Category: Chess

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

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi on Friday said he was disappointed after being snubbed for the Arjuna Award again. “This has been the case for years, and I never spoke about … Read More

Indian chess shone brightly in 2024, marking a historic year of unparalleled achievements. The crowning moment came from 18-year-old D. Gukesh, who shattered Garry Kasparov’s long-standing record to become the … Read More

Indian Grandmasters Arjun Erigiasi and World Champions D. Gukesh retained their fourth and fifth spot respectively in the chess rankings released on Wednesday. Erigiasi, who became the second Indian after … Read More

India’s R. Vaishali clinched a bronze in the women’s section of the World Blitz Championship, capping another strong performance by the country’s chess players after stalwart Koneru Humpy’s title-winning show … Read More

In a historic and never-seen-before result, reigning World Blitz Champion Norway’s Magnus Carlsen shared the 2024 World Blitz Championship title with Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Wall Street, New York on … Read More