"You know, it's not like I particularly had a scenario, but I did not assign a very high probability to him getting there so early," Anand - India's only chess world champion so far - told ESPN ...

The World Championships in chess have a storied history - dating back to 1886, although FIDE's version has existed since 1948 (including a breakaway event from 1993 to 2006). Eras have come and ...

When you think of Indian chess and any firsts associated with it, the architect behind it is invariably Viswanathan Anand. India's first grandmaster, India's only world champion till date ...

Indian chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju will be challenging the reigning World Champion Ding Liren of China in the FIDE World Championship match from November 25 to December 13 in Singapore.

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway feels that on current form Indian star D Gukesh is the favourite to win the World Chess ...

On current form, D Gukesh is the favourite to win the World Chess Championship title against his Chinese opponent, Ding Liren, believes Indian teenage Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa. The World ...