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CHESS Velammal Vidyalaya wins gold medal at World Schools Team Championship Chennai’s Velammal Vidyalaya, the alma mater of the youngest reigning world champion D Gukesh and grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa, has … Read More
Over the last month, we were offered a glimpse into the future of chess. The Las Vegas leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour and the Esports World Cup … Read More
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
