Checkmate! Magnus Carlsen is in contention for the greatest chess player ever, and now he's won the heart of his new bride, ...

The Russian opposition is an odd bunch. While not supporting Russia's brutal all-out war against Ukraine and its people, the ...

His triumph also broke a decades-old record set by Garry Kasparov, who had been the youngest world champion at 22 in 1985. The Rise of a Chess Prodigy Born on May 29, 2006, in Chennai to a Telugu ...

The fuss around the grand master’s wearing of denim pants to a tournament is a reflection of tensions within the game.

The youngest-ever World Champion in the history of the game, Gukesh Dommaraju met with one of the leading business tycoons of ...

The history of modern AI is closely associated with chess. But the ancient game has so far been a stumbling block for the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met newly-crowned chess world champion D Gukesh and described him as a confident young player who was an emb ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (Dec 28) met World Chess Championship (WCC) winner D Gukesh after a ...

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A dispatch from the pivotal Game 11 in Singapore that helped make Gukesh Dommaraju an 18-year-old chess champion.

D Gukesh made history last week by defeating China's Ding Liren in the decisive 14th game of the FIDE World Championship ...

India's Gukesh Dommaraju has made history by becoming the youngest World Chess Champion at 18, defeating China's Ding Liren in a dramatic 14th game. It is a new era in chess as Gukesh continues ...