A Harvard Economics graduate, a human "calculator," several chess "masters," and a striker who speaks nine languages will ...

PARIS, March 12 (Reuters) - Chess is getting ready to make its foray into Esports with teams recruiting top players ahead of this summer's Esports World Cup, hoping to attract new audiences as the ...

Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan won the FIDE Chess World Cup today, beating China's Wei Yi in the final in the tie-breaker round. He also became the youngest champion in World Cup history and has ...

The new trophy of the FIDE Chess World Cup, being held in Panjim, was on Friday (October 31, 2025) christened as the Viswanathan Anand trophy, in honour of the five-time world champion Indian legend.

Chess has been around for a very long time and is considered one of the ultimate competitive games, pitting two people against each other in a strategic battle that is near impossible to perfect. At ...

The stage is set for the much-anticipated FIDE Chess World Cup 2025. The marquee tournament is all set to begin on October 31 and will run until November 27. The competition comes to India and will be ...

World champion D Gukesh bowed out of the Chess World Cup, losing the third-round match to Frederik Svane of Germany, while Arjun Erigaisi and R Praggnanandhaa made it to the last-32 stage, in Panaji ...

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on May 28, 2026.

Magnus Carlsen defeated Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in a tiebreak to become Chess World Cup champion on Thursday. After the two had drawn the opening two games of the final, Carlsen won the first of two ...