Chess
Sports 

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh Stuns Ding Liren in World Chess Championship's 11th Round

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh Stuns Ding Liren in World Chess Championship's 11th Round Singapore, December 8: Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh triumphed over reigning champion Ding Liren in the 11th round of the World Chess Championship, solidifying his position with a 6-5 lead in the 14-game series. Reflecting on his performance, Gukesh attributed his...
Read More...
Sports 

Tech Mahindra Global Chess League Begins with Exciting Matches on Day One

Tech Mahindra Global Chess League Begins with Exciting Matches on Day One London, October 4: One of the most highly anticipated matches of the second edition of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League took place on the opening day, featuring two young stars who were instrumental in India’s Chess Olympiad triumph. The...
Read More...
Sports 

Indian Teams Triumph in Third Round of Budapest Chess Olympiad

Indian Teams Triumph in Third Round of Budapest Chess Olympiad New Delhi — On Friday, the Indian men's and women's chess teams registered significant wins in the third round of the Chess Olympiad held in Budapest. The men's team dominated host nation Hungary-B with a score of 3.5-0.5, while the...
Read More...
Surat  Sports 

6-Year-Old Chess Prodigy from Surat Qualifies for Nationals

6-Year-Old Chess Prodigy from Surat Qualifies for Nationals Surat - Vaka Laxmi Pragnika, a 6-year-old chess prodigy from SD Jain Modern School, Surat, has once again made Gujarat proud by qualifying for the National Chess Championship to be held in Mysore this September. Pragnika secured her spot by...
Read More...
Sports 

Carlsen Defeats Praggnanandhaa in Norway Chess Armageddon

Carlsen Defeats Praggnanandhaa in Norway Chess Armageddon Stavanger – Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa faced a tough defeat against world number one Magnus Carlsen in the Armageddon game during the eighth round of the Norway Chess Tournament on Tuesday. With this victory, Carlsen extended his lead in the...
Read More...
Sports 

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur hands over Chess Olympiad Torch to Budapest

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur hands over Chess Olympiad Torch to Budapest New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur on Wednesday handed over the Chess Olympiad Torch to Budapest, Hungary, the official host of the 45th edition of the Chess Olympiad. The 1st Chess...
Read More...
Sports 

Five Indian chess players among top 10 in junior world rankings

Five Indian chess players among top 10 in junior world rankings Chennai, Feb 6 (IANS) For the first time in the history, young Indian chess players occupied five slots -- including the top spot -- in the junior world rankings. The honours go to Grandmasters (GM) the top-ranked R.Praggnanandhaa (Elo rating...
Read More...
Business  Sports 

Indore to Host Second Indore International Grand master Chess Tournament

Indore to Host Second Indore International Grand master Chess Tournament Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 3: The second edition of the Indore International Grandmaster Chess Tournament, the largest chess tournament in Central India, is set to take place in Indore. Over 800 players from 20 countries will participate in...
Read More...
Sports 

Odisha to set up 100 chess training centres across state

Odisha to set up 100 chess training centres across state Bhubaneswar, Oct 25 (IANS) The Odisha government will soon set up 100 chess training centres across the state, furthering its mission to turn the state into a sporting hub. While holding a meeting with Dana Reizniece-Ozola, woman Grandmaster and Deputy...
Read More...
Sports 

Talks are on with world’s strongest woman chess player Judit Polgar to train 7 Indian girls

Talks are on with world’s strongest woman chess player Judit Polgar to train 7 Indian girls Chennai, Oct 8 (IANS) In an effort to have Indian female chess players in the world’s top ten in the near future, Pravaha Foundation, a Hyderabad based non-government organization (NGO) and two individuals S. Kailasanathan and his friend Rajiv Talwar...
Read More...
Sports 

Young guns put up stellar show in chess World Cup, on the prowl for more

Young guns put up stellar show in chess World Cup, on the prowl for more Chennai, Aug 18 (IANS) Chess players and others will be looking at the match between 18-year old Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa (ELO 2707) and American GM Fabiano Caruana (2782) at the ongoing FIDE World Cup at Baku, Azerbaijan. Whether Praggnanandhaa...
Read More...
Sports 

Incredible feat! India hails 17-year-old Gukesh on becoming country's No.1 chess player

Incredible feat! India hails 17-year-old Gukesh on becoming country's No.1 chess player Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) Grandmaster (GM) Viswanathan Anand was there on both occasions when an Indian player overtook him in Live Rating to become India's No.1 chess player -- first when Pentala Harikrishna did in March 2016 and again on...
Read More...