After one of the most dramatic and combative title matches for decades, Ding Liren became China’s first overall world champion, and the 17th in the historic series, on Sunday. The 30-year-old world No ...

Indian grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa lost his first game in the Super Chess Classic after being defeated by Fabiano Caruana of the United States in a dramatic seventh round of the tournament that is a ...

Round three of Norway Chess 2026 produced a major upset as India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated World No. 1. Magnus Carlsen in classical chess after a dramatic and error-filled time scramble ...

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After three weeks and 18 contests, the chess world championship came down to the final minute of the tiebreaker on Sunday as China’s Ding Liren defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in a wild conclusion in ...

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Grandmaster Ilya Smirin was crowned Israeli blitz chess champion after a dramatic and tightly contested tournament in the city of Afula that was decided only in the final round and ultimately on ...

The governing body of chess said on Friday that it would investigate claims by five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen that American player Hans Niemann had cheated. The chess world has been shaken ...

As one of the most creative and unpredictable players in modern chess history, Vasyl Ivanchuk of Ukraine, born in 1969, became a Grandmaster in 1988 and quickly rose to the elite level. Known for his ...