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Divith Reddy Becomes U-8 Cadet World Chess Champion

Eight-year-old Divith Reddy from Hyderabad recently achieved a remarkable feat. He won the Under-8 World Cadets Chess Championship. His victory took place on a Tuesday, marking a proud...

November 28, 2024

Young Chess Prodigy Makes History at Three

Anish Sarkar, a three-year-old from Kolkata, has recently gained international attention. He has become the youngest chess player ever ranked by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). This milestone...

November 11, 2024

India’s Pranesh M Becomes Youngest Grandmaster at 16

India has gained its 79th Grandmaster with the title being awarded to 16-year-old Pranesh M from Tamil Nadu. Pranesh achieved the required 2500 ELO rating and won the...

January 6, 2023

Chess: Victory of Praggnanandhaa over Magnus Carlsen

India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has defeated the reigning world champion Norway’s Magnus Carlsen. He did so using black pieces and took 39 moves to checkmate Carlsen. This win came...

February 23, 2022

World Chess Day celebrated on July 20

Annually, on 20th July International Chess Day is celebrated. This day also marks the date of establishment of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Paris in the year...

July 21, 2021

Chess Legend Viswanathan Anand named ambassador of WWF India

On April 17, 2020, the Chess legend Viswanathan Anand was named the ambassador of World Wide Fund India. He has joined the organization for its environment education programme....

April 17, 2020

13-year-old D. Gukesh wins Cannes Open Chess Tournament

The world’s second youngest Grandmaster, India’s 13-year-old D. Gukesh has recently won the Cannes Open Chess Tournament, held in Cannes, France. He defeated Harutyun Bargseghyan of France in...

February 26, 2020

Koneru Humpy wins Cairns Cup chess tournament

India’s top-rated Chess player and World Rapid chess champion- Koneru Humpy recently clinched the title at the Cairns Cup chess tournament. In the second edition of the tournament,...

February 17, 2020

Koneru Humpy won Women’s World Rapid Chess Champion

The Indian Grandmaster winner Koneru Humpy has won the Women’s World Rapid Chess Champion 2019. She defeated china’s Lei Tingjie in Moscow, Russia. World Rapid Chess Championship The...

December 30, 2019

Raunak at 13, becomes India’s 65th Grand Master

Raunak Sadhwani will be the 65th Indian Grand Master (Chess) at the age of 13 years! On October 18, 2019, Sadhwani with a rating of 2479 has already...

October 19, 2019

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