This game looked under control — until one move changed absolutely everything. A winning position suddenly turned unstable, the evaluation flipped, and the entire game unraveled almost instantly. It’s ...

Nithin Vaithlingam is a patient chess player in that he likes to let his opponent make the first move at a weekly gathering ...

The Uzbek grandmaster has scored 3.5/4, including an impressive victory against the world No 3 and Candidates favourite, Fabiano Caruana ...

The chess program Stockfish can crush Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, who is largely considered the greatest ...

Vaishali’s brother Praggnanandhaa though failed to close out a win and drew against Wei Yi in the Open section ...

Javokhir Sindarov is already the clear favourite to win the 2026 Candidates in Cyprus and to challenge India’s Gukesh ...

Praggnanandhaa played out an uneventful draw, while Divya was in trouble right off the opening.

India’s R Praggnanandhaa make a winning start by beating Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri in a thrilling opening game. Divya ...

Praggnanandhaa delivered a quality game to dismantle Anish Giri's position methodically, in a performance that laid down an ...

The world No 3 is backed to become the challenger to Gukesh Dommaraju but lost twice this week, to Wesley So and Levon Aronian ...

Round one of the FIDE Candidates 2026, which will determine the challenger for the World Championship, saw Grandmaster R ...