Topic: Chess
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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... 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,...
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...
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...Viswanathan Anand writes book “Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life”
The book titled “Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life” has been authored by Indian Chess legend Viswanathan Anand. Through the book, Anand revisits his greatest games...
