In 2024, 18-year-old Gukesh became the youngest World Chess Champion, while India’s chess stars, including Koneru Humpy, R.

FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship will be held from December 26 (early December 27 in India) to December 31 (early ...

The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.

Vantika holds the FIDE titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She is a three-time gold medalist at the Chess ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen stirred the pot by declaring faster chess formats the "pure sport", criticising classical chess for being "too forgiving". He argued that rapid and blitz chess ...

Carlsen and Nepo agreed to a draw after three straight draws in tiebreakers; while Ju beat compatriot Lei Tingjie.

Aaron Reeve Mendes says he was just five years old when he started playing chess, a favourite game of his father's.

Carlsen made a U-turn on his decision to not play the Blitz championship and reminded the chess world what all the fuss was about. He beat Hans Nieman 2.5 - 1.5 in the quarterfinal (where he ...

In the 'Open' section, world number one Magnus Carlsen and Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi shared the Blitz title after three ...

Vaishali defeated China’s Zhu Jiner 2.5-1.5 in thequarter-finals before losing to another Chinese opponent, Ju Wenjun 0.5-2.5 ...

Hot on the heels of the FIDE World Championship that saw Dommaraju Gukesh crowned (classical) chess champion of the ... Humpy (2019), Alexandra Kosteniuk (2021), Tan Zhongyi (2022), Bodnaruk ...