FIDE Bans Chinese Chess Player For Sandbagging

'Sandbagging' means a player deliberately losing his games, along with it his rating points, so as to play in a lower rated player tournaments and win cash prizes. IMAGE: Li Haoyu's rating dropped......

World Chess title in Chennai? Vishy Anand fuels big talk

IMAGE: Dommaraju Gukesh with Rameshbabu Praggnanandha. Photograph: Lennart Ootes/FIDE International Chess Federation (FIDE) vice president and Indian great Viswanathan Anand believes that this......

Youngest chess star ever? India's 3-year-old makes history

IMAGE: Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha, India’s 3-year-old chess prodigy sets a new world record. India's Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official FIDE......

Stopping cash rewards for chess players not ideal: Erigaisi

IMAGE: The sports ministry has eliminated the reward system for chess players, who were earlier receiving Rs 4 lakh for achieving a Grandmaster title and Rs 1.5 lakh for attaining an International......

FIDE launches 'ChessMom' plan to support mothers in chess

IMAGE: Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli with her daughter Hanvika. Photograph: Harika Dronavall/Instagram Mothers competing in elite chess will be able to take advantage of a new set of......