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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.

At this juncture, Magnus Carlsen played a move so good that it made Sergey Karjakin resign in two seconds. It was the final move of the 2016 World Chess Championship. (Photos: Partha Paul/Express Photo, Lichess)

Can you think like Magnus Carlsen? Guess move that made his opponent Sergey Karjakin resign in 2 seconds in 2016 world championship

November 24, 2025 1:52 pm

When Carlsen made the move, GM Peter Svidler remarked: “Woah! This is fantastic. I’m so unbelievably impressed by this.” GM Jan Gustaffson added: “Wow! That is a cute finish!” Could you find out the ‘cute finish’ that left Svidler ‘unbelievably impressed’?

Five-time World Champion China's Ju Wenju during the title clash vs Tan Zhongyi. (Anna Shtourman/FIDE)

What makes Ju Wenjun, who claimed her fifth Women’s World Championship crown, special

April 17, 2025 3:13 am

Pentala Hariskrishna, once her second, attributes her supremacy to the knack of resetting and thriving under pressure.

Ju Wenjun makes a move against compatriot Tan Zhongyi in a FIDE Women's World Chess Championship match in China. (PHOTO: Anna Shtourman via FIDE)

Ju Wenjun brushes aside Tan Zhongyi's challenge to retain FIDE Women’s World Championship crown

April 16, 2025 3:04 pm

Ju Wenjun had defied the same opponent, Tan Zhongyi, in May 2018 to claim her first world championship crown. That was her seventh attempt at the Women’s World Championship. Since then, she has defended her crown four times.

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).

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The Third Edit: Boris Spassky – chess champion, Cold War victim

March 01, 2025 1:16 am

Spassky blended psychology and unpredictability. On the chessboard, he cut out clutter

PM Narendra Modi meets world chess champion D Gukesh

December 28, 2024 7:57 pm

Earlier in December, Gukesh became the youngest player in the history of chess to win the world championship after the 18-year-old defeated 32-year-old Ding Liren.

Gukesh Dommaraju poses with trophy during a procession held to honor him on becoming the World youngest chess champion in Chennai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo)

Gukesh interview: 'Goal is to become the best player in world... that's what makes it easier to motivate myself'

December 24, 2024 8:50 am

World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju says he is inspired by Abhinav Bindra but does not feel the 'motivational void' like the Olympic winner had when he became Olympic champion in 2008.