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From staggering prize money to luxury car, Chess prodigy D Gukesh's net worth is Rs...
World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh defeated world No.1 Magnus Carlsen at Norway Chess 2025 on Sunday, June 1. D Gukesh has ...
Gukesh’s coach says teen had heard comments that he was world champion only because Magnus Carlsen didn’t play
After Gukesh defeated Carlsen for the first time in classical chess in round 6 of Norway Chess in the early hours of Monday ...
143,000 people teamed up to tie the world’s top chess player
As CNN notes, “very, very sound chess” required over 508,000 votes cast and 30,000 forum posts throughout the six-week-long ...
Chess world elite comes to London next week
The cream of the world’s chess players come to Hammersmith next week for the World Rapid and Blitz championships, with an opportunity for London amateurs to watch them in action. Alas, tickets for the ...
World Chess Federation impressed by local initiatives
The Jamaica Chess Federation (JCF) says its efforts in leveraging chess for social transformation have received what it ...
Defeats an integral part of life, but not accepting them and striving harder is Koneru Humpy’s mantra
True to her nature, Humpy knows that she had an underwhelming last year in Norway Chess, but that is the motivation for her ...
'Could've Easily Gone Bad': World Champion D Gukesh Reflects On His Hard-Earned Victory Against Fabiano Caruana At Norway Chess 2025
World Champion D Gukesh defeated Fabiano Caruana, the World Number 3 At Norway Chess 2025. The Indian Grandmaster recently turned 19 on May 29, 2025 ...
Young Charvi’s life in a chess bubble
The 11-year-old, who is a Woman FIDE Master with a 1961 Elo rating, won the U-8 girls World Championship in 2022 ...