Journalism of Courage
Anna Muzychuk, one of Ukraine’s best grandmasters, had been living in the east Ukrainian city of Lviv with her sister, grandmaster Mariya Muzychuk, when Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine
Despite being in crippling pain, Alireza managed to hold Javokhir Sindarov to a draw on a day when all five contests ended in stalemates
Alongside Aravindh, fellow S8UL Grandmasters Nihal Sarin and Pranesh M also remain in contention to qualify for the EWC 2026 Chess event.
“I didn’t make huge mistakes”—Indian reasonably satisfied with his game
With 2.0 points from three rounds, Praggnanandhaa finds himself in a five-way battle for the top spot alongside Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Jorden van Foreest, and Vincent Keymer.
Polgar said Ju will be a very big challenge for Vaishali, and the Indian would need to significantly improve her game in order to be ready for the high-stakes event.
Sindarov has been in rampaging form in classical chess recently, scything through the Candidates tournament in Cyprus last month with an unblemished record to secure his spot in the world championship.
This is Sindarov's first classical loss in the last eight months, with his last defeat in this format coming in September 2025 against Bulgaria's Ivan Cheparinov in the 3rd round of the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 at home in Samarkand.
Veteran pulled out of vital tournament due to security concerns during Iran conflict, but it looking forward to a heavy schedule in the rest of the year
12-year-old Faustino Oro became the second youngest Grandmaster after Abhimanyu Mishra.
A month-and-a-half shy of becoming the youngest-ever, 12-year-old from Argentina became just the seventh player to achieve the feat under the age of 13.
The youngest world champion showed improvement in rapid chess, though recurring blitz troubles denied him a stronger finish in Warsaw
Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta says he has not received Rs 5.5 lakh for being the winner. The Indian Express has learnt that the entire Rs 45 lakh prize fund of the Odisha Open remains unpaid by the organisers; AICF president Nitin Narang has told Gupta that necessary action will be taken
It was a day of extremes for Gukesh. From nine rounds of blitz, he walked away with just four points through three wins, two draws, and four losses.
Gukesh took down Fabiano Caruana in the ninth round of rapid portion of the Super Rapid and Blitz tournament.
Magnus Carlsen won TePe Sigeman chess tournament after defeating India's Arjun Erigaisi in the sudden-death tie-break.
Erdogmus is the youngest player in chess history to breach the 2700 Elo rating in the classical format
Since Gukesh became the world champion in December 2024, every move he made in critical positions, every game he played and did not win, every tournament position where he did not finish at the top became a referendum on his credentials.
Arjun caught up with the overnight leader and the youngest player in the lineup, Yaagiz Kaan Erdogmus, with both sitting on 3.5 points each with two rounds to go.
World champion D Gukesh drew a game he was winning. Then lost a game which was ambling towards a draw. The 29-year-old finally ended his day by winning a game where he was under significant pressure.
Dutch GM grinds hard to beat Norwegian World No 1 in the 86th move at the TePe Sigeman Chess tournament
Anvi Hinge is the World No.1 in her age category and clinched nearly 200 Elo rating points in one tournament in Spain to claim the coveted title
What happened when one of India's top chess prodigies, R Praggnanandhaa, visited IIT Delhi and played 19 chess matches across two events.
Picture of Tamizh Amudhan, sitting on floor in a dimly lit room while taking on Vincent Keymer, goes viral. Father Sathish says, “When I took that photo, I thought... I will use it to motivate others"
Hans Niemann's long-running feud with Chess.com exploded again, with both parties engaging in a war of words.
