The BBC has announced the five nominees for this year's BBC Indian Sportswoman of the Year award.

India’s top chess stars struggled at Tata Steel Chess 2026, with Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, and Aravindh ...

Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh will debut at Norway Chess Women in 2026 as the youngest competitor. After a stellar 2025 season, including a World Cup win, she joins this gender-equal tournament, ...

Talking about the world champion, RB Ramesh said: "In the case of Gukesh, I think his main strength is his insane self-belief. He just thinks he is too good, and that helps him; he can do dubious ...

Dec 4 (Reuters) - India's Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official FIDE rating at the age of three years, seven months and 20 days. Kushwaha, from ...

Javokhir Sindarov defeated Arjun Erigaisi in Round 11 of the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2026 to join Nodirbek Abdusattorov at the top of the standings. Other Indian players endured a tough day in the ...

Viswanathan Anand, the five-time world champion, discusses his new book for young chess players, 'Lightning Kid', and his ...

India’s top-rated chess player Arjun Erigaisi could not match the skills of Vincent Keymer of Germany in key moments and crashed to another defeat in the 10th round ...

A 3-year-old has become the youngest chess player to earn an official rating from the International Chess Federation. On Saturday, Dec. 6, the federation announced on their Facebook page that Sarwagya ...

At the age of 3 years, 7 months and 20 days, a kindergartener from India has become the youngest chess player to earn an official rating from the sport’s international governing body. Sarwagya Singh ...

Viswanathan Anand inaugurated the Chess Mahakumbh International Conference at KIIT.