In a rare double unlikely to be replicated, the new world chess champion is an 18-year-old grandmaster from the Indian city ...

In that single sequence, centuries of quiet Indian pride ... taking his place in chess history as the 18th world champion overall, and the youngest ever. From a boy who once memorised the geometry ...

One more added, "Lol, that’s how South Indian boys feel shy standing between two girls." Another remarked, "He’s never seen two queens except in chess… flabbergasted!" One more user ...

The academy's boys and girls are now enjoying celebrity ... Dommaraju is only the second Indian chess player to become world champion, following Viswanathan Anand, India's first grandmaster ...

Aravindh Chithambaram, the rising star of Indian chess, impresses with Prague Masters win and newfound confidence.

His country watching on to see just the second Indian player crowned world chess champion. "Gukesh will become the world champion - cheers" In a statement on social media platform X, India's Prime ...

Aravindh Chithambaram, the rising star of Indian chess, impresses with Prague Masters win and unique playing style.

Pranav Venkatesh's World Junior Chess Championship victory win sent social media into a state of frenzy as fans rushed to ...

Kolkata: He is the chess world champion at 18 but D Gukesh says there is a lot left to achieve before comparisons with former ...

The young boy was captivated by the calculated ... Gukesh, from the city of Chennai on the Indian south coast, a hotbed for chess talent, won the eight-player 2024 Candidates tournament in Toronto ...

Indian chess icon and five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand has played a mentor's role in Gukesh's journey and hailed the teenager as his successor. "Gukesh is a very level-headed boy," the ...