India is witnessing an unprecedented chess boom, one that gained momentum after the pandemic. The number of titled players in the country has increased manifold and this rise has been propelled by exceptional performances from Indian players like D. Gukesh, the world’s youngest World Champion; current World Junior Champion Pranav V, 2024 Women’s World Junior … Read more
Over the past week, a new chess event with a twist, called Checkmate: USA vs India, found a place in the calendar. The tournament will see young gunslingers like D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and Divya Deshmukh lead Team India against the might of Team USA featuring – among others – old warhorses Hikaru Nakamura and … Read more
Harika Dronavalli didn’t think that men and women approached a game of chess differently, until she knew that they did. “I never grew up thinking or believed that chess is different for men and women players. Because I never had to struggle for support (from family, and later partner and in-laws). But now I know … Read more
In an era smitten with teenage chess prodigies, spare a thought for Vasyl Ivanchuk. The Ukrainian grandmaster, 56 years of age, emerged as the winner of the 4th Menorca Open chess tournament on Sunday. In doing so, he overcame a field of 185 players (including 45 grandmasters) to claim his first title since 2019, a … Read more
Srinath Narayanan, one of India’s premier chess coaches, has come forward to defend the youngest and current World Champion D Gukesh after his poor run at the recently concluded Paris Freestyle Grand Slam Tour, where the 18-year-old finished second last in the field of 12 players. Coming to Gukesh’s defence, Srinath feels the Indian teenager … Read more
When Arjun Erigaisi qualified for the quarter-finals of the Paris leg of the Freestyle Grand Slam Tour on Tuesday by finishing top eight in the leaderboard after 11 round-robin rapid games, it soon became certain that the player no one likes to face will be paired with him after he finished fourth. Finishing in the … Read more
Hans Niemann has withdrawn from the Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour event, the organisers of the event said late on Saturday night on their social media handles. No reason was given by either the player or the organiser. Nodirbek Abdusattarov was named as a replacement for the American grandmaster. The announcement … Read more
Boris Spassky, the 10th world champion of chess, has passed away, FIDE announced on Friday. He was 88. He became the world champion after defeating Tigran Petrosian and then famously lost in the Match of the Century against Bobby Fischer in 1972 at Iceland’s Reykjavík. Spassky was a chess prodigy who went on to become … Read more
World No 1 GM Magnus Carlsen went on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast and detailed why he doesn’t believe that GM Hans Niemann cheated using anal beads, an unsubstantiated rumour that had started swirling on social media when cheating allegations against Niemann were brought about. Magnus Carlsen was asked at the start of the podcast … Read more
Gukesh Dommaraju’s wretched form at the Weissenhaus leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour continued as the world champion lost the first game of the quarter-final to Fabiano Caruana with white pieces on Sunday. Gukesh will have a chance to level on Monday when the two players play the second game of the quarter-final … Read more
Bharatvarsh News one of the best News portal in Siddharth Nagar
© Copyright 2025 BHARATVARSH NEWS All Rights Reserved. Designed by - Webs 92 Technologies
