Freestyle chess, by randomising the starting point of the game, destroys this advantage of memory and pattern recognition; it ...

Valentine’s Day combination, as the Norwegian great took himself off the market as the most eligible former world chess ...

R Praggnanandhaa came up with a dominating performance against Vladimir Fedoseev who chose the Tarrasch defense as black.

Gukesh Dommaraju shone in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 ... Playing Black, Pragg adopted the Sicilian Defense and skillfully countered the Dutch GM's solid play. A couple of strong moves ...

(More Chess News) Receiving his Khel Ratna on Friday ... Harikrishna was surprised as Arjun went for the Sicilian Dragon as black but found his way once Arjun decided to part with his queen ...

World champion D Gukesh defeated Dutch Grandmaster Max Warmerdam to stay in sole lead on 7.5 points at the end of the 10th round of Tata Steel Chess tournament here. It was another eventful day for ...

Gukesh grabbed a win from the jaws of defeat, while R Praggnanandhaa also earned a draw after being in a losing position.

Elsewhere, the all Indian clash between Pentala Harikrisha (part of Gukesh's world champion team) and Arjun Erigaisi saw a Sicilian defence opening with Harikrisha having a slight advantage ...

Gukesh won in 42 moves. Harikrishna was surprised as Arjun went for the Sicilian Dragon as black but found his way once Arjun decided to part with his queen for two rooks. The technicalities ...

NEW DELHI: Gukesh Dommaraju, the youngest-ever World Chess Champion ... Playing Black, Pragg adopted the Sicilian Defense and skillfully countered the Dutch GM's solid play.