Vaishali advances to World Blitz quarters; Humpy crashes out

IMAGE: Rameshbabu Vaishali won the women's qualifier scoring 9.5 points out of 11 to advance to the quarter-finals of the World Blitz Championship. Photograph: Lennart Ootes/FIDE Indian......

Erigaisi in joint-lead at World Rapid and Blitz chess

IMAGE: Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi defeated Robson Ray of the United States and Shant Sargsyan of Armenia to move into the top four at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in New......

Humpy is women's World Rapid champ; Murzin wins men's crown

IMAGE: This is Koneru Humpy's second World Rapid title after she had triumphed in the 2019 edition in Moscow. Photograph: FIDE/Michal Walusza India's Koneru Humpy won an epochal second World......

Erigaisi tied-5th after Day 1 in World Rapid chess

IMAGE: Arjun Erigaisi, with four victories under his belt, has emerged a strong contender in the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York. Photograph: Lennart Ootes/FIDE Indian Grandmaster Arjun......

World Champ Gukesh dreams of chess in Olympics

Newly-crowned world chess champion D Gukesh is looking forward to the day when the sport will become a part of the Olympic curriculum, which, he said, would take it to an altogether different level......