Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...

FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess world has been debating why ...

Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has made history by becoming the youngest chess world champion after defeating defending champion Ding Liren of China in the final match of their series held in ...

The Freestyle Chess World Championship will kick off next month in Germany with 10 of the top players in the world before legs in Paris, New York, Delhi and Cape Town. FIDE are warning the FCPC ...

Celebrities such as actor-MP Kangana Ranaut and singer Chinmayi Sripada extended congratulatory messages to 18-year-old World Chess Champion D Gukesh after he triumphed over China's Ding Liren ...

Indian grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa achieved a remarkable comeback to defeat world champion D Gukesh 2-1 in the tiebreaker at Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, claiming his maiden title.

Mike Stubbs covers esports, competitive games and the creator economy. Multi-time chess world champion and perhaps the most famous player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, has said that he believes ...

The absentees are Magnus Carlsen, Norway’s world No 1, who has semi-retired from classical chess due to his dislike of the time needed for pre-game preparation but still competes actively in ...

A dramatic final day of the Tata Steel Chess Masters saw R Praggnanandha win the title in sudden death, defeating world champion D Gukesh. The two Indians had a joint lead going into Round 13 ...