World champion D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa and Divya Deshmukh are among the Indians in contention for the Best Chess Player ...

India's dominance in world chess has found another major endorsement, with reigning world champion D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa ...

New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) World champion D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa and Divya Deshmukh are among the Indians in contention for the Best Chess Player honour in the inaugural FIDE Excellence Awards, which ...

Russians have long pulled the strings when it comes to the governing body of international chess. But now two Germans are vying for FIDE's top job.

After topping the Freestyle Friday Championship standings, World Junior Champion Pranav V earned India's first-ever qualification for the 2027 FIDE Freestyle World Championship.

Arkady Dvorkovich will seek to return to the global chess body’s highest office with Timur Turlov as deputy president ...

Magnus Carlsen hit an all-time low over the past one month after suffered four Classical defeats at Norway Chess, his home event, and as many on the trot at the World Rapid Team Championship in Hong ...

Bengaluru: The world No 1 and world No 2 on the same side, a 56-year-old five-time world champion and a 12-year-old Argentinian prodigy sharing a team and an all-Chinese outfit, led by Ding Liren, ...

The governing body of world chess has suspended Russia, which was for decades the dominant force in the game, after a ruling by the world’s top sports tribunal in favour of Ukraine. The ‌Court of ...

Norway Chess 2026: Praggnanandhaa created history when he won the Norway Chess 2026 event in grand style. Not only did he become the first Indian to win the prestigious tournament, he also defeated ...

April 3 : U.S. grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura has criticised the International Chess Federation (FIDE) over what he described as excessive anti-cheating measures at the Candidates Tournament in Cyprus ...