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Praggnanandhaa qualified for Grand Chess Tour finals after finishing second in the Sinquefield Cup 2025. (Photo: Grand Chess Tour/Lennart Ootes)

How Praggnanandhaa overturned a lean year to leap this year

August 29, 2025 5:23 am

Yet to finish outside top-two in 2025, Praggnanandhaa finished second in the Sinquefield Cup and sealed a berth in the Grand Chess Tour finale.

The Indian contingent are handed the Nona Gaprindashvili Cup at the end of the Chess Olympiad in Chennai in 2022. (PHOTO: FIDE via Lennart Ootes)

Indian chess federation left red-faced as Chess Olympiad's Nona Gaprindashvili Cup, given to India at Chennai 2022, goes missing

September 22, 2024 9:41 pm

When the current AICF administration took charge on March this year, they realised that the trophy was supposed to be in India; "Currently, we don’t know the whereabouts of the Gaprindashvili Cup," AICF secretary Dev A Patel said

'Success of Olympiad helped in people having a favourable perception towards travelling to Chennai': Srinath Narayanan

December 16, 2023 8:22 am

Levon Aronian too agreed to come over and Alexandr Predke, Pavel Eljanov, Sanan Sjugirov all flew down despite some of them having the option to play in the Bundesliga.

GM Gukesh, 17, wins in Baku, to go past Viswanathan Anand as India's top-ranked chess player

August 04, 2023 6:02 pm

When the FIDE ratings are published at the end of this month, Viswanathan Anand will not be the top-ranked Indian for the first time in 36 years. 17-year-old Gukesh, who only broke into the top 100 in April last year, will overhaul his mentor

Remembering an older generation of Indian chess champions

August 12, 2022 8:54 am

Bibek Debroy writes: Moheschunder Bannerjee and Mir Sultan Khan were top players decades before the game attained its recent popularity in India

PM Modi appreciates Tamil Nadu people, govt for being 'excellent' hosts for Chess Olympiad

August 10, 2022 8:53 pm

"The people and government of Tamil Nadu have been excellent hosts of the 44th Chess Olympiad. I would like to appreciate them for welcoming the world and showcasing our outstanding culture and hospitality," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.

Chess Olympiad: Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin announces Rs 1 crore prize for Indian teams

August 11, 2022 10:07 am

The international indoor sports event was successfully conducted by the Tamil Nadu government, bringing laurels from across the world, MK Stalin said.

44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai draws to a close

August 10, 2022 7:16 am

Presiding over the closing ceremony, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said the state government has been implementing several schemes under the 'Dravidian model,' to make the state a pioneer in sports.

Chess Olympiad gold for Ukraine: 'But medal can't stop a war'

August 10, 2022 6:49 pm

Anna Ushenina, Ukraine's first women’s world champion, is from Kharkiv, just 30 miles from the Russia border and one of the heavily shelled cities in the invasion.

Chennai lad V Pranav becomes India's 75th Grandmaster

August 07, 2022 9:40 pm

Pranav is the 27th Grandmaster from Tamil Nadu, a list that includes the legendary Viswanathan Anand and teen sensations D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa among others