Victory eluded Viswanathan Anand yet again and the world champion was held to a draw by Hikaru Nakamura of United States in the seventh round to remain joint second in the fourth Final Masters' second

A fight within the family during a train journey has given the chess world a budding champion.

“We were travelling as a group and my elder son was playing chess with my nephew. My younger son Srinat

At five, he learned the card game his elders were playing just by watching them. But, when teachers started complaining about the tiny tot bringing spades and hearts into kindergarten, Sukumaran and R

After some awe-inspiring performances in the World Junior Championship in Chennai, this August, chess aficionados are now looking forward to the National Junior Chess championship that started in Goa

The game of chess has slowly turned mechanical with computers and dataservices replacing the thinking hat.

But many pioneers still believe the human mind is better when it comes to positional chess,

So far five Indian players have used the ongoing world junior chess championship in the city to complete valuable norms.

At the end of the ninth round, Girish A. Koushik (Karnataka) and Vidit Santos

The SDAT-Ramco world junior chess championship has been disastrous for India after six rounds.

Girish A. Koushik has been the lone warrior for the hosts, who have entered 92 of the 195 contestants.

Girish A. Koushik took centre stage at the Ramco-SDAT world junior championship at Vijay Park here on Sunday.

The Mysore boy upset compatriot and grandmaster S.P. Sethuraman to move into joint secon

Young chess enthusiasts thronged Hotel Vijay Park, the venue of the world junior championship, on Sunday.

When the arbiters announced the start of the sixth round, right from tiny tots to grandmoth

Finishing a tournament strongly is a test of a chess player’s mental fortitude.

For US grandmaster Ray Robson, last rounds at key international events have always been a nightmare.

“I usually get