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 ...

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.

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 ...

The buzz is all about the 44th Chess Olympiad, which Chennai - rather, its neighbouring seaside town of Mahabalipuram - is hosting. It's India's first Olympiad - the equivalent of a FIFA World Cup ...

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 ...

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 ...

but his hometown of Chennai has long been known as a cradle of chess champs. India’s first and — for now — only world champion, Viswanathan Anand, was born in the southern state of Tamil ...

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 ...

Mostly, chess was centered in Mylapore ... That’s one of my cherished memories of Madras. Happy birthday, Chennai. I’m truly made of Chennai.