R. Praggnanandhaa, now the World No. 4 and India’s No. 1, will look to carry this form into the rest of 2025 — particularly ...

FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky refuted American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura’s statement suggesting the rating spot in the Candidates ...

International Chess Day highlights how India's centuries-old board game is forging a new identity in competitive gaming.

India has become a global chess powerhouse with stars like Gukesh, Arjun, Praggnanandhaa, Humpy, and Vaishali rewriting ...

ASTANA – Like all great sports, chess attracts many people for its brilliance, building pressure, and unexpected outcomes. As the global chess community celebrates International Chess Day on July 20, ...

Few games can boast a history as rich and enduring as chess. Originating in ancient India as Chaturanga, chess has evolved ...

Online chess has been the main driver of the transformation, especially post the COVID-19 lockdown, which acted as an unexpected fillip.

D Gukesh stunned world No.1 Magnus Carlsen in the Rapid section of the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia as the world chess champion finished third in the tournament. Gukesh’s coach Grzegorz Gajewski ...

Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand, who mentors Gukesh, was asked by Chess.com to grade the teenager's performance after the Norway event. He upgraded Gukesh’s report card from a ‘C’ to a ‘B’.

After Gukesh's performance in Norway Chess, his coach, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand, upgraded his grade from a ...

In December 2024, Dommaraju went on to defeat China’s Ding Liren to become the youngest chess world champion at 18 years old. Carlsen sat out of that tournament as well.

Gukesh Dommaraju, an 18-year-old chess grandmaster, recently dethroned reigning world champion Ding Liren to claim the title of 2024 World Chess Champion. This remarkable achievement shows not ...