FIDE World Rapid Championship: PM Modi congratulates Arjun Erigaisi and Koneru Humpy on clinching bronzePrime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Indian chess stars Koneru Humpy and Arjun Erigaisi. They both secured bronze medals at the FIDE ...
29 Dec, 2025, 03.15 PM IST
Nursery kid Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha from MP becomes India’s youngest chess record-holder at just 3India's Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, at just three years, seven months, and 20 days old, has become the youngest player in world chess history ...
04 Dec, 2025, 04.00 PM IST
FIDE World Cup 2025 to be held in Goa from October 30 to November 27Goa, India, will host the FIDE World Cup 2025 from October 31 to November 27, featuring 206 players competing for a $2 million prize pool a...
26 Aug, 2025, 06.47 PM IST
FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 in India from October 30India is set to host the FIDE World Cup from October 30 to November 27, featuring 206 players vying for the title and qualification for the...
21 Jul, 2025, 12.20 PM IST
Will you resign? Carlsen accuses FIDE chief of coercion, broken promisesWorld Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen has called for the resignation of FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich over coercion and broken promises. F...
04 Feb, 2025, 05.52 PM IST
Magnus Carlsen returns to Blitz worlds after FIDE allows jeansWorld champion Magnus Carlsen returns to the World Blitz Chess Championship following FIDE's relaxation of their dress-code policy on jeans...
30 Dec, 2024, 02.41 PM IST
Magnus Carlsen Walks Out of World Rapid and Blitz Championships Over Jeans DisputeMagnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player and a five-time World Rapid and seven-time World Blitz champion, has made headlines by walking...
28 Dec, 2024, 08.45 PM IST
World Chess Championship 2024: All eyes on historic Gukesh vs Ding Liren, here's full schedule, live streaming, prize moneyThe 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship final will be held in Singapore. The championship will run from November 25 to December 13. India's ...
25 Nov, 2024, 11.47 AM IST
Google Doodle today: Search engine honours two-player strategy game played on 64 black and white squares; Check what it meansThe FIDE World Chess Championship final will happen in Singapore. The games will be played between 25 November and 13 December 2024. Curren...
25 Nov, 2024, 07.57 AM IST
FIDE makes urgent appeal to Canada to issue visas to players for CandidatesFIDE urges Canada to process visa applications for the Candidates event in Toronto. Concerns over timely arrival of players. Indians compet...
02 Mar, 2024, 11.45 AM IST
Meet Hoor Fatima: The youngest champion of the 2nd Kashmir Open International FIDE rated chess tournamentHoor Fatima, a chess prodigy, has become the youngest champion of the 2nd Kashmir Open International FIDE Rated Chess Tournament. The tourn...
14 Oct, 2023, 02.09 PM IST
Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa makes India proud: Anand Mahindra, Snapdeal boss Kunal Bahl laud chess prodigyIndian chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has reached the final of the FIDE World Cup after defeating Fabiano Caruana. He will now fac...
22 Aug, 2023, 01.48 PM IST
FIDE's decision sparks debate: Transgender women's participation in Chess under scrutinyThe World Chess Federation (FIDE) has announced a controversial ruling imposing restrictions on transgender women.
17 Aug, 2023, 06.40 PM IST
India's 5-year old Tejas Tiwari is world's youngest player with FIDE ratingThe kindergarten student achieved his first rating (of 1149) at the first Late Dhiraj Singh Raghuvanshi Open FIDE rated chess tournament in...
27 Jul, 2023, 08.35 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
Indian chess ace Harika among players who were sent sexually abusive mailThe Indian Grandmaster, ranked 11 in the world, said she was not aware of it until the last day and that the organisers of the Grand Swiss ...
12 Feb, 2022, 11.06 AM IST