With younger players making a mark, it also signals a "generational shift" in the game itself and that shift "is likely to heavily favour India," Devangshu Datta, a columnist and Fide-rated chess ...

CHENNAI: Inside the cavernous playing hall at the Anna Centenary Library, Levon Aronian has just taken a walk. Facing Arjun ...

But did you know that this place is also fondly referred to as “the chess village of India?” In fact, the game has been instrumental in reviving a town that was grappling with alcoholism and ...

According to the International Chess Federation or FIDE, women make up just 10% of licenced players globally, and the gap only gets wider at the top. For example, only three of India's 84 ...

The All India Chess Federation declared Rs 3.2 crore in rewards for India's historic Chess Olympiad victory. Each player will receive Rs 25 lakh, with additional amounts for captains and coaches.

Shoutout to 3-year-old Anish Sarkar from India, the youngest rated chess player in the world! ♟️ ♟️ Anish, born on January 26, 2021, has achieved his first FIDE classical rating of 1555!

India's chess team achieved an unprecedented victory by winning the team gold medal at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. Led by Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi, they amassed 21 matchpoints to secure their ...

Hailing from Delhi, Sachdev mentioned that she had been the only chess representative for India from the capital for nearly 16 years. Members of Pakistan's chess contingent held India's flag at ...

Mumbai challengers IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni and Arnav Kherdekar won their respective seventh-round matches to share lead in All India FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament in Mumbai on Wednesday.

This was in an era before computer engines and databases, when players travelled to tournaments with more chess books than clothes. In India, printed chess material was hard to come by.

Democratize information and everyone gets a chance to excel. If internet access and technology tools could turn India into a chess powerhouse in two decades, developed nation status by 2047 looks ...

Gukesh, Arjun lead India's unprecedented domination, healing wounds of the past as mentor Vishy Anand gets perfect gift D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi & Co wiped out the hurt of multiple Chess Olympiad ...