Mentor Anand raises Gukesh’s grade from ‘D minus’ to ‘B’ after Norway Chess wins over Carlsen & ArjunGukesh D, after his historic world chess championship win, faced a mixed bag of results, struggling in Freestyle Chess and Grand Slam Tour ...
10 Jul, 2025, 09.03 AM IST
Chess champ R Praggnanandhaa takes on a new challenge - but this time it's 'cooking dosa'. Check his coach’s feedbackIndian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa, known for his strategic brilliance, recently tried his hand at cooking for the first time by making ...
30 Mar, 2025, 11.20 PM IST
Gukesh attains career-best No 3 ranking; Praggnanandhaa back in top 10D Gukesh has climbed to number three in the world chess rankings. R Praggnanandhaa is back in the top 10 after his Tata Steel Masters win. ...
01 Mar, 2025, 03.40 PM IST
Uzbek chess GM who caused huge furore by refusing to shake Indian GM Vaishali's hand "for religious reasons" says sorryUzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev apologised to Indian GM R Vaishali for refusing to shake hands, citing religious reasons. Despite earlier contr...
31 Jan, 2025, 12.26 PM IST
Gukesh becomes highest-ranked Indian at 4th in latest FIDE rankingsWorld champion D Gukesh, 18, surpasses Arjun Erigaisi to become the highest-ranked Indian chess player, now fourth in the latest FIDE ranki...
23 Jan, 2025, 12.36 PM IST
Started setting new goals for 2025 after World Championship and Khel Ratna: GukeshChess prodigy D Gukesh, after winning the World Championship and receiving the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award, prepares for the challen...
05 Jan, 2025, 07.18 PM IST
The Tata effect on Indian sports: Ratan Tata's demise mourned by India stalwartsRatan Tata, who passed away at 86, was instrumental in advancing Tata Group's involvement in Indian sports, sponsoring events like IPL, sup...
10 Oct, 2024, 03.34 PM IST
Teen chess star Divya Deshmukh calls out sexism in Chess: "It's about my game, not my looks"Indian chess player Divya Deshmukh calls out sexist behavior of spectators at Tata Steel Masters tournament in Netherlands. Deshmukh, the A...
30 Jan, 2024, 02.16 PM IST
Praggu's 'Magnus' Opus: How sister's hobby shaped young chess wizard Praggnanandhaa's lifeTouted as the one for the future when he became an International Master at the tender age of 10 years and nine months in 2016, Praggu, as h...
22 Feb, 2022, 04.43 PM 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
Anand Viswanathan blunders again, loses to Aronian in Grenke chessAronian was surprised as black kept piling up the pressure with slow but consistent play and the Armenian was looking quite passive by move...
08 Feb, 2015, 03.32 PM IST
Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen to face off in Zurich Chess ChallengeThe tournament will feature six of the best of the chess world, including world champion Carlsen, last year’s winner Fabiano Caruana and wo...
29 Jan, 2014, 06.33 AM IST
Frederic Friedel: Meet the founder of the chess software company 'ChessBase'ChessBase is a computer program with millions of games and their analysis that every chess player worth his openings swears by.
24 Nov, 2013, 06.01 AM IST
- Corus checks mates elsewhere
The Dutch hamlet is playing host to the Corus Chess Tournament.
27 Jan, 2007, 12.44 AM IST