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FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 1 Game 1 LIVE Updates: Follow Indians in action in Goa. (Photo: Michal Walusza/FIDE)

Chess World Cup 2025, Round 1 Game 1 Highlights: Pranav V, Surya Ganguly, Pranesh win opening round; Divya Deshmukh suffer shock loss

November 01, 2025 11:48 pm

Follow highlights of Round 1 Game 1 of the FIDE Chess World Cup from Resort Rio Convention Centre in Goa.

Hikaru Nakamura reacts while talking about the draw with Arjun Erigaisi in the quarter-finals. (Screengrab via Freestyle Chess YouTube)

‘Total fluff... nothing new... will just confuse fans’: Hikaru Nakamura’s ‘brutally honest’ review of Total Chess World Championship

October 16, 2025 6:49 pm

Nakamura was particularly unhappy with the fast classic format, which organisers and FIDE have said will count as classical games in terms of ratings. Nakamura said: "What exactly is going on here? We're now going to count 45-minute chess as classical chess."

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich (left) and CEO of Norway Chess Kjell Madland sign the agreement for the Total Chess World Championship Tour. (PHOTO: Norway Chess)

Grandmaster of all trades: Chess gets 4th World Championship to decide World Combined Champion

October 16, 2025 6:51 pm

The new Total Chess World Championship Tour, which will come into effect from 2027, will feature four events each year across various cities: three events with 24 players while the finale will have four players qualified from the three previous events

(LEFT) Gukesh plays at the Bucharest event of the Grand Chess Tour; (RIGHT) Cristian Chirila talks to Garry Kasparov. (PHOTOs: Lennart Ootes via Grand Chess Tour)

Garry Kasparov: 'I beat strongest player to become world champion, Gukesh in different situation with Magnus Carlsen there'

May 18, 2025 10:13 am

Talking about Gukesh's vanquished rival at the world championship, Kasparov said: "Gukesh was a favorite because Ding Liren was the pale shadow of what Ding was before COVID. COVID ruined him. After COVID, Ding was just a different player."

Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi during the Women's World Chess Championship Game 8. (Anna Shtourman/FIDE)

Women’s World Chess Championship: Ju Wenjun on cusp of fifth title, needs just one draw vs Tan Zhongyi to retain crown

April 15, 2025 6:29 pm

Women’s World Chess Championship: All Ju Wenjun needs a draw in the next game against Tan Zhongyi to reach 6.5 points and win her fifth championship.

World champion Ju Wenjun takes on Tan Zhongyi in the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2025. (PHOTO: FIDE via Anna Shtourman)

Women's World Chess Championship: Ju Wenjun levels score with endgame magic in Game 3

April 07, 2025 1:23 am

The result means that the score in the Women's World Chess Championship stands at 1.5-1.5 after three games.

Tan Zhongyi (left) and Ju Wenjun at a press conference ahead of the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship match in China. (PHOTO: FIDE via Anna Shtourman)

FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship all you need to know: China vs China as Ju Wenjun battles Tan Zhongyi

April 03, 2025 11:35 am

China are the dominant force in women's chess: the Asian giants hold the record for the most Women’s World Champions (six, one more than USSR’s five).

File image of Pranav Venkatesh during the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship in Almaty. (PHOTO: FIDE via Lennart Ootes)

Another world champion from India: Pranav Venkatesh becomes World Junior Chess Champion

March 08, 2025 7:08 am

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand's rich praise for Pranav: "He's just gifted. One thing which stood out was his resourcefulness. He's very tenacious, he's able to find hidden resources in difficult positions as well and that makes him a very tough player to play against."