Chess
Gukesh’s hopes to challenge Ding Liren on home turf fail.
India's efforts to secure a home World Championships match for D Gukesh were futile, with Singapore pipping Delhi and Chennai to claim hosting rights for the elite chess event, which would face the youngest...
Praggnanandhaa stuns World Champion Liren
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa resumed his giant-slaying streak in Norway Chess, defeating World Champion Ding Liren in an Armageddon tiebreaker in Round 7. The 18-year-old maintained his cool throughout the...
Praggnanandhaa topples Magnus Carlsen for the first time in Classical Game
R Praggnanandhaa, an Indian prodigy, made history at the prestigious Norway Chess Tournament by defeating the reigning world champion, Magnus Carlsen. The 18-year-old grandmaster's first classical triumph over the...
Indian teenager Gukesh to face Ding Liren in World Championship
India's D Gukesh will face reigning world champion Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship in November-December of this year. Indian teenage Grandmaster is gearing up to take on China’s Liren for the world...
Game 1 of the summit clash between Carlsen and Pragg ends in a draw
After 35 moves, the first game of the FIDE World Cup final between India's Praggnanandhaa and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen resulted in a draw. Pragg, who was playing with white pieces, was ahead in time at the start...
Indian teenager Gukesh to face off Magnus Carlsen in the quarter-finals of the FIDE World Cup
Gukesh D, India's top-rated chess player, has advanced to the FIDE World Cup quarterfinals in Baku, where he will face five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen. Indian teenager Gukesh, who has a live rating of 2761...
Chess Olympiad 2022: Uzbekistan won gold in the Open section
Uzbekistan sprung a surprise by winning the gold medal with a 2.5 - 1.5 win over the Netherlands on the final day. The Uzbekistan team did not lose a single match in the 44th Chess Olympiad. The Uzbeks team made...
Oslo Esports Cup 4: Magnus Carlsen joins the lead after beating Praggnanandhaa 3-0
Magnus Carlsen has caught Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in the lead of Oslo Esports Cup after scoring a crushing 3-0 victory in their Round 4 match. World Champion has now won five rapid games in a row. The Norwegian...
Praggnanandhaa is good at Tactics : says AICF Secretary
The 16-year-old Indian chess sensation Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa stunned World Champion, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, in 39 moves during the Airthings Masters. Praggnanandhaa, nicknamed Pragg, registered his first...
Fabiano Caruana won the 2021 Vugar Gashimov Memorial Event
GM Fabiano Caruana won the seventh Vugar Gashimov Memorial after beating GM Richard Rapport in the Armageddon playoff game. The Gashimov Memorial tournament was played in the rapid and blitz format. Both GM players...
