Arjun Erigaisi stuns Anand to win Jerusalem Masters

IMAGE: Arjun Erigaisi struck in the first Blitz tie-break match by winning with the white pieces to take a decisive lead in the fixture. Photograph: Micha Walusza/FIDE Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi......

Gukesh eyes glory as World Cup returns to India after 23 years

IMAGE: 19-year-old D Gukesh last competed in Goa in 2019, finishing 10th in the Category Goa International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament despite being seeded much lower at the start.......

India's Chess Titans Eye World Cup Triumph

India hosts the event from a position of unprecedented strength with a string of titles under its belt. IMAGE: India's young stars D Gukesh, the youngest World Chess Champion at 18, and R......

World Chess: Svidler beats Shirov

Russian Peter Svidler raised his game when it mattered the most, beating Spaniard Alexei Shirov in his first pre-quarterfinal game of the World Chess Cup in Khanty Mansiysk (Russia). Svidler, who......

Vishy Anand draws with Svidler to stay third

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand missed out on some fine chances to end up with a draw against Russian Peter Svidler in the seventh round of the 10th Tal Memorial International chess......