Valentine’s Day combination, as the Norwegian great took himself off the market as the most eligible former world chess ...

Vincent Keymer, meanwhile, completes a fairytale victory over Magnus Carlsen by holding the world No 1 to a draw in Game 2 of ...

D Gukesh ends the opening day of the Weissenhaus tournament tied on 2 points with Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Vincent ...

It’s something of a rite of passage in chess ... Nc3 O-O 11. e4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Bc5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 e5 17. Qd2 Be7 18. Bh6 Kh7 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. f4 Be6 21.

Magnus Carlsen reflects on his victory over D Gukesh at the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, offering tactical insights into ...

This is not just a testament to their individual brilliance but also a reflection of how far Indian chess has come as a collective force," Sreekar Channapragada, an avid chess follower and co ...

Indian president Droupadi Murmu honoured D Gukesh, the youngest world chess champion, with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. At 18, Chennai-born Gukesh stunned everyone and won the World ...

As I was preparing for a chess competition, I wanted to become more proficient with chess notation so I could write down my moves quickly. Instead of using an existing tool, I decided to build my own ...

The 18-year-old Indian, who took the crown last month from China’s Ding Liren, defeated the Netherlands No 1 Anish Giri in the opening round of Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, the “chess Wimbledon”.

The global governing body of chess, FIDE, has announced that talks with the organisers of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour have not yielded much as the impasse continues in chess. “Despite intensive ...

The race for the Tata Steel chess tournament is now down to a two-horse race between ... The blunder from Abdusattarov came in the 24th move when he moved his queen to e5 (24… Qg5??). In doing so, he ...

World No.1 Magnus Carlsen has accused FIDE of coercion and broken promises after its dispute with Freestyle Chess escalated. The feud centers on FIDE's opposition to Freestyle's use of the "World ...