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is what Russian chess great Garry Kasparov said in his long tribute to Gukesh Dommaraju after the 18-year-old broke surpassed him as the youngest ever to win the World Chess Championship.
Her success continued in 2024 when she clinched the West Bengal Under-17 Girls title, adding to her growing list of accolades ...
In a landmark achievement for Indian chess, 18-year-old D. Gukesh claimed the 2024 World Chess Championship title on Thursday in Singapore, defeating China’s Ding Liren in the 14th and final round.
Life hasn’t been the same for Gukesh Dommaraju since he defeated Ding Liren to become the youngest chess world champion of all time, as well as only the second world champion from India after the ...
The Indian had not done well on the first two days of rapid chess but has come back strongly especially showing his expertise in the blitz section.
Magnus Carlsen’s former main second has questioned D Gukesh’s ability to defend his chess world title in 2026. Jon Ludvig ...
Delivering under pressure, Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram put it across Frenchman Alireza Firouzja in the final ...
Nadia Comaneci, the first to achieve a perfect 10 in gymnastics, was 217 days older than Suryavanshi when she won her first ...
After only five years of playing the game, Leah Yang, an eighth grader from Jericho Middle School, earned second place in the Under 14 category in the All-Girls National Chess Championship.
In the final round on Wednesday, Humpy will face Salimova, Divya will take on Kashlinskaya, and Jiner will be up against ...
The founder of the Chess in Slums Africa, Tunde Onakoya, has begun his second Guinness World Record, GWR, attempt for the longest chess marathon. The Nigerian chess champion started the attempt at ...
That’s what makes the chess match between Şengün, Green, Curry, Udoka and Steve Kerr such a vital part of this first-round series.