The 12 members of the Freestyle Chess Players Club (FCPC) have decided against using term ‘world champion for the winner of ...

D Gukesh has climbed to third position in the live Elo chess ratings, and is behind Hakaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen.

The Warangal GM transformed his steady rise of 2023 into a disruptive breakthrough in 2024, gaining over 60 Elo points to ... a triumph at the WR Chess Masters Cup in London, outplaying an elite field ...

He currently has an ELo rating of ... part of the Tata Steel Chess 2025 after missing the tournament last year as well. World No.3 Hikaru Nakamura, who has not played at Wijk aan Zee in over a decade, ...

Gukesh secured eighth place with 3.5 points. Alireza Firouzja and Javokhir Sindarov topped the table, followed by Fabiano Caruana. The event features a USD 750,000 prize pool. Playing with white ...

Carlsen, the world’s highest-rated chess player since 2010, will take a seat in Weissenhaus, Germany, to compete in freestyle ...

However, this was enough for him to secure eighth place in the ten-player format, which could be described as one of the strongest chess events ... Iranian-turned-French Grandmaster Alireza Firouzja ...

This is not just a testament to their individual brilliance but also a reflection of how far Indian chess has come as a collective force," Sreekar Channapragada, an avid chess follower and co ...