It was a special moment for the reigning world championship as he ended a 304-day wait for a classical game of chess, beginning his title defence in style against the young Indian. In the lead-up ...

in the 2023 Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Ding faced off against Gukesh again, this time employing the Nimzo-Indian Defense with the black pieces. The Nimzo-Indian is a highly regarded defense for ...

India's Pranav Venkatesh clinched ... for Venkatesh to secure the championship. Playing with black pieces, Levrencic chose the Sicilian defence, but the game took an unexpected turn when Venkatesh ...

The Indian scored a total of seven victories and four draws to end up on nine points out of a possible 11 and when the final round pairings were announced it was clear that a draw would be enough for ...