India on Thursday hailed chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju after the 18-year-old became the youngest world champion with a thrilling final win over China's Ding Liren. Gukesh surpassed a record held by ...

TheFIDE Women’s Chess World Cup is among the most grueling of tournaments. It goes on for nearly a month and features more than 100 players, prodigies to world champions, across age and nationalities.

The thinking that chess is a cheap sport is a misconception, with families of prodigies like Aronyak Ghosh and Mayank ...

Millions in India will be cheering on the teen chess prodigy known as Pragg as he takes on Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen for the Chess World Cup title on Tuesday. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, 18, ...

The 18-year-old beat defending champion Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 final in Singapore on Thursday after the Chinese player blundered in the final game. Draped in the Indian flag and ...

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Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest ever world chess champion, deepening the "love affair between Indians and chess", said The Hindu. Chess has been "around for millennia" and is ...

A product of the Soviet chess system and a Grandmaster since 1998, Petr Kiriakov represents a generation shaped by tradition, structure, discipline, and relentl ...

Picture of Tamizh Amudhan, sitting on floor in a dimly lit room while taking on Vincent Keymer, goes viral. Father Sathish ...

NEW DELHI (ANI) – India celebrated a landmark year in chess as the nation achieved unprecedented accomplishments on the global stage, cementing its position as a powerhouse in the sport. From stellar ...

At 4 am, while most of the city sleeps, Anish Ramkumar, 13, is already awake. There are no school buses yet, no rush-hour horns. His day begins with yoga. “It keeps me calm,” says the Chennai-based ...