Anand crushes Karjakin in first round

Viswanathan Anand cruised to a brilliant victory against world's youngest ever Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in the first round of the Corus Super Grandmasters chess tournament in Wijk Aan......

Anand to meet Karjakin in Corus opener

World champion Viswanathan Anand will start his campaign with black pieces against defending champion Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in the first round of the Corus Chess tournament. The......

Abhimanyu Mishra, The Teen Who Shocked World Champ Gukesh

IMAGE: Abhimanyu Mishra is the youngest-ever player in the history of chess to beat a reigning World Champion in the classical format. All Photographs: Michal Walusza/FIDE   Grandmaster Abhimanyu......

Sports Shorts: Chess player banned over pro-Russia comments

IMAGE: Sergey Karjakin, who was born in Crimea and represented Ukraine until 2009, said: 'An expected, but no less shameful decision by FIDE. All sports selections have been trampled, the basic......

Harikrishna maintains fifth spot

World Junior Champion P Harikrishna survived some anxious moments before drawing with world's youngest ever Grandmaster Sergey Karjakin of Ukraine in the sixth round of the category-16 Dos Hermanas......