Gukesh Dommaraju is giving Magnus Carlsen grace after defeating him at Norway Chess 2025. The 19-year-old chess grandmaster ...

Chess has been "around for millennia" and is "generally believed to have originated in India". Now, the city of Chennai is producing a host of national champions, including 18-year-old Dommaraju.

As the coastal tourist hub of Mahabalipuram near Chennai gets set to stage the Chess Olympiad, a look at has made the metro a globally acknowledged hub for the game On the face of it, Chennai and ...

In the Mogappair neighbourhood of Chennai, posters of chess champions Gukesh and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa adorn the walls of buildings [Maveeran Somasundaram/Al Jazeera] Gukesh is far from the on ...

AavinTN @CMOTamilnadu @FIDE_chess @aicfchess #chennaichess2022 VanakamChessChennai," tweeted Anand, who will be the team mentor for the Indian team at the Olympiad. Chennai is sporting a chequered ...

Chennai's chess nursery: The learning ground for Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa Photograph: Kind Courtesy Michal Walusza for FIDE/X Even a casual stroll around the city will help visitors collect crumbs ...

The logic behind this is that Chennai had hosted the Chess Olympiad successfully in 2022. The city had hosted the event in 2013 when Viswanathan Anand faced Magnus Carlsen. Gukesh has had good ...

A day ahead of the Chess Olympiad in Chennai, 150 underprivileged children from various government schools were given the opportunity to fly. This was the first flight of all these students ...

CHENNAI -- One breezy Sunday afternoon last month, eight young Indians were gathered in a bright, sun-lit room in Chennai listening to a 48-year-old instructor sitting behind a laptop. Seated in ...