World Chess Championship

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

Spain, Poland, France, Azerbaijan and India have advanced to the quarterfinals of the chess championship in Jerusalem

Teams from 12 top chess-playing nations including India, China, the United States and the Netherlands have been included in the lineup for the 2022 Men's World Team Chess Championship here next month.

In early September, Hans Niemann defeated Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the Sinquefield Cup in a stunning upset. Now, Carlsen quit the game with just one move. Read more to find out why

A day after he courted controversy, sensationally quitting his game with Niemann after playing just 1 move, world champion Magnus Carlsen let his chess do the talking in the Julius Baer Generation Cup

Bengaluru teenager Pranav Anand became India's 76th Grandmaster after he crossed the 2,500 Elo mark in the ongoing World Youth Chess Championship in Mamaia, Romania. The 15-year-old, having already met the other requirements that are necessary for a GM title, achieved the honour late on Thursday. To become a GM, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 Elo points. Anand had scored the third and final GM norm at the 55th Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland in July. "He is passionate towards chess. Extremely interested and passionate towards the game. He can work for any number of hours," Anand's coach V Saravanan told PTI. "He is especially good in calculation and end games...they are his two biggest strengths right now," Saravanan said about his ward's ninth round win in the under-16 section of the World Youth Chess Championship 2022. "Also, the most important reason for Pranav's achievement is the dedication of his family, his mother, father...They

How did India pull off a successful Chess Olympiad?

India's first Chess Olympiad is being held at Poonjeri Village in Tamil Nadu's Mamallapuram, a UNESCO heritage site. Officials and chess wizards from 187 countries are brainstorming there. Here's more

Mamallapuram, which is hosting the 44th International Chess Olympiad that starts on Friday, wore the black-and-white theme like Chennai, with its roads painted in the two colours

A total of 343 teams from 187 countries are taking part in the event, with 25 players from India participating under the mentorship of legendary Indian Chess Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand

The chances of the Indian team securing a podium finish in the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad are very high, says Grandmaster M Shyam Sundar

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

The 32-year-old from Norway, who has spent over a decade as the undisputed world no. 1, however, clarified that he is not retiring from the game.

India drew 2-2 against Kazakhstan in the first match of the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship here on Thursday. India's No.1 player D Harika drew Zhansaya Abdumalik on the top board as did R Vaishali on the second board against Dinara Saduakassova. Bhakti Kulkarni's loss to Meruert Kamalidenova on the third board was neutralised by Mary Ann Gomes on the fourth, with a fine 85-move win over Gulmira Dauletova. Harika, who had a good run in the FIDE Online Olympiad recently with 7.5 points from her nine games, could not force a win against Abdumalik. Vaishali, who has been in good form in this tournament, held higher-rated Saduakassova. Kulkarni (Elo 2149) faltered against lower-rated Kamalidenova but Gomes saved the blushes for India with a win in a marathon encounter against Dauletova. India and Kazakhstan will play the second match of the quarterfinal later tonight. In the other first matches in the quarterfinals, Russia took a big step towards a sp

India defeated France 3-1 in the fifth and final round, riding on wins from Bhakti Kulkarni and Mary Ann Gomes, to finish second in Pool A and qualify for the quarterfinals

The Indian team posted a second straight win in Pool A of the FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship by beating Armenia 2.5-1.5 in the third round here on Tuesday.

Anand talks to Sai Manish about the dilemma for sports in the face of a global pandemic and how technology has upended the game of chess

The semi-finals lineup in the Magnus Invitational is Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen, and Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana.

In a Q&A, India's first Grandmaster and World Chess Championship in 2000 talks about his biography and the nuances of the game

Two giants clash at the World Chess Championship over and over again, but indecisive yet