Category: Chess

Reigning World champion D. Gukesh and India No. 1, Arjun Erigaisi, have been announced as part of the final lineup for the 2024 Norway Chess tournament. The event is scheduled … Read More

World champion D Gukesh had it easy in the third round of Tata Steel Chess Tournament as the Indian played out a draw with top seed Fabiano Caruana of the … Read More

India is set to host the FIDE World Cup 2025, marking the country’s first major international chess tournament since the 2022 Chennai Chess Olympiad. FIDE, the international chess governing body, … Read More

GM R. Praggnanandhaa played a swift game to defeat compatriot Pentala Harikrishna with the black pieces in the second round of the Tata Steel Chess 2025 in Wijk aan Zee … Read More

World Champion D Gukesh got lucky and came back from a tough position to beat Anish Giri of Holland in the first round of the Tata Steel Masters. Receiving his … Read More

World champion D. Gukesh will take on local star Anish Giri in the opening round of the 87th Tata Steel Chess tournament here on Saturday, marking his first competitive outing … Read More

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