Carlsen, considered one of the greatest in the history of ... before deciding against defending his title against Ian ...

Ding was just 16 years old in 2009 when he became China’s youngest-ever chess champion, which helped him earn the title of a ...

Magnus Carlsen supports 18-year-old Indian prodigy D Gukesh ahead of the World Chess Championship, predicting pressure but ...

Only one Indian has ever been world champion. No one has been world champion as a teenager (or at 20, or 21). Can Gukesh ...

Last year’s World Championship challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi stirred chatter with his post on X claiming that Carlsen has access to his laptop in his private lounge between rounds at the tournament.

Thipsay agreed and said that the debate would continue till the best player in the world kept away from it and also because a ...

Grandmaster duo Pravin Thipsay and Abhijit Kunte have seen many World Championship clashes during their long association with ...

Bengaluru: Aravindh Chithambaram lit up the Chennai Grand Masters, finishing ahead of a field that comprised three of the world’s top 15 players - Levon Aronian, Vidit Gujrathi and India’s ...

Kunte says the Ding Liren of today is like a second version of his former self and is not the same player that fought back from deficit a couple of times to take Ian Nepomniachtchi ... But then Magnus ...

It’s exactly two weeks to go before the most important chess match of the year – the Fide World Championship tie between ...

PTI/Reuters D Gukesh is a strong favourite heading into the World Chess Championship showdown against Ding Liren, with ...

World No.1 Magnus Carlsen said that if someone surpasses him to become the new top-ranked player, he wouldn’t mind, adding that he felt that chess ratings today are somewhat ‘deflated’. “I don’t play ...