Category: Chess

Indian chess player Raahul VS has become the country’s 91st Grandmaster after winning the sixth ASEAN Individual Championship with a round to spare. The 21-year-old, who is also an Asian … Read More

If there is a prize for the best start to the chess World Cup, Arjun Erigaisi should win it hands down. The second seed posted his third win on the … Read More

Vasyl Ivanchuk is widely regarded as one of the greatest players never to have won the World Chess Championship. The former World No. 2, however, has lifted the World blitz … Read More

He began as one of the strongest favourites, but he was virtually just one move away from an early exit. Third seed R. Praggnanandhaa, however, survived that scare — thanks … Read More

Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi on Thursday sparked controversy by leaving his hotel immediately after being eliminated from the FIDE World Cup and expressing dissatisfaction with the tournament conditions in Panjim. … Read More

It is only the second round, and the chess World Cup has already heated up. On a dramatic Wednesday evening at Resort Rio in Arpora, Goa, two seeds were knocked … Read More

Fans queued up to have a look at the young superstars of Indian chess at Resort Rio in Goa on Tuesday. That queue, to see the likes of D. Gukesh, … Read More

Viswanathan Anand believes the Chess World Cup will inspire India’s budding players. “Most top players when they were young went somewhere and saw someone and they thought they wanted one … Read More

Back in 1998, Viswanathan Anand and Michael Adams contested the match that would decide the challenger for Anatoly Karpov in the FIDE World Chess Championship. The Indian emerged as the … Read More

After the teaser, the thriller opens on Tuesday. The chess World Cup’s second round is where the real action begins: all the big stars, given a bye in the opening … Read More