Gukesh, from India. He defeated Ding Liren of China yesterday to become the 18th FIDE World Chess Champion. Not unlike Argentina’s win over France at World Cup 2022, it went down to the wire ...

India’s 18-year-old prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju capped his meteoric rise by becoming the youngest world chess champion in history ... youngest player to reach a FIDE rating of 2,700 and the ...

D Gukesh will get his last two opportunities to become the 18th world champion at 18 years in Singapore. First, via the 14th and last classical game against reigning champion Ding Liren on Thursday.

Ding Liren’s Chinese compatriot Wei Yi had told The Indian Express that Ding had played in a basketball game with other chess ...

Armenian GMs Gabriel Sargissian, Robert Hovhannisyan, Shant Sargsyan and Haik Martirosyan have qualified for the FIDE World ...

Gabriel Sargsyan scored 8 points out of a possible 11, placing 7th overall. Robert Hovhannisyan, Shant Sargsyan, and Hayk ...

Grandmaster, awarded to players by governing body FIDE for life, is the highest title outside of world champion; today there are more than 1,850. This year, he became the third-youngest to reach a ...

Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World ...

A dream come true for the teenager who's now the 18th world chess champion. "Every chess players wants to experience this moment and very few get the chance. To be one of them is, I think the only ...

hinting the dispute over the 'world champion' tag between FIDE and the Freestyle Chess Players Club was settled for good. "FIDE's crown jewel is the classical world championship, right?

India previously hosted a Fide World Cup over two decades ago. Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand won that edition held in Hyderabad in 2002. World Chess Champion D Gukesh. (PTI) ...