July’s FIDE rating list has brought a wave of excitement to Indian chess fans, as 19-year-old GM R Praggnanandhaa surged into ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has maintained his position as the world's top-ranked player ...

R Praggnanandhaa has won three major titles so far this year, including the prestigious Tata Steel Chess in February, and is ...

Meanwhile, in the women’s FIDE world rankings, only one Indian is placed in the top 10. India’s first female GM, Koneru Humpy, is currently World No. 7.

There is still almost a month till next official FIDE rating list on September 1, but it's highly likely that 17-year-old will be making it to top 10 in the world as the highest-rated Indian ...

New Delhi: Continuing his rapid rise, world champion D Gukesh dethroned compatriot Arjun Erigiasi to become the highest-ranked Indian chess player, at fourth, in the latest FIDE rankings on ...

In 2011 at the age of 19, the Swedish grandmaster became the youngest person to ever top the International Chess Federation (FIDE) world rankings—a position he’s occupied ever since.

The 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship offers a lucrative prize pool of $2.5 million (approximately Rs 20.8 crore). Each victory in a classical game is rewarded with $200,000 (around Rs 1.67 crore).

D Gukesh posted a win over home favourite Misratdin Iskandarov in a second round match of the World Cup at Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday and overtook senior compatriot Viswanathan Anand in the live ...