Meet teenager Aswath S from Tami Nadu, India's 98th grandmaster, who started playing at the age of 3Aswath S from Tamil Nadu achieved Grandmaster status, becoming India's 98th. He secured his third norm at the Pune International GM Round R...
09 Jul, 2026, 01.33 PM IST
Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at 29, shocking global chess communityGrandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died unexpectedly Sunday at age 29, the Charlotte Chess Center confirmed Monday. The U.S. chess champion, pop...
21 Oct, 2025, 02.28 AM IST
Meet Bodhana Sivanandan, child prodigy checkmates 60-year old legend — at 10, she’s chess' youngest female star10-year-old chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan has made history as the youngest female to defeat a grandmaster in a classical match, achievin...
14 Aug, 2025, 10.44 PM IST
India’s 19-year-old chess star Divya Deshmukh becomes Grandmaster. Anand Mahindra reminds us of the unsung woman behind herDivya Deshmukh, a 19-year-old, secures victory at the 2025 FIDE Women’s World Cup. She defeats Koneru Humpy in a tiebreaker. This win earns...
29 Jul, 2025, 11.22 AM IST
Delhi GM Open offers prize purse of Rs 1.21 croreThe 21st Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament is set to take place in New Delhi from June 7-14, attracting over 2,500 pla...
05 Jun, 2025, 04.54 PM IST
Aditya Samant becomes India's 83rd chess GrandmasterMaharashtra player Samant had already crossed the 2500 Elo mark in the live ratings and had obtained two GM norms, Hence, the third and fin...
26 Jul, 2023, 10.13 PM IST
M Pranesh becomes India's 79th chess GrandmasterSeeded 22nd, the Indian made a clean sweep of the field in Stockholm, winning eight games and finishing a full point ahead of IM Kaan Kucuk...
06 Jan, 2023, 12.45 PM IST
Chennai lad Pranav becomes India's 75th GrandmasterPranav is the 27th Grandmaster from Tamil Nadu, a list which includes the legendary Viswanathan Anand and teen sensations D Gukesh and R Pr...
07 Aug, 2022, 08.59 PM IST
Rahul Srivatshav becomes India's 74th GrandmasterThe 19-year old player reached the 2500 Elo live rating mark after drawing his 8th round game against Grandmaster Levan Pantsulaia in the C...
11 Jun, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Sankalp Gupta becomes India's 71st GM, maestro Anand congratulatesSankalp Gupta won five games, drew three and lost one to Rudik Makrarian (Russia) to take the second place with 6.5 points in the GM tourna...
08 Nov, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
The dark side of chess: Payoffs, points and 12-year-old grandmastersChess grandmasters are not made in a day. Even the brightest talents need years to earn the highest and most coveted title in the game. To ...
15 Jul, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
Meet Abhimanyu Mishra, the 12-year-old boy who became youngest Grandmaster in chess historyThe prodigy scored his third GM norm in Budapest, Hungary.
01 Jul, 2021, 08.23 PM IST
Delhi International Chess Tournament draws record participationThe star-studded field comprises 21 Grandmasters and 20 International Masters, including Boris Grachev, among around 190 participants, as o...
08 Jan, 2016, 11.18 AM IST
Swapnil Dhopade in sole lead in Grandmaster ChessMaharashtra's Triple Grandmaster Norm holder Swapnil is followed by International Master Cruz Jonathan of Peru at 6.0 points.
03 Jan, 2015, 07.31 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
S L Narayanan close to Grandmaster norm in World Junior ChessAfter winning the national junior championship some time back, Narayanan had announced his arrival in the Indian chess scene.
13 Oct, 2014, 02.39 PM IST
Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta highest ranked Indian in Dubai open chess tournamentGrandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta will start as highest rated Indian in Dubai International chess open tournament.
07 Apr, 2014, 04.43 PM IST