Chess Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi was surprised to learn he has been named for this year's Arjuna Award, one of India's highest sporting honours. The 31-year-old was at Delhi Airport on Tuesday when…
Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin has said that world champion D Gukesh's recent slump is a matter of confidence, not class. Sarin said Gukesh needs to work on his self-belief to get back…
Three members of the 1939 English Chess Olympiad team, Hugh Alexander, Stuart Milner-Barry and Harry Golombek, went on to work as codebreakers at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. The team…
India’s D Gukesh won the individual gold medal on board one at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, leading the Indian men’s team to a historic first overall gold. The 18-year-old scored…
Indian-origin chess prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, became the youngest British Women's champion on Sunday, breaking a record held by Elaine Pritchard since 1939. The London schoolgirl won in a playoff against Ireland's…
The Indian women's team has been seeded first for the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, with the men's team seeded second behind the United States. India is the defending champion in both sections.…
