Football in crisis, apathy in women's sport - 2025 put India's best through the wringer, but they still fight.

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is an ardent chess fan and he continues to prove his lobe for the the game. Having ...

Magnus Carlsen sent a stinging reminder to his detractors and competitors after winning a ninth World Blitz title, ...

Magnus Carlsen once again played down comparisons with Garry Kasparov after winning the 2025 World Blitz Chess Championship ...

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Chess: The World Rapid Championship will have it final rounds, with India's D Gukesh and Koneru Humpy among the frontrunners.

It wasn't just D Gukesh's historic success which laid the platform for 2025; it was also Koneru Humpy, the reigning two-time ...

Arjun Erigaisi became only the second Indian to win medals at both the world rapid and blitz championships in the same year ...

Magnus Carlsen, widely regarded as the greatest chess player of all time, won the World Blitz Championship in December 2025 ...

The Alaskan Knights had other winners too, as Leinier Dominguez Perez beat R Praggnanandhaa. Kateryna Lagno sealed a win ...

Viswanathan Anand, the seasoned five-time world champion, secured his first points in the Global Chess League by defeating ...

In August of 1972, Bobby Fischer became the first (and to this day, only) American to win the World Chess Championship.