Israel forfeits Chess Olympiad matches against Netherlands, Bulgaria; here’s why | Chess News
Grandmaster Anish Giri during the Global Chess League 2026, in Bengaluru. (PTI Photo) Israel’s men and women teams forfeited their…
‘We are extremely angry’: Israel chess chief blasts FIDE for not honouring ‘commitments’ after Chess Olympiad forfeits | Exclusive | Chess News
Evgenii Romanov of Israel, Petar Arnaudov of Bulgaria, Nurgyul Salimova of Bulgaria (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz for FIDE) NEW DELHI:…
Olympiad mess! Indian chess players get rooms after AICF intervention in Samarkand | Chess News
The Indian team arrived in Uzbekistan on Tuesday (Photo Credit: ChessBase India) NEW DELHI: India’s chess contingent has finally secured…
The Stateless Kings: How Chess preserves an ideal in a fractured world | Chess News
FIDE’s official motto, Gens una sumus (we are one family), was adopted in 1952, almost three decades after the chess…
Chess legend Viswanathan Anand makes U-turn, rejoins FIDE election race | Chess News
Viswanathan Anand (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak) Viswanathan Anand has reversed his earlier decision and will now contest the FIDE elections as…
Chennai Grand Masters: Alireza Firouzja wins title as world champion Gukesh suffers shock last-place finish | Chess News
NEW DELHI: French Grandmaster Alireza Firouzja was crowned champion of the fourth edition of the Chennai Grand Masters after holding…
What is next for Vladimir Kramnik after chess legend handed two-year ban by FIDE?
Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP) Former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik has been handed a two-year…
Born exactly 50 years after Garry Kasparov! How 13-year-old Maths Olympiad genius Pratitee Bordoloi became India’s lone medallist at World Youth Chess
Pratitee Bordoloi becomes India’s lone medallist at World Youth Chess NEW DELHI: Last week, 13-year-old Woman FIDE Master (WFM) Pratitee…
‘Unnecessary move’ or ‘good initiative’? What Indian chess GMs are saying on FIDE’s latest ‘experiment’
India’s top Grandmasters Pravin Thipsay, SL Narayanan, Abhimanyu Puranik, Srinath Narayanan, SP Sethuraman, and Shyam Sundar M (Designed by TimesofIndia.com)…