I keep up playing the occasional game online: it doesn't require arduous pre-game preparation, just undivided concentration ...

Thane's Shiva Pillai (current international rating 1,843) secured the third position after holding International Master Aditya Udesh (current international rating 2,357) to a draw in the last round of ...

GM Gukesh Dommaraju has climbed to world number three in the latest FIDE rankings after an impressive performance at the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2025. GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu reentered the ...

Aarini Lahoty, a five-year-old chess prodigy from Delhi, has achieved a remarkable feat by earning FIDE ratings in classical, rapid, and blitz chess formats. She is the youngest girl globally to ...

He will only be classified as a one-time visitor for now, but Arjun Erigaisi briefly entered a club so exclusive in chess that it has fewer members than world champions. The top-ranked Indian touched ...

Candidates Chess Tournament 2026: The Candidates Tournament is widely regarded as the toughest event – fourteen rounds, no ...

An All India FIDE Rating Chess Tournament will be organised in Mumbai at the SMCA Chess School from October 11-16. (More Sports News) The tournament will feature around 220 players and will have a ...

Anish Sarkar can reach the chess board in a tournament only when he sits on top of four piled-up chairs. He is still in his “diapers” but the three-year-eight-month-old boy has a Fide rating of 1555.

Born on January 26, 2021 in Kolkata, 3-year-old Anish Sarkar has established himself as the youngest rated chess player in history, securing an initial FIDE rating of 1555. The youngster made his ...

Everything you need to know about the Candidates Tournament 2026.