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Viswanathan Anand: ‘If we are lucky, we may have an Indian challenger to Ding Liren’
Barring Anand, who is the top-ranked Indian at No 9, seven others from the country are inside the FIDE top-100.
Ding Liren becomes China's first world chess champion
Ding Liren takes over as winner of the World Chess Championship from Magnus Carlsen, who chose not to defend his title after a 10-year reign
World Chess Championship between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren heads into rapid-play tiebreak
The World Chess Championship will be decided in a rapid-play tiebreak Sunday, after Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi and China's Ding Liren remained deadlocked following 14 games played under classical rules.
Indian GM D Gukesh wins title at World Chess Armageddon Asia and Oceania event
Both Gukesh and Abdusattorov have earned a spot at the Armageddon's Grand Finale in September.
Chess: 12-year-old Ishaan Tendolkar holds IM Vikramaditya
Six more rounds are still being played in the All India FIDE Rating Chess Tournament, which is being conducted by India Chess School.
After Magnus Carlsen opts out of title defence, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren face off for maiden world crown
During his 10-year reign, Carlsen has seen off five challengers, including comfortably defeating Nepomniachtchi in December 2021
Two-time Asian Games gold medallist Koneru Humpy unsure of going to China with COVID-19 concerns
The Asian Games were postponed last year due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in China, and this year again the country has witnessed an increase in infections.
ACF confers Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh with Player of the Year award
In March last year, Gukesh became only the sixth Indian to break the 2700 Elo-rating mark, and the youngest Grandmaster from the country to be rated above 2700.
Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi stuns world champion Magnus Carlsen
Vidit Gujrathi joined the likes of fellow Indian GMs R Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi in beating Carlsen.
How air pollution can checkmate chess players
A study, published in the journal Management Science, has found that with a small rise in air pollution, the probability of chess players making mistakes increased by 2.1 percentage points, and the extent of those errors increased by 10.8 per cent
Grandmaster Koneru Humpy wins silver medal at World Blitz championship
Koneru Humpy finished strongly, beating Zhongyi Tan, who won the World Rapid title a couple of days ago, in the 17th and final round.
Indian teen Savitha Shri clinches bronze at World Rapid Chess Championship
Savitha Shri finished with an impressive tally of eight points from 11 rounds to finish third in the World Rapid Chess Championship.
World Rapid Chess Championships: B Savitha Shri storms into joint lead in women's event
Savitha Shri who was on 2.5 points (two wins, a draw and a loss) was the star of the day, posting four consecutive wins to join Tan and Goryachkina at the top.
FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships: Arjun Erigaisi in joint lead with Carlsen; Koneru Humpy joint second
A total of 15 Indians are in the fray in the Open event of FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships while five are taking part in the women's event.
Aditya Mittal becomes India's 77th chess Grandmaster
To become a GM, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 ELO points.
World Team Chess Championship: India beat USA, qualify for quarter-finals
It was India’s second win in the tournament and they will now take on France in the quarter-finals on Wednesday.
Meltwater Champions Tour Finals: R Praggnanandhaa beats Arjun Erigaisi in final round to finish 5th
R Praggnanandhaa took the fifth place in the final standings after securing nine points while Arjun Erigaisi, also on nine points, ended sixth.
Meltwater Champions Tour Finals: Magnus Carlsen continues winnings run, R Praggnanandhaa secures first victory
World No.1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway continued his winning run, crushing Azerbaijan's Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 3-0.
Meltwater Champions Tour Finals: R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi suffer consecutive lossess
In the third round on Thursday, R Praggnanandhaa will meet Quang Liem Le and Arjun Erigaisi will take on Wesley So.
Meltwater Champions Tour: Indian Grandmasters R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi lose in opening round
World No.1 Magnus Carlsen began his campaign with a 2.5-1.5 win over American Wesley So.