Category: Chess

When Ding Liren moved his rook to the f2 square in the 14th and final game of the 2024 World chess championship, it might have appeared to be just another … Read More

Newly-crowned world chess champion D Gukesh is looking forward to the day when the sport will become a part of the Olympic curriculum, which, he said, would take it to … Read More

Reigning World Rapid chess champion and Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy will return to compete in the Norway Chess Women in May. Currently ranked world number six in women’s classical chess, … Read More

American Grandmaster Hans Niemann revealed that he had challenged several top GMs, including Arjun Erigaisi and Fabiano Caruana, to a match with a $100,000 prize for the winner, but they … Read More

The Tamil Nadu State Chess Association (TNSCA) president M. Manickam on Thursday said that the Association has planned to felicitate the youngest World chess champion D. Gukesh in February. He … Read More

Pa. Iniyan (22) made the headlines in 2019 when he became India’s 61st Grandmaster. But it has been almost six years since he breached the 2500 Elo mark (Current Elo … Read More

Singapore’s youngest and latest Grandmaster, Siddharth Jagadeesh, on Thursday, recalled the time when D. Gukesh offered him a “mercy draw” in an u-9 Asian Championship. “So, the first place in … Read More

In mid-December, with the World Chess Championship match tied at 6.5-6.5 after 13 games, D. Gukesh and Ding Liren had seemingly fought each other to a standstill even in the … Read More

In mid-December, with the World Chess Championship match tied at 6.5-6.5 after 13 games, D. Gukesh and Ding Liren had seemingly fought each other to a standstill even in the … Read More

India’s rising chess star, Vantika Agrawal, has described winning the Arjuna Award as one of the “most defining moments” of her career and her next big goal is to break … Read More