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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...- Meet Bengaluru's Pratitee Bordoloi: Born 50 years after Kasparov, the 13-year-old maths prodigy becomes India's only medallist in World Youth ChessMeet Bengaluru's Pratitee Bordoloi: Thirteen-year-old Woman FIDE Master Pratitee Bordoloi won silver at the FIDE World Youth Chess Champion...
- India is the strongest chess playing nation: Vijayalakshmi hails country's rapid riseChennai's Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi, India's first IM and WGM, asserts the nation's chess dominance is unmatched and will only grow. She hig...
- Six months on, National Sports Awards still await nodIndia's sporting community faces an unusual delay in the National Sports Awards. The Sports Ministry cites a re-evaluation of Arjuna awarde...
- Arjun Erigaisi, the chess grandmaster who shocked Magnus Carlsen to became only Indian after Viswanathan Anand to finish at the World Rapid podiumIndian chess prodigy Arjun Erigaisi secured a bronze medal at the 2025 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship, defeating world No. 1 Magnus Ca...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Vaishali becomes GM, joins Praggnanandhaa to form world's first brother-sister Grandmasters duoThe 22-year old Chennai-based Vaishali crossed the 2500 mark at the tournament in Spain where she defeated Turkish FM Tamer Tarik Selbes in...
- 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...
- 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...
- Bengaluru teen Pranav Anand becomes India's 76th Chess GrandmasterPranav Anand had scored the third and final GM norm at the 55th Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland in July. He had also beaten GM Maxime La...
- 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...
- Mitrabha Guha becomes India's 72nd Grand MasterThe Kolkata player had scored his second GM norm at the Sheikh Russel GM tournament in Bangladesh a fortnight ago and had also crossed the ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- Meet Abhimanyu Mishra, the 12-year-old boy who became youngest Grandmaster in chess historyThe prodigy scored his third GM norm in Budapest, Hungary.
- Chennai lad crowned world's second youngest grand masterGukesh achieved his third and final GM norm at the ongoing 17th Delhi International Open Chess tournament in Delhi after beating compatriot...
- 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...
- 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...
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