Grandmaster

Georgia chess icon Nona Gaprindashvili sues Netflix for sexist and belittling portrayal in 'The Queen's Gambit'

Gaprindashvili's lawsuit says the show falsely suggested that the ex-female world champion never played competitive chess with men, and states that she competed against dozens of top male players, beating 28 of them.

Goa's 14-year-old Leon Mendonca becomes India's 67th Grandmaster

The Goa youngster had taken part in a camp organised by Microsense in Chennai late in 2019 when former world champions Vladimir Kramnik and Boris Gelfand trained a number of Indian players.

Tata Steel Masters: Viswanathan Anand plays out draw with Russia's Vladislav Artemiev in first round

Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by Russian Grandmaster Vladislav Artemiev in the first round of Tata Steel Masters on Sunday

How a lot of right ingredients came together for P Iniyan as he becomes India’s 61st chess Grandmaster

In Erode, from where Iniyan hails, there was hardly any chess culture. A lot of things had to fall in place for the 16-year-old boy to achieve the highest title in chess.

GA Stany interview: 'My only regret is that I could not become a Grandmaster when my father was alive'

Besides the crowning of a new national champion, the National Chess Championship also witnessed India get its 58th Grandmaster in GA Stany.

India’s latest chess Grandmaster Karthikeyan Pandian talks about his game, achievements and future plans

At the conclusion of the Third Saturday chess tournament in Novi Sad, Serbia, India got their 57th Grandmaster in Karthikeyan Pandian. In addition to finishing his much awaited final norm, the 28-year-old also finished joint first at the event.

India grows richer by two Grandmasters in Nihal Sarin, Arjun Erigaisi at Abu Dhabi Masters Chess

More than in the final standings, where India shined at the Abu Dhabi Masters Chess was in terms of the number of Grandmaster and International master norms scored in the tournament.

Teenager Nihal Sarin becomes India's 53rd Grandmaster despite losing in final round of Abu Dhabi Masters

The 14-year-old Nihal Sarin tallied 5.5 points out of a possible nine and the final GM norm came the Kerala boy's way with one round to spare.

R Praggnanandhaa interview: Youngest Indian GM talks about his love for curd rice, meeting Viswanathan Anand and more

Meet child prodigy R Praggnanandhaa, India's youngest grandmaster and the new poster boy for chess in the country

In his short career of playing chess, Praggnanandhaa has seen both the heights of stardom and the bottoms of loneliness. Through all these fluctuations he has come out strong.