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The recent FIDE Women’s Chess World Cup final symbolised India’s meteoric rise in the sport in recent years, as veteran ...
Russian Grandmaster Daniil Dubov, who was part of Magnus Carlsen’s team for his World Championship title defence against ...
R Praggnanandhaa reflects on his recent win over Magnus Carlsen and if he has the wood on the five-time chess world champion.
At just five, Delhi’s Aarini Lahoty is India’s highest-rated chess player in her age group, boasting a FIDE rating of 1551.
It was 2 am, my parents were asleep. I woke my dad up and said: 'I won'.' 'He said, 'Good' and then went back to sleep ...
Carlsen has a peak rating of 2882, the highest in history. Recently, R Praggnanandhaa gave some insight into what makes Carlsen great. The Indian GM also made comparisons between him and Carlsen.
The world of chess has been going through somewhat of an evolution in recent years, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down ...
However, last week, when Germany’s Vincent Keymer, 20, won the Quantbox GM event at India’s chess heartland city of Chennai by a full two points with an unbeaten 2917 tournament performance, provided ...
Without Carlsen, the GCT was announced and this is the culmination point wherein the players would qualify for the grand ...
Laman Ismayilova Read more Following the release of classical chess ratings, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) has ...
While Carlsen, like many other chess players, values traditional over-the-board chess, he sees the online transition as a natural fit for the game.
Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin reached the Chess playoffs at EWC 2025, defeating Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. In the quarter-finals, he faced Magnus Carlsen, managing a draw in the first ...