The Latest Breaking News from FIDE

KOLKATA: India's long wait for a world champion may not be very far as chess wizard Viswanathan Anand hopes that "some Indians" will qualify for the Candidates Tournament next year.

Veteran GM feels FIDE Should've Done More To Persuade Carlsen To Play

The world No 1 faces encounters with Caruana, So, Nakamura and Aronian in the online Champions Tour starting 3 April, then over-the-board at Stavanger in late May

The 32-year-old, who is abdicating his world crown, chose the Norwegian League for his last three classical games and will not play the format again until late May

VISAKHAPATNAM: Vizag city girl and Child chess prodigy Alana Meenakshi Kolagatla has been nominated for the Bal Puraskar award under Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar-2023 by the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development for exceptional achievement in sports category.

Norway’s world champion was beaten on Tuesday by Anish Giri of the Netherlands then lost a 60-move queen endgame on Thursday to Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov

The world's most prestigious chess match has been under a cloud of uncertainty for months since reigning champion Magnus Carlsen announced he would not defend his title.

An Iranian chess player has taken part in an international tournament without a hijab, according to media reports, the latest of several Iranian sportswomen to appear at competitions without one since anti-government protests began. Iran has been swept by demonstrations against the country's clerical leadership since mid-September, when 22-year-old Iranian…

ALMATY: Teenaged Indian player B Savitha Shri came up with a fine performance to jump into the joint lead with Zhongyi Tan (China) and Aleksandra Goryachkina with 6.5 points after the eighth round in the women's event of the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships here on Tuesday.