Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand has long been a source of inspiration for chess players in India.

For Indian chess, it was quite fitting that Aravindh’s success came on the same day that 18-year-old Pranav Venkatesh emerged ...

World chess champion and Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh credits Viswanathan Anand for playing a crucial role in the sport’s ...

Emergence of Aravindh Chithambaram and Pranav Venkatesh is great news for Indian chess, but Gukesh & Praggnanandhaa will be a tough acts to follow.

Aravindh Chithambaram likes to call himself the ‘pawn of 64 squares’ – or so his Twitter username suggests. The 25-year-old ...

Youngest world champion wants to pick M.S. Dhoni's brains on conducting oneself in competition, handling success ...

Speaking on the BotezLIve show, world No 1 and five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen commented on the roles of hard work ...

The latest chess ranking issued by FIDE, on Saturday, has D Gukesh, winner of the world champion title, reached a new career best of third place globally and R Praggnanandhaa, another Indian champion, ...

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa scored his second victory on the trot, outwitting Vincent Keymer of Germany to join compatriot Aravindh Chithambaram at the top on three points after the end of the ...

Meanwhile, R. Praggnanandhaa has re-entered the top 10, marking a strong resurgence of Indian chess on the global stage. Gukesh, the reigning world champion, has been in exceptional form since his ...

D Gukesh has climbed to number three in the world chess rankings. R Praggnanandhaa is back in the top 10 after his Tata Steel Masters win. Koneru Humpy remains the sole Indian in the top 10 for women.

India's reigning world champion D Gukesh climbed to a career-high number three ranking, while compatriot R Praggnanandhaa broke back into the top 10 in the latest FIDE classical ratings released ...