Viswanathan Anand

As Norwegian Grandmaster ends his last game as reigning No. 1, a look at the chessboard of ratings and stages to the top

Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand was on Sunday elected deputy president of FIDE, the sport's world governing body, while incumbent president Arkady Dvorkovich was re-elected for a second term

There's only one instance where a reigning world champion relinquished his title without playing: Bobby Fischer in 1975

Grandmasters Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Karthikeyan Murali, SP Sethuraman, Abhijeet Gupta and Abhimanyu Puranik comprise the third Indian team with Gujarat's first GM, Tejas Bakre as the captain

The Prime Minister launched the historic torch relay for the 44th Chess Olympiad today at Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi

India's Viswanathan Anand showed he still had a lot of fight in him despite cutting back on his schedule as he finished third in the Norway Chess 2022

Indian maestro Viswanathan Anand's campaign at the Norway Chess tournament suffered a setback after losing to Azerbaijan's Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the ninth round

With 10 points in his count, the Indian Grandmaster leads the field with four more games to go in the prestigious tournament which features some of the finest players in the sport

The 52-year-old Anand won the Armageddon (sudden death game) early on Friday after the regular classical match was drawn after 39 moves

According to a FIDE official, if president Arkady Dvorkovich wins the elections, Anand will be his deputy

Chief Minister said that the panel would give its recommendations to frame the new education policy within a year

Legendary Viswanathan Anand says it's a proud moment for Chennai and the chess fraternity in the country as the capital city of Tamil Nadu has been chosen to host the Chess Olympiad, later this year

India grabbed the top position in Group B at the Fide Online chess Olympiad after winning three matches in the Top Division on Thursday

India is quickly becoming a legitimate global chess superpower, leading the United States and China on key metrics, and running neck and neck with Russia, the historically dominant chess power

Mishra is also the youngest person to achieve the International Master title at 10 years, 9 months, 3 days

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand said it is time to move and "get closure" on the controversy that erupted after his loss to entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath in an online simultaneous charity event

Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath faced flak during a charity chess event on Sunday for resorting to unfair means in order to beat the Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand

Global Chess League is an extension of the various partnerships its has with different sports- from FIFA to Indian Premier League's Kings XI Punjab

Tech Mahindra on Monday roped in former world champion Viswanathan Anand in an extensive role for a first-of-its-kind "Global Chess League".

Win in the first online Olympiad may just have a similar impact on the game as the 1983 World Cup had on cricket