Gukesh, the 18-year-old Indian chess sensation, appears to be the popular favourite ... Kunte, who was India’s fourth GM, ...

Only one Indian has ever been world champion. No one has been world champion as a teenager (or at 20, or 21). Can Gukesh ...

Two key players who made history at the chess Olympiad, Vidit Gujrathi and Harika Dronavalli, encapsulate the rise of Indian chess and discuss what makes them and their compatriots dominate ...

India's assistant coach Abhishek Nayar expresses strong belief in the young team's ability to conquer the challenging ...

Uzbekistan's Abdusattorov Nodirbek takes the lead on Day 1 of the Tata Steel India Open Rapid and Blitz chess tournament. India's Vantika Agrawal shares the lead in the women's section. Indian players ...

In 2013, RB Ramesh boldly told a skeptical Susan Polgar that Aravindh Chithambaram was good enough to become a GM in 6 months ...

Srinath Narayanan was captain of the Indian team that won double gold at the Chess Olympiad and most recently served as the ...

Indian chess has really come a long way and thanks to ... s chess club in Sweden – not surprising as the precocious Chennai ...

At the upcoming World Chess Championship in Singapore, there is a growing consensus that Ding Liren, the man with the crown currently on his head, will be an underdog against D Gukesh, his 18-year-old ...

Indian chess grandmasters Pravin Thipsay and Abhijit Kunte are confident that D Gukesh will defeat Ding Liren in the upcoming ...