Padmakumari reflected on the sacrifices the family made to support Gukesh's journey. Her husband, Rajnikanth, gave up a lucrative career as an ENT surgeon to accompany Gukesh to tournaments ...

Kasparov has been effusive in his praise of India's current crop of chess players, including Gukesh, and described them as 'Vishy's children', an ode to his contemporary and five-time world ...

Indian chess champion D Gukesh is set to participate in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in Paris, but a photo with the Botez sisters has captured the internet's attention. The picture ...

Bucharest: World Champion D Gukesh will be the top seeded player at the Superbet Classic, where the young chess wizard will have the opportunity to cross the 2800 rating mark for the first time in ...

CHENNAI: D Gukesh became the youngest-ever world champion in history in Singapore last year, but his achievement has not been acknowledged gleefully by players like Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir ...

D Gukesh faced a shocking defeat against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the Superbet Classic, while R Praggnanandhaa held a draw, maintaining his position at the top. Levon Aronian secured his first ...

IMAGE: Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defeated India's D Gukesh in 31 moves in the fourth round of the Superbet Classic in Bucharest, Romania on Saturday. Photograph: Kind courtesy Grand Chess ...

D Gukesh has just managed four draws besides one loss in his five games thus far, at the ongoing Superbet Classic. D Gukesh suffered a maiden defeat in the fourth round of the Superbet Classic ...

Here are all the updates from May 7, 2025. Chess: D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa are among a strong field at the Superbet Chess Classic that begins in Romania. Archery: The qualifiers for the men's ...

D Gukesh had to settle for joint-11th position at the Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam and Arjun Erigaisi came fifth. Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen won the event. D Gukesh’s Freestyle chess ...