Sunday, July 13, 2025

Topic: Chess

India’s Gukesh D makes history as youngest world chess champion

India’s Gukesh Dommaraju, 18-year-old, has defeated the reigning champion, China’s Ding Liren, to become the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion.

Indian men and women win maiden Chess Olympiad gold medals

India’s chess team made history by clinching its first-ever gold medal in the prestigious Chess Olympiad, held in Budapest, Hungary on Sunday.

India’s 17-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju scripts history, becomes youngest World Chess Championship contender

India’s Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the youngest player to win the Chess Candidates tournament in Toronto, Canada.

Chess World Cup 2023 Final: Praggnanandhaa vs Magnus Carlsen game 1 ends in draw

The first game of the FIDE World Cup final between India’s Praggnanandhaa and World No 1 Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw after 35 moves.

Indian teenager beats world Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen

Teenage Grandmaster from India R Praggnanandhaa upset world champion Magnus Carlsen in an online rapid chess competition at the eighth round of the ongoing...

Mauritanian chess player refuses to play against Israel in Junior World Cup

A 14-year-old Mauritanian chess player has pulled out of the Junior World Cup because the draw set him up to face an Israeli player....