The world’s number one chess player, Magnus Carlsen, won his fifth Speed Chess Championship (SCC) Finals in a row in London.

After a low-key 2025 with few high-ticket events, 2026 will kick off a storm into the next Olympic cycle, as India's best ...

Chennai did host a World Championship event in 2013, when Anand was the reigning champion and battling a young Magnus Carlsen ...

Newly crowned youngest world chess champion D Gukesh reflects on the heightened expectations and challenges following his ...

FIDE had organised two Fischer Random World Championships in 2019 and 2022. Nakamura was the winner of the second tournament ...

Varun Turaga, 7, is preparing to compete in the world chess championship in 2026. Varun is listed as the second-best player in the U.S. for his age group, according to the US Chess Federation, and is ...

Arjun Erigaisi will be up against some of the biggest names on the circuit as he aims to win the FIDE Freestyle Chess ...

Abdusattorov brings extensive experience in Freestyle Chess and Chess960, having previously reached the semifinals of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Russia's Vladimir Kramnik meets the media during a news conference after the 10th game of the Chess World Championship in ...

As far as chess tournaments go, the Louisiana State Championship and Iowa Open are not what you would describe as big-time events. The highest-ranked players from either event last year didn't even ...