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22 Apr 2024

Who Is D Gukesh? Youngest-Ever Contender At World Chess Championship Final

Gukesh's trainer Vishnu avoided playing against chess engines from early days, taking a unique route in training methods. He says it was a risky decision but something which has paid off dividends.

22 Aug 2023

DNA: Praggnanandhaa just 1 step away from creating history, not age..sports spirit matters here

Swami Dayanand Saraswati has said that “Give your best to the world and the best will come back to you… Following this path, India's Grand Master R Pragyanananda has registered his name in history. Praggnanandhaa has made it to the finals of the Fide Chess World Cup 2023...and has become the first Indian after Viswanathan Anand to do so...

Global Chess League

22 Jun 2023

Global Chess League: Teams, Format, LIVE Streaming; All You Need To Know

The Global Chess League is a franchise-based chess tournament which will starts on Thursday (June 22). There was an opening ceremony also held on June 21. This Chess league has been organised on IPL style.

Viswanathan Anand

18 Jun 2022

Viswanathan Anand says THIS about Praggnanandhaa ahead of Chess Olympiad

The 44th edition of the world`s biggest chess event will be held in Mahabalipuram near Chennai from July 28 to August 10.

10 Jun 2022

Norway Chess: Magnus Carlsen takes sole lead as Anand loses to Mamedyarov

Magnus Carlsen has taken lead after beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Anand slips to third spot after loss against Mamedyarov

06 Jun 2022

Viswanathan Anand defeats world champion Magnus Carlsen again, leads standings

Viswanathan Anand had started the Classical section with three straight wins, beating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) and Hao Wang (China) before American Wesley So ended his streak in the fourth round.

31 May 2022

Viswanathan Anand beats world champion Magnus Carlsen in blitz event in Norway

Viswanathan Anand’s win over Magnus Carlsen comes close on the heels of compatriot and teen sensation R Praggnandhaa defeating the Norwegian world champion in an online blitz tournament recently.

Happy Mother's Day 2022

08 May 2022

From Tendulkar to Yuvraj, sport stars who wished their moms on Mother's Day

Many sports celebrities wished their mothers on the special occasion of Mother's Day

Viswanathan Anand

08 May 2022

Chess legend Viswanathan Anand shares heartfelt message for late mother

Anand's mother introduced him to Chess Anand shared an anecdote from his first Olympiad

Chess Olympiad 2022

05 May 2022

Gelfand joins Viswanathan Anand to guide Indian Grandmasters in Chess Olympiad

Boris Gelfand has competed in 11 Chess Olympiads Koneru Humpy believes bringing in Gelfand with Anand will be motivating for players

Chess Olympiad 2022

18 Apr 2022

Chess Olympiad 2022: 'It's a lifetime oppurtunity for youngters,' says Anand

The Olympiad was originally scheduled to be hosted by Russia between July 26 and August 8 in Moscow but was moved out following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February

Yuzvendra Chahal

12 Jun 2021

Chahal to play charity match against chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand

Yuzvendra Chahal will take on former world chess champion Viswanathan Anand in a charity match to raise funds for COVID-19.

10 Jun 2021

Checkmate COVID! Aamir Khan preps up for big face-off with Viswanathan Anand

Bollywood star Aamir Khan will be competing in a match of chess with Viswanathan Anand The tournament between the two eminent personalities will be on Sunday (June 13) The charity aims to collect donations to feed hungry communities across India

Viswanathan Anand

15 Apr 2021

Viswanathan Anand’s father passes away at 92

Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand’s father, K Viswanathan, died in Chennai on Thursday following brief illness.

Viswanathan Anand

14 Dec 2020

Vishy Anand launches academy, will personally see progress of chess players

"I am very excited to announce the launch of WestBridge Anand Chess Academy (WACA)," Anand tweeted. "Very happy to partner with WestBridge Capital in realising a long dream of mine to nurture talent in India," he said. He added, "This will be a fellowship program that will aim to take our most talented junior chess prodigies to the top ranks."

13 Dec 2020

Aanand L. Rai to direct biopic on Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand

Aanand L. Rai to direct Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand's Biopic. Film critic Taran Adarsh broke the news with a twitter post. The lead actor for the role of Viswanathan Anand has not yet been finalized.

17 Sep 2020

Indian chess team celebrates its Olympiad victory with a unique Twitter chat

On August 30, the Indian team created history by winning its first-ever gold in the 2020 Online Chess Olympiad. This was the first time International Chess Federation (FIDE) was holding the Olympiad in an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. India and Russia became the co-champions after the game was halted due to the internet outage.

Viswanathan Anand

27 Jul 2020

Viswanathan Anand suffers 6th straight loss in Legends of Chess tournament

The 50-year-old, who is making his maiden appearance on the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour, had earlier lost to Peter Leko, Peter Svidler, Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik and Anish Giri.

Viswanathan Anand

24 Jul 2020

Viswanathan Anand suffers third straight defeat in Legends of Chess tournament

Russia's Vladimir Kramnik got the better of Anand 2.5-0.5, leaving the Indian struggling at the bottom of the table on Thursday night.

Vugar Gashimov Memorial

06 Apr 2019

Vugar Gashimov Memorial: Anand to take on Karjakin in round 6

The Indian ace has played a couple of brilliant games so far in the first five rounds that has taken him to three points in all.

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