Chess legend Garry Kasparov hailed D Gukesh's historic World Chess Championship triumph on December 12 as a watershed moment for Indian chess and a continuation of Viswanathan Anand's enduring legacy.

The World Chess Federation (FIDE) has responded to Magnus Carlsen’s bold suggestion that he is bigger than the organization.

FIDE director general Emil Sutovsky responded to Magnus Carlsen and leaders of his Freestyle Chess venture in a heated social media post.

“The Chess world is officially a joke,” opined ... Even the former Soviet world champion Garry Kasparov, who held the crown for 15 straight years between 1985 and 2000, couldn’t help but ...

At 18, Chennai-born Gukesh stunned everyone and won the World Chess Championship, besting defending champion Ding Liren.

In 1997, in New York, humans suffered an enormous blow to their chess ego when Deep Blue, a chess computer, outplayed Garry Kaspa-rov, a reigning world champion. The age of artificial intelligence ...

Niemann also called the chess world a “joke,” while player and streamer Alexandra Botez said on X that the game is “getting soft.” Former world champion Garry Kasparov made a pointed ...

Before D Gukesh’s feat, the legendary Garry Kasparov of Russia was the youngest world chess champion when he won the title at the age of 22 ...