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

World champion D Gukesh made a steady start at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, adapting to the unique format amid rising ...

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

The world of chess had a rather tumultuous end to 2024 ... Uzbek prodigy Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Alireza Firouzja, Levon Aronian, and Vincent Keymer. The 10th player will be selected from the open ...

Indian president Droupadi Murmu honoured D Gukesh, the youngest world chess champion, with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. At 18, Chennai-born Gukesh stunned everyone and won the World ...

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, Round 2, Arjun Erigaisi vs Anish Giri, Vladimir Fedoseev vs Gukesh D, Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Leon Luke Mendonca, Pentala Harikrishna vs Praggnanandhaa R: Gukesh is ...

The absentees are Magnus Carlsen, Norway’s world No 1, who has semi-retired from classical chess due to his dislike ... his career as a streamer; and Alireza Firouzja, France’s world No ...

This is the first tournament of India’s D Gukesh as world champion. The Tata Steel Chess 2025 is set to captivate chess enthusiasts worldwide from January 18 to February 2. As one of the most ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...