Ahead of the Chess World Championship, let's break down the complex sport of chess in the simplest way possible.

As India's D Gukesh gears up to take on Ding Liren in the 2024 chess World Championship, here's what it takes to be the champ ...

Twenty-five years ago, Maurice Ashley, who was born in Jamaica but moved to New York as a boy, became the country’s first — ...

Penn State could earn No. 6 seed in the College Football Playoff bracket, without playing the Big Ten championship game. Now, ...

Six years on from the inaugural edition, the Indian players have ascended to the global elite, and their evolution mirrors ...

Carlsen, the overnight leader, secured his fifth consecutive win on the bounce while R. Praggnanandhaa staged a remarkable ...

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

The German, who played in 10 simultaneous matches during a showcase on Nov 17, is the Singapore Chess Federation's training ...

That kind of isolation, that kind of commitment towards the game of chess is very rare," Kunte added ... If he can overcome that, it is not easy to beat him," he added. PTI DDV AH AH (Except ...

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

“Yesterday (Thursday) was one of the best days of chess I’ve had recently. One thing is to score 3/3, but I also felt the level of play was very high as well, so I’m very happy with that. The game ...

CHENNAI: When Paddy Upton was first approached by D Gukesh’s camp, the South African mental conditioner wasn’t quite sure ...