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October 6, 2025 Divyaditya Singh

Degradation of modern chess: Vladimir Kramnik slams Hikaru Nakamura for tossing D Gukesh’s king into crowd

After his aggressive celebration, there have been several reaction on the social media from some popular names in the chess fraternity.

October 5, 2025 Divyaditya Singh

WATCH: Hikaru throws Gukesh’s king into crowd after USA’s dominant 5-0 win

In the decider, it was a minute bullet crash with a second extra where the American outclassed the Indian grandmaster.

October 1, 2025 Siddharth Sharma

10-year-old prodigy Sharvaanica AS becomes U-10 girls chess champion at FIDE World Cadets 2025

Sharvaanica’s compatriots Kiyana Parihar and Sabartho Mani won two bronze medals in the tournament.

September 16, 2025 Rounak Tewari

R Vaishali defends her FIDE Grand Swiss title successfully; advances to Candidates tournament

India will now have three players in the women’s segment of The Candidates Tournament, besides World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy.

August 23, 2025 Siddharth Sharma

Garry Kasparov apologises for calling world champion D Gukesh not a strong player

The Russian Grandmaster contrasted D Gukesh’s title win with other world champions, which brought him sharp criticism.

August 12, 2025 Rounak Tewari

Who is Bodhana Sivanandan? 10-year-old Chess prodigy who defeated a grandmaster

Bodhana Sivanandan journey in chess kicked off in 2020, when she started playing the game. In December 2023, she pulled off silver medals in both the rapid and blitz European under-8 girls.

August 6, 2025 Rounak Tewari

WATCH: Fire breaks out at Hyatt Regency ahead of Chennai Grand Masters 2025; tournament suspended by one-day

Seeing this, the tournament has been rescheduled to commence from August 7.

ESPORTS

Magnus Carlsen wins Chess Esports World Cup 2025: Prize pool distribution, India’s rank, and more

Magnus Carlsen defeated the Team Falcon’s Alireza Firouzja by 2:0. The match was a best-of-10 series, where Carlsen won both sets with a score of 3-1 each.

August 2, 2025 Aditya Parsutkar

SOCIAL MEDIA

Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh hold firm as FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 Semifinals open with tense draws

The first games of the semifinals on July 22 ended in draws, Indian chess stars GM Koneru Humpy and IM Divya Deshmukh made a solid start in the semifinals.

July 23, 2025 SportsTiger Staff

July 22, 2025 Rounak Tewari

WATCH: Divya Deshmukh overwhelmed after advancing to FIDE Women’s World Cup semifinals

Divya Deshmukh will square off against Tingjei’s countrywoman Tan Zhongyi in the top four of the tournament.

July 19, 2025 SportsTiger Staff

FIDE World Women’s Chess Cup 2025: All four Indians qualify for quarter-finals; Harika Dronavalli to face Divya Deshmukh

Koneru Humpu and R Vaishali will face their Chinese counterparts in the top eight clash.

July 14, 2025 SportsTiger Staff

FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025: Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh advance to Round 4; Vantika, Harika and Vaishali to play tie-breaks

Indian players Vantika Agrawal, R Vaishali and D Harika are also staking their claims to the top 16 and will play a tie-break on Monday.

July 12, 2025 SportsTiger Staff

Vantika Agrawal knocks out Anna Ushenina in Round 2 of FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025

Her compatriots Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, R Vaishali also qualified for third round.

July 12, 2025 SportsTiger Staff

Harikrishnan A Ra becomes India’s 87th Grandmaster at La Plagne Master in France

On the path to his final GM-norm, he scored an unbeaten 7/9, performed at 2610, and drew against Ukraine’s GM Yuri Solodovnichenko, GM Alberto David from Italy and Indian GM Iniyan Pa.

July 9, 2025 Rounak Tewari

2025 FIDE Women’s World Cup: India’s Padmini Rout, Nandhidhaa PV, Vantika Agrawal qualify for second round

Kiran Mohanty is the only Indian player who crashed out of the tournament. Mohanty, who lost her opening match, settled for a stalemate against China’s Song Yuxin.

ESPORTS

Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa joins Team Liquid ahead of Esports World Cup 2025

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa joins Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana in the Team Liquid Chess lineup.

June 28, 2025 Aditya Parsutkar

June 25, 2025 Rounak Tewari

9-year-old Chess prodigy Aarit Kapil gives tough competition to Magnus Carlsen, comes close to beating legend

When Carlsen took on India’s Under-9 national champion, he saw himself under pressure. The young kid took Carlsen on the verge of defeat.

May 21, 2025 Arjun Sharma

Magnus Carlsen held to draw by 143,000 players in largest online chess game ever

There were 100,000 players, who started the largest online chess game ever against Magnus Carlsen, but at the end of it, the number soared to 143,000 after six weeks of action.

May 13, 2025 Rounak Tewari

Magnus Carlsen expecting his first child with wife Ella Victoria Malone

Carlsen took to Instagram and posted a picture of his wife, displaying the baby bump.

May 13, 2025 Rounak Tewari

China’s Zhu Jiner and Tan Zhongyi put up dominating show in Grosslobming at WGP Austria Round 6

India’s Vaishali defeated Belarus’ Olga Bedelka in the Four Knights Game.

May 10, 2025 Arjun Sharma

R Praggnanandhaa takes joint-lead at Superbet Chess Classic Romania after three rounds

During his intense battle, which lasted for 61 moves, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa wasn’t expecting a Grunfeld Defense from Nodirbek Abdusattorov, but he managed to figure out the situation on the board.

BGMI

Esports to make its mark at Khelo India Youth Games 2025 with BGMI, Street Fighter 6, Chess, and eFootball

KIYG 2025 will host its esports competitions from May 6 to 7 at the Patliputra Sports Complex.

May 5, 2025 Aditya Parsutkar

April 16, 2025 Rounak Tewari

Ju Wenjun retains FIDE’s Women World Championship title; beats compatriot Tan Zhongyi

With her latest achievement, Wenjun has become the fourth woman in chess history to bag the FIDE World Championship title on five occasions.

March 29, 2025 Rounak Tewari

Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin wins Tashkent Open

Nihal required a draw in the final round to pull off the title after beating Singapore’s Tin Jingyao in the penultimate round to take the solo lead in the tournament.

March 25, 2025 Rounak Tewari

Harika Dronavalli bags podium finish in Nicosia Women’s Grand Prix

Harika finished as second runners-up after securing a stalemate with Ukraine’s Anna Muzychuk, who emerged as the winner of the competition after the final round of the tournament.

March 3, 2025 SportsTiger Staff

Prague Chess Masters 2025: R Praggnanandhaa and Aravindh Chithambaram face off ends in draw

India’s Divya Deshmukh’s struggles continued by losing to GM Marc Maurizzi with the black pieces.

February 12, 2025 Rounak Tewari

D Gukesh settles for draw against USA’s Hikaru Nakamura in 5-8 place playoffs in Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025

The day also witnessed maestro Magnus Carlsen losing to Germany’s 20-year-old Vincent Keymer while Nodribek Abdusattorov earned a truce against France’s Alireza Firouzja.

January 28, 2025 Vaidehi Singh

WATCH: Uzbek GM Yakubboev declines handshake with India’s GM Vaishali; apologises and clarifies later

It is to be noted that the Uzbek lost the match against R Vaishali, but went on to win over the Romanian in the eighth round.

December 28, 2024 Vaidehi Singh

Magnus Carlsen disqualified from FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship for breaching dress code; fined USD 200

The Norwegian has served as the reigning World Champion since 2011 with a live rating of 2831 as of November 2024.

December 23, 2024 Arjun Sharma

Chess star Tania Sachdev lashes out at Delhi government for alleged lack of recognition

Tania Sachdev spoke about how the Delhi government needs to do better in helping their talented chess players, and appreciate them for their success.

December 16, 2024 Arjun Sharma

WATCH: D Gukesh receives grand welcome on return to India after becoming World Chess Champion

There was a specially decorated car on standy for Dommaraju Gukesh, to take him away from airport to his school in Chennai.

December 10, 2024 Divyaditya Singh

9 years old Aarit Kapil becomes youngest Indian chess player to defeat Grandmaster

Aarit Kapil has now become the third youngest player in the world and the youngest player from India to defeat a Grandmaster in chess.

December 4, 2024 Divyaditya Singh

Arjun Erigaisi set to make debut in Norway Chess 2025

Arjun Erigaisi achieved the 2800-Elo milestone after defeating Russia’s Dmitry Andreikin with the white pieces in the fifth round during the 2024 European Chess Club Cup.

November 30, 2024 SportsTiger Staff

Indian GM Nihal Sarin clinches third International President Cup 2024 in Uzbekistan

Sarin finished the competition in first place with 7.5 points after nine games.

November 3, 2024 Garima Ranawat

Kolkata’s 3-year-old Anish Sarkar becomes world’s youngest FIDE-rated chess player

A three-year-old boy from Kolkata, Anish Sarkar, scripted history as he became the youngest FIDE-rated chess player.

October 29, 2024 Divyaditya Singh

D Gukesh hires mental expert Paddy Upton ahead of World Chess Championship clash against Ding Liren

Paddy Upton has also also worked with the Indian cricket team previously and helped Men in Blue to clinch the ODI World Cup title in 2011.

August 26, 2024 Vaidehi Singh

Athletics

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August 9, 2024 Arjun Sharma

Russian chess player allegedly tries to poison her opponent during Dagestan Chess Championship; video goes viral

Amina Abakarova smeared mercury on her opponent’s pieces from a thermometer during the Dagestan Chess Championship.

July 6, 2024 Arjun Sharma

Caruana wins Chess Classic Romania in playoff after Praggnanandhaa holds Firouzja for draw

Fabiano Caruana got the better of Dommaraju Gukesh, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, and Alireza Firouzja in the playoff.

June 30, 2024 SportsTiger Staff

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June 1, 2024 Arjun Sharma

India submit two bids to host World Chess Championship 2024 match between Dommaraju Gukesh and Ding Liren

AICF has reportedly backed the bid from Delhi, accusing the Tamil Nadu government of acting unilaterally by bidding for Chennai to host the World Chess Championship 2024 match.

March 16, 2024 Arjun Sharma

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour: Players, Schedule, Format, Prize Money, and More

Magnus Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana to win the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T Challenge, and the success of the tournament led to the announcement of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour.

February 4, 2024 Arjun Sharma

Hans Niemann gets banned by Saint Louis Chess Club throughout 2024 for “inappropriate behaviour”

Hans Niemann has been no stranger to controversy during his young chess career, getting tacitly accused by the former World Champion Magnus Carlsen of cheating in games.

December 26, 2023 Arjun Sharma

Badminton

6 Indian Sporting Achievements in 2023

Some of the Indian players and teams managed to become champions in India in their respective sports during 2023.

December 26, 2023 Arjun Sharma

Indian chess players get robbed during tournament in Spain

Some of the players who lost their valuable possessions included the GM Sankalp Gupta, the IM Dushyant Sharma, the WGM Srija Seshadri, the WIM Mounika Akshaya, the WIM Arpita Mukherjee, and the woman FIDE master Vishwa Shah.

October 13, 2023 Arjun Sharma

India withdraws from Chess Championship in Egypt amid Israel-Palestine war

In a statement issued by AICF, the decision for withdrawal of the Indian team was taken, after due deliberations, in regards to the ongoing situation between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

October 7, 2023 Garima Ranawat

Asian Games 2023

Asian Games 2023 Chess: India clinch silver in men’s and women’s final

The Indian men’s team, on the other hand, won their last match of the day against Philippines to win another medal for the country.

September 25, 2023 Soham Kulkarni

Asian Games 2023

Asian Games 2023 Chess: Arjun Kumar Erigaisi and Vidit Santosh Gujarathi win third round match

The players will be back on September 26, for Rounds 5–7, with the last round scheduled for Wednesday, September 27.

September 24, 2023 Arjun Sharma

Asian Games 2023

Asian Games 2023 Chess: Indian contingent registers mixed results; Vidit loses & Humpy secures two wins

The Indian grandmaster Harika Dronavalli also won her first two matches in the women’s chess event.

September 8, 2023 Garima Ranawat

R Praggnanandhaa finishes third at Tata Steel Chess 2023; Maxime Vachier-Lagrave claims title

On his first trip to India, Maxime finished at the top with seven points, followed by second-placed Teimour Radjavov, with 5.5 points.

August 29, 2023 Soham Kulkarni

“I am willing to play Niemann” – Magnus Carlsen opens to playing Hans Niemann after settling cheating scandal

It is to be noted that following the accusations, Chess.com had secretly terminated Niemann’s account and released a study of Hans Niemann’s play.

August 21, 2023 Ojas Naidu

WATCH: Chess streamer continues playing amidst ongoing earthquake

Chinese-born Qiyu Zhou, popularly known by her Twitch name, akaNemsko was playing against Alexandra Botez, who is another popular streamer.

August 21, 2023 SportsTiger Staff

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17-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh displaces Vishwanathan Anand as India’s new No. 1

It is to be noted that Anand has been India’s No. 1 ranked player since January 1987 after he entered the Top 10 in July 1991 in the world rankings.

July 27, 2023 Ayaneel Sinha

Aditya Samant becomes 83rd Indian Grandmaster at Biel Chess Festival 2023

The player from Maharashtra becomes the third Indian to complete their GM norms at the Biel Chess Festival, following Harshit Raja in 2021 and Pranav Anand in 2022.

July 10, 2023 SportsTiger Staff

India names chess team for Asian Games 2023; Humpy, Gukesh, Gujarathi to be part of 10-member contingent

The AICF will also provide more than 6000 chess boards to each state chess association as well as funding of up to INR 7 Lakh annually.

July 8, 2023 SportsTiger Staff

Gukesh D beats former world champion Vishwanathan Anand at SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz 2023

The 2006-born player is considered one of the brightest upcoming players in not only Indian chess but across the world.

July 4, 2023 SportsTiger Staff

Who is Jesse February? – The unknown girl clicked alongside Yuzvendra Chahal

February also works as a qualified chess coach and her current World Ranking is 28650.

July 3, 2023 Arjun Sharma

CRICKET

Yuzvendra Chahal meets chess prodigy Jesse February; latter shares picture

Yuzvendra Chahal has been selected in the Indian ODI and T20I squad for the tour of West Indies, which will begin on July 27.

January 1, 2023 Abhishek Sandikar

Koustav Chatterjee becomes India’s 78th Grandmaster in MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship

Koustav won his maiden GM-norm in 2021 October at Sheikh Russel GM 2021 in Bangladesh.

September 27, 2022 Abhishek Sandikar

I believe Niemann has cheated more: Magnus Carlsen accuses Hans Niemann of cheating in recent tournaments

The Norwegian had resigned against Niemann after playing just one move on the Champions Chess Tour.

September 20, 2022 Abhishek Sandikar

WATCH: Magnus Carlsen resigns against Niemann after two moves in Julius Baer Generation Cup

He had a similar reaction earlier this month as he quit the $500,000 Sinquefield Cup after losing against Niemann.

July 22, 2022 Saurabh Ganguly

WATCH: Official anthem of 44th International Chess Olympiad composed by AR Rahman released

The anthem has been composed by AR Rahman and the video also features Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin other than the music maestro.

June 6, 2022 Aakash Srivastava

Viswanathan Anand defeats world number 1 Magnus Carlsen to secure top spot in Norway Chess tournament

The 52-year-old excelled in the game to beat top-seeded Carlsen in 50 moves.

February 21, 2022 Aakash Srivastava

Who is R Praggnanandhaa? – Second Indian chess player after V. Anand to reach final of Chess World Cup

On Monday, the Indian Grandmaster denied Carlsen a fourth straight victory with his black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation.

December 15, 2021 Rohan Gulaty

Indian Chess League set to take place in June 2022; six teams will feature in inaugural edition

Each team will have 8 members, comprising of 2 Super Grandmasters, 2 Indian GMs, 2 Women GMs and 2 Indian juniors (a boy and a girl).

October 6, 2021 Rohan Gulaty

Chess Super League: All you need to know – Dates, Squads, Team Owners, Live Streaming and Lot More

Here is everything you need to know about the inaugural edition of Chess Super league.

September 30, 2021 Rohan Gulaty

Chess Super League set to take place from October 11-17; prize pool of INR 40 lakhs announced

Ding Liren, Anish Giri, Teimour Radjabov, Muzychuk sisters, Koneru Humpy and Vidit Gujrathi are some of the big names who have confirmed their participation.

July 1, 2021 Saurabh Ganguly

Indian-origin boy Abhimanyu Mishra becomes youngest-ever chess Grandmaster

Notably, Abhimanyu Mishra had earlier broken another record that of India’s R Praggnanandhaa to emerge as the youngest international master.