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

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, ...

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

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

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

Though he remains the world’s top-ranked player across formats and is still a force to be reckoned with, Magnus Carlsen has ...

Magnus Carlsen lost to R Praggnanandhaa in Las Vegas and collapsed to defeats vs D Gukesh at Norway Chess and also in Zagreb.

The ratings spot is one of the many pathways to qualify for the eight-player Candidates tournament, which is the final step ...

Nakamura had said that the only reason FIDE is still giving away a ratings spot is to keep the door open to former world ...