Chess on celluloid  adds to the national imagination

Just days before Sachin: A Billion Dreams was all set to hit movie screens around the…

System transparency will draw sponsors to Rs 65-cr plan: AICF prez Narang

Indian chess remains a newsmaker. Close on the heels of D Gukesh’s historic triumph at the…

Gukesh-Ding to clash in USA before world championship final

If things go as scheduled, D Gukesh will lock horns with Ding Liren before their World…

AICF governing body to discuss 5-year action plan on May 4; extends support to D Gukesh for World Championship match

The All India Chess Federation (AICF) is keen to ride the momentum created by the success…

Shades of Kramnik in Gukesh’s unusual variations: Sasikiran

D Gukesh’s triumph at the Candidates meet and some consistently strong displays by a band of…

We were all hugging and smiling and it was beautiful: Gukesh reflects on his historic Candidates triumph

Seventeen-year-old D Gukesh has left an unforgettable mark on the world of chess with his historic…

We are witnessing something extraordinary: Judit Polgar on D Gukesh

As woman FIDE master and renowned chess photographer, Maria Emelianova has said, at 17 years of…

Coach credits second for Gukesh’s bravery with black

Ability to soak pressure, solid performances with black pieces and finding opening novelties to catch the…

‘The loss fired me up more’ – D Gukesh on how defeat to Firouzja spurred him to Candidates glory

Maria Emilianova and Boria Majumdar At an age when most teenagers are struggling with high-school trigonometry…

Gukesh’s triumph comes like a whiff of fresh air

From one chess champion to another, V.Anand to D.Gukesh, the chess romance for those who love…