D Gukesh's prolonged form slump might be a talking point in the chess world right now but his World Championship challenger ...

World champion D Gukesh will be defending his title against Javokhir Sindarov, who had won the Fide Candidates in dominant ...

FIDE said in its statement that the match is provisionally scheduled between November 23 and December 17, 2026.

D Gukesh is backed to defend his world championship title against Javokhir Sindarov, who booked his place in the marquee clash by dominating and winning the FIDE Candidates.

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Ranked eighth, Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi is the sole Indian to figure in the top ten rankings in the world while World Chess ...

Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov won the 2026 Candidates Chess Tournament on Tuesday, earning the right to challenge India's D Gukesh for the World Chess Championship title later this year. Sindarov, 20 ...

India will host this year's chess World Cup from October 30 to November 27 with a host city for the event to be named in "due ...

NEW DELHI: On Thursday, the whole nation woke up to a historic realisation. Two of India’s young chess prodigies, 19-year-old Dommaraju Gukesh and 24-year-old Vaishali Rameshbabu, will compete in ...

Sindarov has been in rampaging form in classical chess recently, scything through the Candidates tournament in Cyprus last month with an unblemished record to secure his spot in the world championship ...