Gukesh Dommaraju is probably the most popular name in India right now after the 18-year-old became the youngest world chess champion in Singapore recently. The Indian Grandmaster defeated defending ...

It had been an unexpectedly close contest in Singapore with Ding Liren. When he won, the normally stoic Gukesh clasped his hands at the board and burst into tears. By Dylan Loeb McClain Viswanathan ...

When Viswanathan Anand became India"s first grandmaster in 1988, chess wasn"t really a thing in India. Cut to 2024, and India now has 85 grandmasters, has won two gold medals in the recently-concluded ...

Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand in an all-Indian final to clinch the Jerusalem Masters title. After the duo drew the opening rapid games, Erigaisi struck ...

"The era of "Vishy's children" is truly upon us!" is what Russian chess great Garry Kasparov said in his long tribute to Gukesh Dommaraju after the 18-year-old broke surpassed him as the youngest ever ...

Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand recalled Magnus Carlsen's younger days, revealing that the Norwegian would lure a lot of unsuspecting opponents to their doom with his endgame and dry technical ...

In the historic "Clash of Generations" match held at La Versiliana in the beautiful city of Pietrasanta, Italy, India's five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand defeated Argentina's 11-year-old ...

This article originally appeared in The Field’s newsletter, Game Points, on September 25, 2024. Sign up here to get the newsletter directly delivered to your inbox every week. India bagged a historic ...

D Gukesh, the youngest World Chess Champion, revealed that Viswanathan Anand's advice helped him recover after a poor start in Singapore. The 19-year-old admitted overconfidence led to a loss in the ...

It’s hard to imagine five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand saying, “He showed me chess in a way I hadn’t seen it before”. But that’s the legend’s honest admission when you talk to him about the ...