Why 2025 Tata Steel Chess champion R Praggnanandhaa won't be competing ... Indian legendary grandmaster Viswanathan Anand was also scheduled to participate, but withdrew from the tournament ...

Firing a fresh salvo in their running feud with the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour ... Tata Steel Masters winner R Praggnanandhaa and their compatriot Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi competed in ...

The sports ministry has eliminated the reward system for chess players, who were earlier receiving Rs four lakh for achieving a Grandmaster ... with the new format. R Praggnanandhaa made history ...

Image credit: Reuters/FIDE India has made rapid strides in the world of chess in the last couple of years thanks to the rise of young stars such as D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa ... The ...

Both D Gukesh and Fabiano Caruana have around six minutes left on the clock, but its the Indian Grandmaster who ... positive display at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament where he had finished as the ...

FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky attacked the ongoing Freestyle Chess controversy with a statement which included D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi. Meanwhile, FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky also ...

T he ongoing FIDE vs Freestyle Chess controversy has created much furore lately. The first week of February saw FIDE release ...

Imagine one-day cricket with all fielders placed outside the 30-yard circle in the first 10 overs or the first six overs in case of T20s. The freestyle event which has taken the chess world by ...

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa's victory in the Tata Steel Masters highlights his exceptional talent. Grandmaster Wei Yi, impressed by the Indian prodigy, prepares to compete in the Norway Chess 2025 ...

However, Gukesh lost a thrilling final showdown with compatriot R Praggnanandhaa. The freestyle chess variant is hardly explored, even at the highest level. In this particular variant, pieces in the ...

Coupled with the heartbreaking loss in tie-breaks to R Praggnanandhaa in the final of the Tata Steel Chess tournament a week ago, it has been a sobering month and more for Gukesh after the highs ...