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.

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

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

International Master Divya Deshmukh, India’s No. 4 woman chess player, has scripted history by qualifying for the FIDE ...

Divya Deshmukh stormed into the final, defeating former world champion Zhongyi Tan of China in the second game of the ...

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

After a rest day on Friday, the title match will begin with two Classical games on 26 and 27 July. If the score remains tied, tiebreaks will take place on Monday, 28 July.

Carlsen, being the genius he is, fought back, but Praggnanandhaa has emerged as by far the most competent Indian to take the ...