Freestyle Chess: Arjun draws with Nakamura

IMAGE: World champion D Gukesh lost to Richard Rapport of Hungary in the 9-12 place play-off at the Freestyle chess tournament in Paris on Wednesday. Photograph: Freestyle Chess World No. 4 Arjun......

Humpy clinches FIDE Grand Prix title

IMAGE: India's Koneru Humpy outwitted Bulgaria's Nurgyul Salimova in the ninth and final round game to end on seven points. Photograph: FIDE Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy won the FIDE Women's......

Gukesh hails Anand, India's chess boom

Unfazed by the evolving chess landscape, reigning world champion D Gukesh is open to compete in all formats but asserted that while freestyle chess brings excitement, the classical chess, with its......

'I am still better than the young chess stars'

IMAGE: Magnus Carlsen is hunting on other grounds to show he is still the player to beat. Photograph: Mark Livshitz/FIDE Magnus Carlsen feels he's still better than the young generation......

BMP monitor an 'X factor' at Freestyle Chess

'This introduction that has now been in place for sometime could well give that additional flavour for the chess players as they will be able to guess the pressure that a certain player is feeling......