Wesley So took the sole lead in the Open Blitz after nine rounds, while Carissa Yip edged ahead in the Women’s Blitz. The ...

Young grandmaster Nihal Sarin overcame grief to win the Tata Steel Chess Rapid title on Friday, January 9. Sarin lost his ...

Anand grew up in a time when Indian chess had no real system. No army of coaches. No data labs. No state support. What he had ...

Ho Chi Minh City chess player Pham Tran Gia Phuc claimed the championship in the Grandmaster section at the ...

It’s also well-known that playing as white offers at least a slight (but sometimes decisive) advantage during any given match ...

Though rare, this feat was still a disappointing end to Arjun’s campaign in the eyes of his former trainer, N. Srinath. He ...

Wrong. Because part of the Soviet school of chess lives on through the genius of Magnus Carlsen, who won his ninth World ...

By the end of Round 10, Erigaisi stood alone at the top with 8.5/10, having drawn only once (with Firouzja) and lost once (to ...

Indian chess legend Koneru Humpy is the first woman to win five medals at the FIDE Women’s World Rapid Championship, setting a record no woman has achieved before.

Norwegian chess superstar Magnus Carlsen once again found himself at the centre of attention for the wrong reasons after losing his composure following a defeat to Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi at ...

Magnus Carlsen has often been known to not take losses in the right spirit. The superstar chess Grandmaster quite infamously ...

With two more rounds to go on the day, world No.1 Carlsen, who is aiming for his ninth World Blitz title to go with his sixth Rapid crown he won on Sunday ...