'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......

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......

Chess: Gukesh rises to career-high No. 3 in world rankings

IMAGE: D Gukesh has overtaken compatriot Arjun Erigiasi and USA's Fabiano Caruana. Photograph: Harry Gielen/FIDE India's reigning World champion D Gukesh climbed to a career-high No 3 ranking,......

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......

Gukesh defeats Harikrishna, takes lead at Tata Steel

World Champion D Gukesh grabbed the joint lead at Tata Steel masters, outplaying his world championship second P Harikrishna in the seventh round in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands. IMAGE:......