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

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

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 ...

Praggnanandhaa has shown his ability to play all openings with either colour, and his choice of French defence was good, guaranteeing an equal game. Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a ...

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a second straight draw against Turkey’s Gurel Ediz while Aravindh Chithambaram crashed through the defences of Germany’s Vincent Keymer in the second ...

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a second straight draw against Turkey’s Gurel Ediz, while Aravindh Chithambaram crashed through the defences of Germany’s Vincent Keymer in the second round of ...

Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa split points with Czech hero David Navara, while compatriot Aravindh Chithambaram escaped with a draw with another local star Nguyen Thai Dai Van in the first ...

Chithambaram, who has been knocking hard on the doors of elite circles, scored his first victory with black pieces after squeezing himself out of danger zone in his first-round game against Czech ...

IMAGE: R Praggnanandhaa faced the Ragozine out of a Queen's gambit declined as white and did not get much to have a go in the ensuing middle game. Photograph: Harry Gielen/FIDE India's Grandmaster ...

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa split points with Czech hero David Navara while compatriot Aravindh Chithambaram escaped with a draw with another local star Nguyen Thai Dai Van in the first round ...