Legendary Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, who is widely seen as the guiding force behind the current generation of Indian ...

India has become a major power in international chess led by its highest-ranked player, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.

Viswanathan Anand hardly has space to play a game of chess inside his house. Art has taken over a bulk of the space at his ...

R Praggnanandhaa is the India No. 1 and also world No. 4 in the live chess rankings. Meanwhile, Arjun Erigaisi is fifth and D ...

Viswanathan Anand spoke to NDTV in an exclusive chat as Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh battle it out in the Women's Chess ...

Viswanathan Anand’s son Akhil isn’t following his father’s steps—he instead is venturing into the land of Gond, Madhubani, ...

Divya's win was as significant as the all-Indian final. Women's chess is a Chinese stronghold. It has been for almost double ...

Chess great Viswanathan Anand thanked his fans for their birthday wishes and revealed his plans for the special day. Anand was gearing up to watch Game 13 of the Chess World Championship on Wednesday.

Viswanathan Anand broke the Soviet/Russian dominance of chess in 2000 by becoming world champion, fourteen years after becoming India's no.1 as a sixteen-year-old.

Viswanathan Anand, the world champion, made a rare visit last month to the United States, where he taught chess classes and participated in a simultaneous exhibition against 20 players.

On a chessboard, I don’t just see pieces. The knight moves like it’s in a maze, the bishop traces an aperiodic diagonal. It’s ...

While Viswanathan Anand and Hikaru Nakamura, the co-leaders after Round 8, drew in Round 9, Vladimir Kramnik and Levon Aronian won. All four are tied are for the lead with four rounds to play.