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Grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi and Anish Giri will headline the third edition of Chennai Grand Masters, starting here on August 6. India’s most prestigious classical chess tournament will feature … Read More
Indian players Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh will vie for a place in the FIDE Women’s World Cup summit clash after qualifying for the semifinals. Humpy became the first Indian … Read More
India’s Divya Deshmukh beat compatriot Harika Dronavalli on tiebreaks on Monday to enter the semifinals of the FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025. She joins Koneru Humpy in the last four. … Read More
India will host this year’s chess World Cup from October 30 to November 27 with a host city for the event to be named in “due course”, the sport’s global … Read More
Indian stars Arjun Erigaisi and R Praggnanandhaa finished in sixth and seventh position, respectively, even as Grandmaster Levon Aronian of the United States reigned supreme in the Freestyle Chess Grand … Read More
Koneru Humpy created history by becoming the first-ever Indian to reach the FIDE Women’s World Cup semifinals on Sunday in Batumi, Georgia. India No. 1 Humpy, playing with black pieces, … Read More
Two Indians will be in action in the tiebreaks of the quarterfinals of the FIDE Women’s World Cup in Batumi, Georgia, on Monday. Divya Deshmukh and Harika Dronavalli drew both … Read More
Every year, on July 20, the chess community comes together to celebrate the game it loves so much. International Chess Day is an occasion that is designed to both commemorate … Read More
USA’s Hikaru Nakamura believes he has ‘played more or less perfectly’ at the Freestyle Chess Las Vegas Grand Slam. Nakamura topped the group stage, claiming six points in the Black … Read More
Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen produced a stunning comeback, winning five games on the trot, to book a spot in the third-place playoff, against USA’s Hikaru Nakamura, in the Freestyle … Read More
