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India’s teenage chess prodigy and reigning world champion D Gukesh is under fresh scrutiny, this time from Jon Ludvig Hammer, ...
Chinese grandmaster Ju Wenjun secured her fifth consecutive Women’s World Chess Championship on Wednesday, defeating ...
Just 16 players will qualify for the tournament and earn their place through the Champions Chess Tour, hosted by Chess.com.
Sunday’s result means that the score in the Women’s World Chess Championship stands at 1.5-1.5 after three games. In game 2, ...
In the ongoing FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship, Ju Wenjun won the fifth game against fellow GM Tan Zhongyi to attain an ...
With some of the world’s best players in action, Freestyle Chess has been dominating the conversation so far in 2025, having ...
the youngest world chess champion. Ashwin keeps up a steady prattle (or maybe it's commentary), admitting he started the game off off a little too aggressively, joking about how seriously he takes ...
Ju is the reigning Women’s World Chess Champion as of 2025. She won the title in 2018 and successfully defended it in 2020 ...
Pranav Venkatesh, the World Junior Chess Champion, has his sights set on becoming the World Chess Champion. The 18-year-old from Chennai balances chess with academics and enjoys cricket.
At the age of 12, Dr. Bei Zeng was already the top chess player in her province in China and a prodigy in a family deeply ...
Chinese grandmaster Ju Wenjun secured her fifth consecutive Women’s World Chess Championship on Wednesday, defeating compatriot Tan Zhongyi in this year’s final. Her win in Chongqing ...