For the Norwegian, six wins out of nine games culminated into a two-point lead over runner-up R Praggnanandhaa ...

Only one Indian has ever been world champion. No one has been world champion as a teenager (or at 20, or 21). Can Gukesh ...

Two key players who made history at the chess Olympiad, Vidit Gujrathi and Harika Dronavalli, encapsulate the rise of Indian chess and discuss what makes them and their compatriots dominate ...

Like the inner mechanics of a watch, middle-game chess positions are intricate and delicate ... while the black queen unleashes a discovered check on the white king. The other natural reply to pawn to ...

Narayanan and Wesley could have been the joint leaders however both players squandered a better position to draw their ...

Magnus Carlsen’s long reign as the World chess champion began in India, 11 years ago in Chennai. After claiming the first of ...

Carlsen lost to R. Praggnanandhaa in a classical chess game at the Norway Chess tournament in May this year as well as in the ...

Meanwhile, in the Challengers category, the all-women clash between Dronavalli Harika and Vaishali Rameshbabu – a first for ...

Legendary Magnus Carlsen praised three-year-old Anish Sarkar, who became the youngest-rated player in the history of chess.

The Masters category had witnessed a three-way tie for the top-spot, following which Aravindh defeated Armenian-American ...

The Chennai Grand Masters 2024 featured two categories-Masters and Challengers. With a rating average of 2729, the Masters presented a more competitive field this time around. The debuting Challengers ...