"You know, it's not like I particularly had a scenario, but I did not assign a very high probability to him getting there so early," Anand - India's only chess world champion so far - told ESPN ...

Magnus Carlsen, the undisputed world number one for over a decade, believes chess ratings today are somewhat "deflated" compared to the past but remains unfazed by the possibility of someone ...

Vidit, ranked 15 in the world, believes that the Olympiad double gold has transformed how Indian chess and its players are viewed by the world. “So many people — even on the streets of London ...

On current form, D Gukesh is the favourite to win the World Chess Championship title against his Chinese opponent, Ding Liren, believes Indian teenage Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa. The World ...

The 18-year-old Grandmaster from Chennai made history earlier this year by becoming the youngest player to challenge for the chess world title by winning the Candidates Tournament in April. Later in ...

Not just India, but the entire chess fraternity is waiting with bated breath for the start of the marquee World Championship 2024 match between Indian grandmaster D Gukesh and reigning world ...

China's Ding Liren is the defending champion of the World Chess Championship. Reuters Chinese grandmaster Ding Liren faces probably his toughest test yet when he faces India’s D Gukesh at the 2024 ...

World No.1 Magnus Carlsen said that if someone surpasses him to become the new top-ranked player, he wouldn’t mind, adding that he felt that chess ratings today are somewhat ‘deflated’. “I don’t play ...

The game of chess conjures an image of a silent mental duel between two opponents hunched over a 64-square battlefield with black and white armies. Both strain to pierce the veil of the future ...