Inaugural Total World Chess Championship announced

FIDE and Norway Chess announce the inaugural Total World Chess Championship, featuring classical, rapid, and blitz formats with $750,000 prize fund.

Exclusive | 'Magnus Carlsen will probably never return to World Championship, and we have to accept that': Anish Giri

In an exclusive conversation with Firstpost, Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri discusses Magnus Carlsen’s decision to stay away ...
NBC News

Chess’ next move: The future looms over the game's world championship, once again missing its biggest star

One of the world’s biggest sporting competitions got underway Monday morning, with reigning champion Ding Liren taking game 1 of the World Chess Championship against 18-year-old phenom Gukesh ...
CNN

‘Like climbing Mount Everest:’ Inside the grueling world of the Chess World Championship

Ding Liren slumped over the board with fallen chess pieces scattered in front of him in the moments after he won the Chess World Championship last year. His head bowed, his expression blank, he seemed ...

Richard Rapport praises ‘safety net’ that has helped India’s chess stars rise meteorically

When I saw Team Gukesh (at the World Chess Championship), it was a very impressive team of people. To be able to afford and ...
Yahoo! Sports

Magnus Carlsen rules out classical World Chess Championship return, shifting focus to new era

Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the title in ...
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World Chess Championship 2024: Schedule, Results, Winner Name, Match Dates and Time

The World Chess Championship 2024, officially known as the World Chess Championship 2024 presented by Google, is currently taking place in Singapore from November 25 to December 13, 2024. This ...
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India's Gukesh Dommaraju crowned world champion of chess, the youngest ever

Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest world chess champion on Thursday after beating reigning champion Ding Liren in the final match of the World Chess Championship in Singapore. The 18-year-old ...
The New York Times

Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, has made history. Can the prodigy become the youngest chess world champion?

Dr. Rajinikanth and his wife Dr. Padma would regularly play chess together for fun at their family home in India. Always at their side, watching wide-eyed, observing intensely as each piece was ...

Indian boy, aged 3, becomes youngest rated chess player in history

Born in 2022, Sarwangya has been ranked by FIDE, the international governing body of chess after multiple wins over ranked ...
Sportstar

World Rapid champion Volodar Murzin: Glad to be part of American Gambits at Global Chess League

Volodar Murzin stunned the world last year when he won the World rapid chess championship in New York. Later this month, he ...
Yahoo! Sports

Here's why Hikaru Nakamura, the world's No. 2 chess player, is gaming the system with 'Mickey Mouse' tournaments

As far as chess tournaments go, the Louisiana State Championship and Iowa Open are not what you would describe as big-time events. The highest-ranked players from either event last year didn't even ...