The much-awaited Norway Chess 2025 is set to feature a thrilling clash between world chess champion D Gukesh and Norwegian chess legend Magnus Carlsen.

India's top-ranked female chess player ... Among her many accomplishments are two World Rapid Chess Championship titles, which she won in 2019 and 2024. She was also honoured as the BBC Indian ...

Vaishali, who won the bronze medal in the women's section of the FIDE World Blitz Championship last month, is silent on the need for a separate section for lady chess players. "Chess is a game of ...

Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy, the World Rapid Chess Champion, will compete in the Norway Chess Women tournament in May 2025. Humpy, ranked world number six in women's classical chess ...

Kamal Javanmard came second with three votes. Paridar, 38, has won Iranian Women Chess Championship four times. She won the Asian Under-16 Girls' Championship in 2002 in Tehran. Paridar represented ...

This major chess event was held at the famous venue ... Ju Wenjun won the Women's Blitz Championship, beating Lei Tingjie in a nail-biting final. The tournament, which was held to celebrate ...

As of today, she remains India’s No.1 in women’s chess and a respected figure worldwide. Her achievements include winning the World Rapid Championship title twice—in 2019 and 2024.

A dramatic final day of the Tata Steel Chess Masters saw R Praggnanandha win the title in sudden death, defeating world champion D Gukesh. The two Indians had a joint lead going into Round 13 ...

In the spring of 2022, which was declared the year of women’s chess by FIDE (International Chess Federation), the first national women’s championship was held in Cyprus. Three months later ...