Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand believes the country has already become a ‘chess superpower,’ drawing comparisons with ...

For a brief period, Pentala Harikrishna and later Vidit kept India relevant in ... in the top 10 spots in the FIDE rating list for March 2025. There are nine more Indians in the Top 100 in the open ...

They return home and the kid asks his father for a chess set. He can’t find the fancy chess board and buys a normal one instead. The kid is hooked to the game. The six-year-old ...

(Twitter (FIDE/Mitar Djukanovic)/PTI ... Meanwhile, the other Indians to have won it are Pentala Harikrishna in 2004 ad Abhijeet Gupta in 2008. Venkatesh started playing chess when he was six ...

Story continues below this ad Between Anand and Pranav, there were Koneru Humpy (world junior girls champion in 2001), Pentala Harikrishna (2004), Abhijeet Gupta (2008), Harika Dronavalli (world ...

18-year-old Indian Grandmaster Pranav Venkatesh dominated the FIDE World Junior Championship 2025 to claim the title in Montenegro last night. Pranav becomes the fourth Indian to win the World Junior ...

(FIDE/FLICKR) The Under-20 event had nearly ... Much like reigning world champion Gukesh D. Pentala Harikrishna and Abhijeet Gupta are the other former world junior champions from India.

Pranav Venkatesh's triumph comes just months after Dommaraju Gukesh made history by becoming only the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to win the FIDE World Championship ... Viswanathan Anand ...

as well as senior Grandmasters Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna and non-playing captain Srinath Narayanan. The Indian contingent celebrates after winning two gold medals at the 45th Chess ...

All the members of the FIDE federations are invited to participate in the World Junior U20 Chess Championship 2025. Each national federation is invited to register one player born on or after ...

A dramatic final day of the Tata Steel Chess Masters saw R Praggnanandha win the title in sudden death, defeating world champion D Gukesh. The two Indians had a joint lead going into Round 13, but ...