This Chennai school makes chess champs out of everyone

Chennai's chess nursery: The learning ground for Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa Photograph: Kind Courtesy Michal Walusza for FIDE/X Even a casual stroll around the city will help visitors collect crumbs......

SEE: Shami, Sheetal receive Arjuna awards

Photograph: Kind Courtesy President of India/X India's best-performing athletes were on Tuesday conferred with the national sports awards by President Droupadi Murmu in a regal ceremony where......

'It's a special kind of support'

IMAGE: R Praggnanandhaa's mother Nagalakshmi has been a constant presence at the ongoing FIDE World Cup. Photograph: Praggnanandhaa/Twitter Former World Chess Champion and Russian chess......

Anand to mentor Indian squads at Chess Olympiad

IMAGE: Vishwanathan Anand said 'I am playing very few events these days and after playing many Olympiads, I thought it was time for the younger ones to play.' Photograph: David Llada India will......

Pranesh is India's 79th chess Grandmaster!

IMAGE: M Pranesh, 16, crossed the 2500-rating threshold and became a GM, having completed his three norms before the Rilton Cup. Photograph: AICF/Twitter M Pranesh clinched the title in the Rilton......