Chess

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...

Young Indian GM Gukesh wins title at Cannes Open Chess

The Cannes Open Chess tournament began from February 17th - 23rd 2020, as the 34th International Game Festival took place at Rotonde Lerins, France. The Cannes Open game had more than 100 chess player all around the...

Humpy goes down to Muzychuk in Cairns Cup

The Cairns Cup 2020 for the chess players has begun from 8th February and will continue until 18th Feb 2020. The tournament takes place at St. Louis, Missouri in the USA. On day 2 of the tournament, the 10 players...

Praggnanandhaa’s potential goes to the fore in World junior chess title

R. Praggnanandhaa never stops to astound. The straightforwardness with which the 14-year-old forfeits his rooks for religious administrators, as he did during his successes in the second and fourth adjusts of the...

Chess: 12-year-old prodigy eager to get India back on the map

When Magnus Carlsen hails the rise of youngsters like D. Gukesh from your country, you know you are ticking most of the right boxes. The world’s best chess player has publicly stated his...