French GM Joel Lautier had to resign four moves later. "There was a lot of creative satisfaction,” Anand said later.

Russia's Garry Kasparov, often considered one of the the greatest chess players in history, has won the world championship ...

Reigning world champion D Gukesh was among those present at Chennai’s Hyatt Regency to witness then-defending champion ...

Karthikeyan Murali, the 26-year-old Grandmaster from Thanjavur, holds a unique place in Indian chess history. In 2023, at the ...

India’s progress when it comes to chess can be gauged from the fact that there are three Indians in the top-10 in Classical ...

Nearly a month since her historic FIDE Women’s World Cup win in Batumi, Divya Deshmukh has become a household name across ...

Chess legends Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov are set to reignite their historic rivalry in St. Louis this October, ...

Indian great Viswanathan Anand will revive his iconic rivalry with Russian stalwart Garry Kasparov, while world champion D ...

Anand, who won his first world championship in 2000 before claiming four more back-to-back from 2007 to 2012, now trains young Indians at his WestBridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA) with the aim of ...

India has become a major power in international chess led by its highest-ranked player, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.

Divya's win was as significant as the all-Indian final. Women's chess is a Chinese stronghold. It has been for almost double ...

Anand, who won his first world championship in 2000 before claiming four more back-to-back from 2007 to 2012, now trains young Indians at his WestBridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA) with the aim of ...