The drama is palpable, but there can be only one winner. This year – at the 45th Chess Olympiad finals in Budapest – it was India, whose players won both men’s and women’s gold medals and ...

A Romanian chess grandmaster was expelled from a national-level competition after being accused of using a mobile device during play, organizers announced on Monday. Kirill Shevchenko, currently ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) says it is temporarily banning transgender women from competing in its women's events. The FIDE said individual cases would require "further analysis" and ...

A nine-year-old chess prodigy is set to make history as the youngest person ever to represent England internationally in any sport. Bodhana Sivanandan, from Harrow, north-west London, will join ...

SINGAPORE: Minutes before their first international chess tournament on Tuesday (Oct 8), Singapore’s eight representatives receive instructions from grandmaster Kevin Goh. “Don’t tense up ...

Sept 22 (Reuters) - Chess governing body FIDE's general assembly on Sunday upheld a ban on Russian and Belarusian players imposed after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, while backing a ...

Russia's chess team is to remain banned from international competitions, officials have ruled. In a dramatic move, an International Chess Federation (Fide) general assembly meeting in Budapest ...

Grandmaster chess player Anna Muzychuk refused to compete in Saudi Arabia back in 2017. As a result, the Ukranian missed out ...

India’s chess masters have created history by winning team gold medals in both men’s and women’s competitions at the 45th International Chess Federation (FIDE) Chess Olympiad in Budapest.

Members of Pakistan's chess contingent held India's flag at 2024 Olympiad. The video of the incident has gone viral. Artificial Intelligence, an upcoming birthday, and the ambition to make India a ...

India are on the cusp of a historic gold medal, maybe even two, ahead of final round of the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. The dominant Indian men's team returned to winning ways with an ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised India's young chess players for their historic achievements at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. Both men's and women's teams clinched their maiden gold ...