Viswanathan Anand and rising chess star R Praggnanandhaa commend the Chola Chess Initiative in Chennai for its facilities paving a path to international success. The CSR effort by Cholamandalam ...

Viswanathan Anand last competed at the chess World Championship a decade ago. These days, he's not a regular player on the FIDE circuit either. Yet, in the first week of the World Championships in ...

Viswanathan Anand broke the Soviet/Russian dominance of chess in 2000 by becoming world champion, fourteen years after becoming India's no.1 as a sixteen-year-old.

Former Indian chess world champion Viswanathan Anand (L) plays simultaneous matches against tens of Israeli players during an event marking Israel's 70th anniversary at Jerusalem's Old City's ...

NEW DELHI: Indian chess icons, including five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand and reigning World Champion D Gukesh, lit up Pongal celebrations with their infectious energy and dance moves.

Viswanathan Anand married Aruna in 1996 and in 2011, the couple had a son named Anand Akhil. His journey from a young boy learning chess in Chennai to becoming a global icon is nothing short of ...

In the aftermath of Gukesh's recent appearance at the 2025 Norway Chess tournament, five-time World Champion legend ...