Category: Chess

The Chennai Grand Masters 2025 chess tournament has been postponed by a day following a fire at the venue. According to reports, the incident took place at the Hotel Hyatt … Read More

Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi will be the centre of attention as the third edition of the Chennai Grand Masters gets underway here on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Erigaisi, who is ranked … Read More

Indian GM R. Vaishali was eliminated from the Women’s Speed Chess Championship 2025 after losing to American IM Alice Lee in the opening round on Monday. Lee came from behind … Read More

The reigning World chess champion D. Gukesh has been playing quite well in both classical and rapid tournaments this year. He finished second and third in two classical tournaments, Tata … Read More

Magnus Carlsen hailed the Esports World Cup as an incredible event after he became the tournament’s first chess champion in Riyadh on Friday. The five-time world champion Carlsen outmuscled France’s … Read More

Magnus Carlsen added another trophy to his resume after defeating Alireza Firouzja in the final of the chess event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh on Friday. Carlsen crushed … Read More

India’s Arjun Erigaisi lost to the USA’s Hikaru Nakamura in the third-place playoff of the chess event at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh on Friday. Nakamura pipped Erigaisi 3.5-2.5 … Read More

Divya Deshmukh, the newly crowned Women’s World Cup champion, was felicitated by the Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday. Grandmaster Koneru Humpy, who had finished runner-up to Divya after … Read More

India’s Divya Deshmukh entered the top 15 of FIDE’s world women’s classical chess rankings for the first time after her title win at the Women’s World Cup in Georgia in … Read More

India’s Arjun Erigaisi beat Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the quarterfinal of the Esports World Cup in Riyadh on Thursday. Erigaisi outscored Nepomniachtchi 2.5-1.5 in a four-game encounter to secure … Read More