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 governing body was set up in 1924. On its face,…
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 Deputy President alongside Timur Turlov, who is running for the…
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 Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi to a draw in the final…
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 ban by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) after its Ethics…
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 Bordoloi created history for India in Montesilvano, Italy. Competing at…
‘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) NEW DELHI: Earning an official FIDE (the primary governing body…