At just 4 years, Anish Sarkar from Kolkata has made history by becoming the youngest chess player to earn an Elo Rating from the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
D Gukesh made history as the youngest-ever World Chess Champion, defeating China's Ding Liren in a thrilling finale. His composure and skill secured a 7.5-6.5 victory.
Saturday's 10th game ended in just 36 moves in just two and a half hours, one of the shortest games of this 14-game match in which the first player to reach 7.5 points will pocket the major chunk of the total prize fund of US$2.5 million.
Thipsay agreed and said that the debate would continue till the best player in the world kept away from it and also because a few players that had won the World Championship title did not earn the respect of the chess community.
Grandmaster Levon Aronian of the United States registered a resounding victory over GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France to close the gap on table-topper GM Arjun Erigaisi
On the occasion of Independence Day, chess enthusiasts in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) were treated to a display of chess…
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand’s 37-year reign as the top chess player in India was broken on Thursday by the 17-year-old teenage…
A Woman Grandmaster (WGM) ranked No. 37 in India, the next destination for 20-year-old Vantika Agrawal, is to become a…
A joint venture between Tech Mahindra and FIDE, the inaugural edition of the GCL is scheduled to be held from 21 June to 2 July in Dubai.
Chess in schools will be played by students from more than 60000 schools as a sports and game activities on third saturday of every month during 'No bag day', Education Minister B D Kalla told SNS here on Monday.
