In April this year, Gukesh scripted history by winning the Candidates Chess Tournament to become the youngest ever challenger to the world title. He won it after drawing his final-round game against America’s Hikaru Nakamura. This is also the first time in 138 years that two Asian players will compete for the coveted title, which has evaded India since 2013, when Viswanathan Anand lost to Magnus Carlsen.
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India men and women win maiden Chess Olympiad gold medals
Apart from the two gold medals, the Indian players won more yellow metals for individual performances on their respective boards.
Grandmasters Ding Liren, Gukesh to head to Singapore for World Chess Championship
Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren and his Indian counterpart Dommaraju Gukesh will lock horns in Singapore for the coveted World Chess Championship. The city-state won the rights to host the important game, beating Indian cities Chennai and national capital New Delhi, on July 1. The World Chess Championship game will take place between November 20 and […]
Indian GM Praggnanandhaa scores his first win over GM Magnus Carlsen in classical chess
Classical chess, also known as slow chess, allows players a significant amount of time to make their moves. Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa had drawn their previous three encounters in this format.
Singapore gets its 5th GM as Indian-origin teen Siddharth Jagadeesh wins in Sharjah Masters
Siddharth Jagadeesh started playing chess at the age of eight years. He moved to Singapore when he was four or five years old.
Singapore: Chess coach Murali Krishna Chitrada fusing AI with tradition to enhance players’ game
A Chess coach in Singapore is integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) with traditional methods to make his teaching more robust. Murali Krishna Chitrada, the founder of Learn Chess Academy aims to prepare his students for an uncertain future, through his unusual teaching methods. The academy recently held a competition on May 1. Apart from over 50 […]
Chess Candidates 2024: Indian GM Dommaraju Gukesh becomes youngest ever to compete at World Chess Championship
After the draw, Gukesh had to wait for the results from the other board where Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana traded moves, ultimately agreeing to a draw.
