D Gukesh, Youngest FIDE World chess champion
D Gukesh has shattered records to become the youngest-ever FIDE World Chess Champion, surpassing legends like Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen. The 18-year-old Indian prodigy...
Historic – Bharat crowned champions with historic double gold in Chess Olympiad
New Delhi. Bharat’s men’s and women’s chess teams both won their first-ever gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad on September 22. The men’s team...
Youngest-ever player to win the FIDE Candidates, 17-year-old D Gukesh
New Delhi. 17-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh scripted history by winning the Candidates Chess Tournament becoming the youngest to do so and the youngest-ever challenger to...
Praggnananda surpasses Viswanathan Anand to become Bharat’s No.1 chess player
New Delhi. Bharatiya ace chess player R. Praggnananda defeated reigning World Champion Ding Liren in a fourth-round clash at the Tata Steel Masters in Wijk...
Vaishali Rameshbabu becomes Bharat’s 3rd Female Chess Grandmaster; creates history with her brother
New Delhi. In yet another historic development in chess, Vaishali Rameshbabu achieved the grandmaster title after surpassing 2,500 International Chess Federation (FIDE) ranking points during...