Indian sensation R Praggnanandhaa has become India’s new No. 1 in classical chess after winning the UzChess Cup Masters in ...

Viswanathan Anand hailed the teen’s comeback, calling it his most unexpected win this year and lauding his tiebreak ...

Praggnanandhaa accumulated a total of 11.7 Elo rating points across two recent tournaments, the 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial ...

Before Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi was India's top-ranked player but slipped to the sixth spot after a draw with fellow Indian Aravindh Chithambaram. In the overall chart, Praggnanandhaa is ranked fourth ...

Ranked higher than Gukesh at No. 4 and with a better Elo rating (2801), the boy from Hanamkonda, Telangana, is seen as the one most likely to challenge the champion for the throne.

Indian grandmaster D Gukesh clinched the rapid title at the Grand Chess Tour Zagreb by defeating Magnus Carlsen. In a ...

Meanwhile, Arjun Erigaisi, who had already overtaken Gukesh recently, is fourth with a rating of 2780.7. R Praggnanandhaa has overtaken D Gukesh in the world chess rankings.

D Gukesh might have failed to win the Norway Chess 2025 after falling agonisingly short but the Indian Grandmaster managed to hold onto his sense of humour. His display of wit even stumped World ...

Fabiano Caruana's victory over D Gukesh in the final round helped Carlsen clinch the title. D Gukesh finished third in the tournament, marking his second consecutive podium finish at Norway Chess.

Magnus Carlsen leads D Gukesh by a narrow margin heading into the final round of Norway Chess 2025, fueled by victories over Fabiano Caruana and Wei Yi respectively. Hikaru Nakamura remains in ...

If defending champion Carlsen wins, it will be his seventh Norway Chess title dating back to 2016, while Gukesh would be hoping for his maiden triumph in two outings.

Reigning world champion D Gukesh crossed another hurdle, beating China’s Wei Yi in the ninth and penultimate round to earn three full points and emerge as a top contender, along with Norwegian ...