'Future is here': Vishy lauds Gukesh

Photograph: Kind Courtesy Michal Walusza for FIDE/X Indian teenager D Gukesh (17) has become the youngest player ever to challenge for the World Chess Championship title. He clinched victory in......

Praggnanandhaa takes lead with five successive wins

  IMAGE: R Praggnanandhaa defeated Azerbaijani GM Teimour Radjabov in the opening round of the day, before winning convincingly against rapid champion, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France.......

The story of India's chess whizkid Praggnanandhaa!

IMAGE: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, 18, has long been seen as a possible successor to five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand and is certainly on the path to be a chess great. Photograph: Stev......

Chess Legends Face Off: Anand, Carlsen headline Day 2

IMAGE: The chess league witnessed stalwarts Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen take centrestage. Photograph: Global Chess League The second day of the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League witnessed......

Carlsen wins Norway chess; Anand finishes third

IMAGE: India's Viswanathan Anand finished third with 14.5 points, behind Magnus Carlsen and Azerbaijan's Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Photograph: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Former World champion......