Can Anand Mahindra outsmart this 3-year-old prodigy? Even the billionaire is not sureBillionaire Anand Mahindra commends three-year-old chess prodigy Anish Sarkar, who recently became the youngest FIDE-rated player. Anish’s ...
04 Nov, 2024, 10.39 AM IST
Knights of Samarkand: Inside the thriving chess scene in Uzbekistan, India's upcoming great rivalIn the great game of chess, Uzbekistan will be India’s rival in the foreseeable future. Young girls and grizzled men duel over chess boards...
26 Oct, 2024, 11.00 PM IST
"Can call it a Golden Era for India in chess": Vidit Gujarathi after winning Chess Olympiad 2024India's men's and women's chess teams secured gold medals at the FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024 in Budapest. Vidit Gujrathi highlighted the team'...
24 Sep, 2024, 07.51 PM IST
'Father of Indian chess boom': The Anand effect that's shaping a 'golden generation'India achieved a historic double gold at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary. The men's team, featuring D Gukesh and R Praggnanand...
23 Sep, 2024, 12.55 PM IST
Sibling supremacy! R Praggnanandhaa & Vaishali Rameshbabu make chess history as first brother-sister Grandmaster duo, netizens hail it as 'remarkable achievement'Vaishali, at 22, secured the milestone by crossing 2500 FIDE ratings during the IV El Llobregat Open in Spain. Praggnanandhaa had previousl...
03 Dec, 2023, 11.59 AM IST
Dommaraju Gukesh rings in his 17th b'day by defeating 5-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen; Sunjay Kapur gives a shout-out to rising starA chess prodigy, Gukesh D hails from Chennai. His father is an ENT (ear, nose and throat) specialist while his mother is a microbiologist.
05 Jun, 2023, 02.56 PM IST
Chess Olympiad: M K Stalin announces Rs 1 cr prize for Indian teamsThe international indoor sports event was successfully conducted by the Tamil Nadu government, bringing laurels from across the world, Stal...
10 Aug, 2022, 01.34 PM IST
Vishwanathan Anand elected deputy president of FIDEArkady Dvorkovich, the incumbent president, was re-elected for a second term. Anand is part of his team.
07 Aug, 2022, 02.23 PM IST
PM Modi declares open 44th Chess OlympiadPrime Minister Narendra Modi declared open the 44th Chess Olympiad here on Thursday, and encouraging the players, said that in sports there...
28 Jul, 2022, 08.52 PM IST
New edition of world chess champion Viswanathan Anand's memoir 'Mind Master' to be released on July 15It is written by Anand with author-journalist Susan Ninan.
05 Jul, 2022, 06.46 PM IST
India has improved its performance in Chess in last eight years: PM ModiHighlighting India's contributions in the invention of games like Chaturanga and Chess, the PM said that these games help the brain to refi...
19 Jun, 2022, 06.42 PM IST
India plans to host Chess Olympiad that's been moved out of MoscowThe Chess Olympiad is a biennial event in which teams from some 190 countries compete over a two-week period. The 2022 edition was supposed...
26 Feb, 2022, 08.02 PM IST
India, Russia declared joint winners of Online Chess Olympiad after server malfunctionRussia were initially declared winners after two Indian players -- Nihal Sarin and Divya Deshmukh -- lost out on time in the final after su...
30 Aug, 2020, 09.52 PM IST
Viswanathan Anand losses in World Championship but good year for Indian chessFive-time winner Viswanathan Anand lost his bid in the Sochi World Championship but Indian men's team clinched a historic bronze at 41st Ol...
26 Dec, 2014, 01.03 PM IST
Indian men clinch historic bronze in Chess OlympiadThe Chinese scored a 3-1 victory over Poland in the last round, taking their tally to 19 match points out of a possible 22.
14 Aug, 2014, 10.28 PM IST
41st Chess Olympiad: India targets podium finish; to bank on good result and luckThe Indians start a favourite for their tie against Uzbekistan, but they need to hold the first two boards together in the crunch game.
14 Aug, 2014, 01.46 PM IST
41st Chess Olympiad: Viswanathan Anand, Koneru Humpy missing but Indian team in high spiritThe chance of an encore for the Indian eves or bettering their performance will heavily rely on the performance by Harika and Tania Sachdev.
31 Jul, 2014, 10.50 AM IST