-budapest/

To mark the moment of being in a flight, I take pictures like these for myself. It can help in situations like these, where you are not sure how to begin a blog post. window seati continuelooking for God I planned to play in three main tournaments: Budapest Round Robin, Aeroflot Open and the Reykjav...

30/01/2018

Quick Talk with the King: R R LAXMAN on his Chennai Open victory!

https://8cross8.com/quick-talk-king-r-r-laxman/

Image Courtesy: Randy Alstone

Quick Talk with the King: R R LAXMAN Niranjan: Hello Laxman! Congratulations for winning the Chennai Open on behalf of me and 8cross8. Laxman: Thank you Navalgund! Niranjan: How did you feel when you realized that you had won the Chennai Open?Laxman: I felt elated and also felt like I was on top of....

29/01/2018

Courtesy: Saptarshi Roy Page

06/12/2017

Congratulations Padmini Rout on winning the Women's National Premier for the fourth consecutive time!

Here are the previous winners of the National Women Premier Chess Championship!!

02/12/2017

Tactics Time!

01/12/2017

Niranjan's travel Chess Set

01/12/2017

Here is a unique attempt at starting a chess month! Niranjan Navalgund shares a list of chess activities you could do to take the Chessember Challenge. Read this article to know how you could be a part of it!

Chessember This December April has A-Z challenges which mostly involves poetry, November has writing challenges in the form of NanoWrimo (National Novel Writing Month), October just witnessed Inktober, but chess has not got a monthly challenge of its own yet. I thought chess deserves to have a chall...

17/11/2017

Here is a unique attempt in starting a chess month! Niranjan Navalgund shares a list of chess activities you could do to take the Chessember Challenge. Read this article to know how you could be a part of it! Tagging people mentioned in the article

https://8cross8.com/chessember-this-december/

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Chessember This December April has A-Z challenges which mostly involves poetry, November has writing challenges in the form of NanoWrimo (National Novel Writing Month), October just witnessed Inktober, but chess has not got a monthly challenge of its own yet. I thought chess deserves to have a chall...