A day after FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky wrote a long post accusing the organisers of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour of trying to split the world of chess, the brains and financial muscle behind the ...

The country could preserve these traditions as chess remains to be a crucially popular sport for now. To popularise this original game, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, who is also the chairman of ...

Right here. From football and golf to formula one and tennis, every sport has its fair share of idols, whose existence inspires appreciation and admiration from fans the world over. In the realm of ...

ESPN India brings you the daily Indian sports blog, where will cover all the ... Here are all the updates from January 29, 2025. Chess: Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee continues ...

When D. Gukesh goes to defend his world chess champion’s tag in two years’ time, there could well be another Indian standing in his way as the challenger. Arjun Erigaisi, now world number four and ...

Tata Steel Chess 2025: World Champion D. Gukesh escaped from a worse position to hold Grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov to a draw after 64 moves in a Round 6 match that lasted nearly six hours on ...

Recently crowned World Chess Champion D Gukesh has reclaimed the India No. 1 position. Gukesh edged Arjun Erigaisi to become India's top-ranked player in the FIDE live ratings following the completion ...

Continuing his rapid rise, world champion D Gukesh dethroned compatriot Arjun Erigiasi to become the highest-ranked Indian chess player, at fourth, in the latest FIDE rankings on Thursday.

World champion D Gukesh came up with a technically masterful effort to beat Vincent Keymer of Germany and take his tally to 3.5 points after the end of the fifth round of the Tata Steel Chess ...

World champion D. Gukesh delivered a technically brilliant performance to defeat Germany’s Vincent Keymer, taking his score to 3.5 points at the end of the fifth round of the Tata Steel Chess ...