3+ hour, 51+ min ago   (246+ words) (Grand Chess Tour) The first Blitz game saw many nervy moments for Praggnanandhaa, but the defending champion failed to capitalise, and the game ended in a draw, however, Caruana bounced back to win the second Blitz game to make in…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (312+ words) It was field day for Indian chess as star duo from Assam Mayank Chakraborty and Pratitee Bordoloi secured the top titles in the open and girls’ categories at the Under-20 Asian Junior Chess Championship. The continental tournament concluded in Mumbai…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (221+ words) Vandan Alankar Sawai defeated Magnus Carlsen in an online Blitz game (Credit: X) In a five-minute blitz game with the white pieces, Vandan, a Candidate Master (CM) with a normal FIDE rating of 2288, took on Carlsen in the Centre Attack of the…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (352+ words) R Praggnanandhaa has reached the Grand Chess Tour 2026 final. (Credit: FIDE) Indian chess star R Praggnanandhaa has officially booked his place in the highly anticipated Grand Chess Tour 2026 final. On August 24 (Monday), he put on a masterclass performance against Germany’s…...

4+ day, 43+ min ago   (253+ words) R Praggnanandhaa keeps his Grand Chess Tour Finals hopes alive. Keymer managed to continue despite the fact that both players were running out of time. However, it was during the second time control that Pragg showed little mercy and was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (120+ words) Times Now R Praggnanandhaa has moved to the 2nd spot of the Sinquefield Cup. Meanwhile, at the Cairns Cup 2026 being held simultaneously in the same venue, the Indian women's contingent faced a challenging slate of games. Divya Deshmukh and veteran Koneru…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (267+ words) Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa pulled off a stunning win over World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov in a second-round match of the Sinquefield Cup. The win was his first in the tournament, the penultimate event of the Grand Chess Tour. Sindarov…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (717+ words) Jan Henric Buettner wants to run FIDE, and he wants it understood that he doesn't have any other affiliations. The FIDE elections will be held in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) in September, and Buettner is one of the presidential candidates. The German…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (276+ words) Bodhana Sivanandan, Shreyas Royal created history |Courtesy - FIDE Indian-origin youngsters Bodhana Sivanandan and Shreyas Royal created history on Sunday (August 9) after winning the Women's and Open events in the 2026 British Chess Championship, which took place at Coventry's The University of…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (66+ words) Times Now R Praggnanandhaa won a prize money of $50,000 along with the title. Runner-up Javokhir Sindarov won a prize money of $40,000 while third-placed Wesley So pocketed a prize money of $30,000. Praggnanandhaa won three, drew five and lost one game in…...