Magnus Carlsen’s former main second has questioned D Gukesh’s ability to defend his chess world title in 2026. Jon Ludvig ...

Ju Wenjun has secured her fifth FIDE Women’s World ... The championship began April 3 in Shanghai and carried a prize pool of €500,000 ($540,000). Ju now turns her attention to Norway Chess ...

The 34-year-old Chinese GM became only the fourth player in history to win the Women’s World Chess Championship five times ...

Magnus Carlsen hated homework and blossomed when he no longer had to go to school. Today, he plays chess according to a new set of rules and is engaged in an ongoing battle with the World Chess ...

R Vaishali secured her first win at the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Pune on Friday as she defeated IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul.

KOCHI: Ten years ago, a boy from Kerala made headlines as a chess prodigy. Nihal Sarin had won the under-10 title in the ...

MINSK, 18 April (BelTA) – Belarusian chess players won five (3, 1, 1) medals at the FIDE World Cadet & Youth Rapid & Blitz Championship 2025 in Rhodes, Greece, BelTA learned from the press ...

Experience prevailed over youth as India's Koneru Humpy defeated compatriot Divya Deshmukh while China's Zhu Jiner emerged as ...

Experience prevailed over youth as India's Koneru Humpy defeated compatriot Divya Deshmukh and China's Zhu Jiner emerged the ...

Bulgarian chess prodigy Ivan Kukushkin has made a bold statement after securing his second victory in as many games against ...

Koneru Humpy beat compatriot Divya Deshmukh as Zhu Jiner has the sole lead after third round at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix.

Ju Wenjun remains the women’s chess champion of the world after defeating compatriot Tan Zhongyi in just nine games of the FIDE Women’s World Championship to retain the crown. In the contest, Tan had ...