The intent of Freestyle Tour’s organisers to crown the winner of their event as a ‘world champion’ had been the sticking ...

The challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju, simply stared at the board. A wave of realisation crossed both men’s faces. Gukesh’s eyes swelled with emotion as he took a sip of his drink and put his head in his ...

D Gukesh has climbed to third position in the live Elo chess ratings, and is behind Hakaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen.

Ahead of Sunday's final round, R Praggnanandhaa joins world champion D Gukesh atop the Tata Steel Masters standings ...

Legendary Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand has withdrawn from the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour amid the ongoing dispute between Magnus Carlsen and FIDE. Anand’s decision comes as tensions rise ...

Shoutout to Firouzja brothers for doing this Siblings Hand & Brain match with us! Drop a like and tell in the comments, which ...

FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky has called out Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura for spreading a ‘misleading’ narrative that the ...

The Uzbek city of Samarkand is preparing to host one of the world's most important chess events from 3-15 September. The Women's Grand Swiss will ...

The governing body doubles down on its sole right to conduct World Championships and warns that a breach of contract will lead to players being ruled out of two consecutive Fide World Championship cyc ...

Gukesh Dommaraju played and won his first competitive game as world champion on Saturday, but only after surviving a totally lost position. The 18-year-old Indian, who took the crown last month from ...

Arjun capped off his year with a triumph at the WR Chess Masters Cup in London, outplaying an elite field including Anand, Alireza Firouzja, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, ...

A 17-year-old has crafted the ultimate tool to cheat at chess after jailbreaking Ray-Ban Meta glasses to show the best moves in over-the-board games. Chess cheating has been a controversial ...