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

Three-year-old chess prodigy Anish Sarkar from Kolkata, India, has become the youngest-ever rated chess player with a FIDE ...

Plans are underway for Anish to compete in the Tata Steel Kolkata Chess tournament, where he may meet his hero, Carlsen, for the first time.

For Anish Sarkar, who idolises Carlsen, the meeting was nothing short of magical. While Anish has quickly gained media ...

Arjun Erigaisi, one of India’s brightest young chess talents, is now on the verge of matching a historic achievement set by the legendary Viswanathan Anand.

There is a certain aura about Magnus Carlsen ... who trains at Dibyendu Barua’s academy, Carlsen said in an indulgent tone: ‘ ...

Anish's emergence comes as India witnesses an exciting era in chess, with young talents like Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa, and ...

While most children of his age are absorbed in cartoons like Peppa Pig or Chhota Bheem, or simply playing with toys, young Anish Sarkar found his fascination in the quiet strategy of chess pieces, ...

He was pretty interested in watching chess games after that,” says his mother. At the academy, Anish would impress Barua ... For context, former world champion Magnus Carlsen was five when he pushed ...