Sindarov says he wants to be best chess player in world
Javokhir Sindarov has said he wants to become the best chess player in the world as he prepares to face India's D Gukesh in the youngest World Championship match in history in…
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17-year-old Apoorv Kamble wins FIDE-rated rapid tournament in Bengaluru
Apoorv Kamble, a 17-year-old from Bengaluru, won the FIDE-rated rapid tournament at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium on Wednesday. He scored 8.5 points from nine rounds in the Swiss format, with a time…
Gukesh trolls retire joke with Instagram reply
World chess champion D Gukesh turned a troll's message into a light-hearted Instagram post. A user told the 20-year-old Indian grandmaster it was 'Time to retire bro', to which Gukesh replied 'Thanks…
Total World Chess Championship Tour launched, Pragg and Arjun to play
The Total World Chess Championship Tour, a new multi-format chess circuit, has been launched with a pilot event scheduled in Budapest from November 10 to 21. The tournament will feature 24 players,…
India nears 100th Grandmaster amid debate on title inflation
India is on the verge of crowning its 100th Grandmaster, a historic milestone for a nation that waited until 1988 for Viswanathan Anand to become its first. The achievement comes against a…
Pratitee and Mayank hold sole leads at Asian Junior Chess Championship
Top seed Pratitee Bordoloi surged into the sole lead of the Asian Junior Girls Classical Chess Championship in Mumbai on August 24 after defeating WCM Aadya Gowda in the seventh round. Her…
Indian Grandmaster Pranesh M wins Kanizsa Open 2026 in Hungary
Indian Grandmaster Pranesh M, 19, won the Kanizsa Open 2026 Group A title in Nagykanizsa, Hungary, after defeating Germany's Vadim Petrovskiy in the ninth and final round on Sunday. Pranesh finished with…
Global Chess League opens Bengaluru season on September 5
The fourth edition of the Global Chess League will open in Bengaluru on September 5, with organisers expecting a stronger response than last year’s Mumbai season. Chairperson Peeyush Dubey said the league…
Rajasthan’s first AGM gave up IIT, slept on roads for chess
Chandrajeet Singh Rajawat, Rajasthan's first Arena Grandmaster (AGM), has put Udaipur on the global chess map by mentoring students from India and abroad. Rajawat gave up preparing for IIT entrance exams and…
Shreyas Royal, 17, becomes youngest British chess champion
Shreyas Royal, a 17-year-old Indian-origin grandmaster from Dartford, Kent, has become the youngest-ever winner of the British Chess Championship, breaking nine-time champion Michael Adams' record set in 1989 by two months. Royal,…
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