Geneva will host the world chess championship from 25 November, where Gukesh Dommaraju and Javokhir Sindarov will contest the youngest title match ever ...

From Chaturanga to world champions, India’s enduring love affair with the 64 squares is inspiring a new generation. July 20 ...

Did you sit before a wooden board thinking about the origin of such a brilliant game as chess? Before it conquered the world and turned into a worldwide game of wits, it emerged right here in ancient ...

Harrow schoolgirl eclipses legend Judit Polgar’s mark as youngest girl ever to defeat a grandmaster rated above 2600, then draws with a former 2700 ...

From rewriting chess history to praising India's Divya Deshmukh, Judit Polgár could now become Hungary's next President, adding another remarkable chapter to her legacy.

Zagreb (Croatia), Jul 4 (PTI) Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa won three matches in a row on the final day to tie for the first place with Firouzja Alireza of France on 12 points as the rapid ...

As Sheffield sporting venues go, it may not be as celebrated as the Crucible Theatre, Hillsborough or even Ponds Forge. But this past week a conference room on the second floor of the Hampton by ...

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa won his final three rapid games to finish as joint leader with Firouzja Alireza on 12 points in the Croatia leg of the Grand Chess Tour. D Gukesh slipped behind aft ...

R Praggnanandhaa won all three games on the final day of the rapid section to draw level with Alireza Firouzja atop the Croatia Grand Chess Tour standings.

In one of the most dramatic finishes in Grand Chess Tour (GCT) history and the first ever to be decided by an Armageddon tiebreak, Grandmaster (GM) Alireza Firouzja from France captured the Super ...

From a town with zero chess infrastructure to crashing the elite 2800 club, Arjun Erigaisi’s rise is anything but traditional. This is how a neurosurgeon's son became India's most expensive chess ...

R Praggnanandhaa won all three of his games on the final day of the rapid section to catch France's Alireza Firouzja at the top of the standings in the Croatia leg of the Grand Chess Tour. World ...