When Ding Liren competes for the world championship chess crown in Singapore over the ... most of his predecessors — be sitting at the board as the top player. Instead, he is merely the underdog.

This month 18-year-old Pranav Venkatesh became junior world chess champion, crowning a string of successes not just for Indian players, but also for a chess academy set up by Viswanathan Anand ...

Top chess grandmasters, including World Champions Viswanathan Anand and Gukesh Dommaraju, celebrated GM Vidit Gujrathi's ...

Pranav Venkatesh, the World Junior Chess Champion ... He skipped his board exams for the championship. With a month-long break behind him, he’s ready to return to the chessboard — with ...