Indian chess fans face disappointment as their grandmasters struggle in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. Despite Arjun ...

Team S8UL makes history yet again by becoming the first Indian esports organization to venture into competitive chess. They ...

D Gukesh reveals the secret to his meteoric rise in chess that saw the 18-year-old overtake the legendary Viswanathan Anand ...

Arjun Erigaisi put up an impressive performance in his maiden appearance in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in Paris, the ...

Divya Deshmukh overcame a disruptive wedding reception and defeated Nurgyul Salimova at the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Pune. Play was briefly halted d ...

This month 18-year-old Pranav Venkatesh became junior world chess champion, crowning a string of successes not just for Indian players, but also for a chess academy set up by Viswanathan Anand ...

Among the four Indian players who competed in Paris, Arjun was the best performer in the 12-player field. The other Indian players were Chess Olympiad gold medalist R Praggnanandhaa, who finished at ...

At the Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess event, Arjun is already assured to be the best finishing Indian out of the four ...

As of April 2025, Magnus Carlsen remains the top-ranked player, followed by Hikaru Nakamura and rising Indian star Gukesh D. The chess world is seeing a shift, with young talents like Erigaisi ...

The southern Indian city of Chennai is known for its high achievers. In recent years, it has produced some of the world's most formidable chess players — and the youngest world champion.

CHENNAI: Not many would ever imagine that a small boy, all of just seven years old, watching his idol Viswanathan Anand play ...

Magnus Carlsen shattered records with his unprecedented 2882 Elo peak. Here are the players with highest ratings achieved in ...