In a stunning display of skill and composure, Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi triumphed at the 2024 WR Chess Masters, securing a 20,000 Euro prize after defeating France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

At the 2024 Chess Olympiad in Hungary, chess legend Susan Polgar met Nagalakshmi, the mother of Indian chess sensations Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali.

India's men's and women's chess teams scripted history on September 22 by winning their maiden gold medals at the 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad in Hungary, a momentous feat that has ignited pride across

With their faces less than a foot away, the top seed and his challenger introduce themselves across the table. It’s the National Open Chess Tournament for the Blind and Srikrishna Udupa is one of the favourites. Udupa is expected to get through without trouble against Ajay Kumar of Kerala, but the two make small talk as they await the signal to start.

“What do you do?” asks Ajay, to which Udupa replies: “I’m a chess coach. I used to coach for free, but I ran into some financial trouble, so I had to do this full time.”

Viswanathan Anand may have scored a facile win over Vladimir Kramnik to claim the world championship in 2008 but his next opponent for the title is likely to pose a more serious threat to the Indian Grandmaster. On current form alone, the Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov will be a tougher nut to crack than Kramnik. Topalov has earned the right to challenge Anand for the world championship title after beating Gata Kamsky of USA in a thrilling eight-game match by a 4.5-2.5 scoreline.

Dubai  - Linares - one of the most-renowned tournaments in world chess - is surrendering to the power of an Arab businessman, who is set to bring the best players to the desert in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 2010.

"We pay the expenses of players and the prizes, I think around 2 million euros (some 2.5 million dollars)," Sulaiman Al Fahim told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa in an interview in Dubai.

"From 2010, the tournament will be held in Spain and the UAE," he said.