The FIDE Women's Chess World Cup is among the most grueling of tournaments. It goes on for nearly a month and features more than 100 players, prodigies to world champions, across age and nationalities ...

India is on the verge of a historic milestone in chess, with VS Rathanvel becoming the country’s 99th Grandmaster after ...

Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, felt as though the wait was almost over. Nearly a decade after the end of the ten-year Trojan ...

India has secured a permanent qualification pathway to the Esports World Cup through the India Rising initiative, a collaboration between JioBLAST, Chess.com and the EWC Foundation. Leveraging the ...

CHENNAI, India – On a balmy morning last fall in the coastal Indian city of Chennai, dozens of fans perched on their seats as they watched an elite-level tournament unfold. Some shook their legs ...

Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest ever world chess champion, deepening the "love affair between Indians and chess", said The Hindu. Chess has been "around for millennia" and is ...

R. Praggnanandhaa won the Norway Chess title after beating Vincent Keymar in the final round. The 20-year-old is the first ...

Harshavardhan GB became India's 97th Grandmaster, ending a six-year wait since earning his IM title in 2020. Nicknamed "legend" by his chess peers for his creative brilliance, the 22-year-old overcame ...

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi has found a place at the Esports World Cup 2026 after some high-profile withdrawals due to a scheduling clash with the Grand Chess Tour’s Sinquefield Cup.