After a low-key 2025 with few high-ticket events, 2026 will kick off a storm into the next Olympic cycle, as India's best ...

Last week was anything but ordinary in the chaotic realm of elite chess, not because of a single blockbuster match, table ...

FIDE had organised two Fischer Random World Championships in 2019 and 2022. Nakamura was the winner of the second tournament ...

Magnus Carlsen had declared in 2024 that he was “at full war with FIDE” after the chess governing body had denied permission ...

Another world chess title will be up for grabs next month after the launch of the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess World ...

Hikaru Nakamura is one of the most famous chess players in the world today. He is known for his fast thinking, fearless style ...

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Nihal won on Friday evening, after the passing of his maternal grandfather - who had taught him the sport - on Thursday night ...

The global chess body fined Iran €25,000 after its women’s team skipped a match vs Israel in Budapest, and warned of a ...

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

Nihal Sarin and Viswanathan Anand were tied first after the penultimate day of the Tata Steel Chess India rapid event in Kolkata.

Dec 28 (Reuters) - Magnus Carlsen pushed away a camera after losing to Vladislav Artemiev at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Qatar, the latest example of the former world ...