Arjun Erigaisi will play for the 5th spot at the Paris Freestyle Chess event (and a cool Rs 43 lakh prize money) after making ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz ...

World number four Arjun Erigaisi was outplayed by Ian Nepomniachtchi in the opening game of the 5-9 place tiebreaker at the ...

Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura are set for a dream final in Paris after defeating Fabiano Caruana and Vincent Keymer ...

Hikaru Nakamura commits a late blunder to allow Magnus Carlsen to win Game 1 of their blockbuster final after putting up a ...

Ding Liren became China’s first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tiebreak victory over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan. Ding, 30, takes over as winner of the World ...

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam preliminary stage wrapped up in Paris. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Magnus Carlsen led with 8.5 ...

Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1, added another triumph to his illustrious career on Monday when he won the Paris leg of the $3.75mn Freestyle Grand Slam by defeating his old rival and world No 2, the ...

Arjun defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the playoff for the fifth spot after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the previous ...

The Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam semifinals began with intense draws in the top matches as Carlsen and Caruana, Nakamura ...

Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and Vidit finish outside top-8 to be ruled out of the battle for the $200,000 top prize ...