Chess News

All India Chess Federation announces Indian league in June 2022

The Indian Chess League will be a six-team event and will feature two Super GMs, two Indian GMs, two Women GMs, one Indian Junior Boy and one Indian Junior Girl in each franchise, the AICF said

FIDE Grand Swiss: Dronavalli Harika draws with Germany's Elisabeth Paehtz, slips to joint third spot

China's Lei Tingjie confirmed her first place in the inaugural Women's Grand Swiss following a draw with the top-seed Mariya Muzychuk

Chess World Cup: Vidit Gujrathi tames Azerbaijan's Vasif Durarbayli with impressive display to enter quarter-finals

The 26-year old Grandmaster came up with an impressive display to tame his lower-rated Azerbaijan opponent, winning in 38 moves in his fifth round encounter.

India's women win gold, men settle for silver at Asian online team chess event

India had won the gold in the FIDE Online Olympiad in August and the victory by the women's team sans top players such as Koneru Humpy and D Harika is another boost to the game in the country.

Gibraltar Chess: China's Wang Hao ends Praggnanandhaa's five-match winning streak

R Praggnanandhaa's five-match winning spree came to halt after the teenager went down to China's Wang Hao in the seventh round at the 18th Gibraltar Chess festival.

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018: India draw against Russia in Open category, women share honours with USA

India secured draws against favourites Russia and USA in the Open and Women's categories in Round 6 of Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018.

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018: Viswanathan Anand goes down to Fabiano Caruana as top-seeds USA beat India in Open category; women trump Poland 3-1

Anand's shock defeat to Caruana proved costly to India as they dropped to 14th place on the leaderboard. Women, however, cruised to a 3-1 win over Poland.

Batumi Chess Olympiad 2018: Viswanathan Anand to lead India's quest for elusive gold in biennial event

With the inclusion of Anand, this will be the strongest Indian team to participate in any chess Olympiad thus far.

Reykjavik Open 2018: Adhiban Baskaran, Richard Rapport win; Nihal Sarin draws in Round 7

Another Indian GM who inched closer to the top of the leaderboard was Vaibhav Suri. Playing from the white side of a King’s Indian Defence, Suri drew against Gabriel Bick.

Reykjavik Open Chess: India's Adhiban Baskaran held to draw by compatriot Soham Das in Round 1

Das defended tenaciously and did not allow Adhiban any opportunity of scraping out a win.