Only one Indian has ever been world champion. No one has been world champion as a teenager (or at 20, or 21). Can Gukesh ...

Soviet, non-Westerner who dared to take on the established seat of authority in the sport, and succeeded in toppling it.

Here’s a look back at the legendary grandmasters and their monumental wins that have defined chess history ahead of the World ...

Here is a selection of the most iconic and bizarre moments in chess World Championship history: Anand almost loses the World ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway feels that on current form Indian star D Gukesh is the favourite to win the World Chess ...

Magnus Carlsen believes Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh is the favorite to win against Ding Liren at the upcoming World Chess ...

Gukesh’s solid form this year along with the fact that Ding has not won a game in the Classical format since January this ...

Magnus Carlsen added a note of caution to his support for D Gukesh, saying that Ding Liren could prove quite a handful for ...

Nepomniachtchi is also not the only esports player with big-ticket chess accomplishments: Mongolian Counter-Strike player Garidmagnai “bLitz” Byambasuren, the in-game leader of The MongolZ, boasts a ...

The title match between Indian grandmaster D Gukesh and reigning world champion Ding Liren will be played over a period of ...

His first glimpse of top-level chess was in November 2013, when, aged 7, he accompanied his father Rajnikanth to watch the FIDE World Championship match between Anand and Magnus Carlsen.