India is set to host the prestigious FIDE World Cup 2025 chess tournament, marking the country’s first international tournament since the Chennai Chess Olympiad in 2022. (More Sports News ...

The 34-year-old has been vocal against FIDE, accusing the world body of threating players not to participate in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, started by Germany's Jan Henric Buettner.

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich underscored the event’s significance: “This championship showed that chess is popular all over the world. It also tried new ways to make the game more exciting ...

Magnus Carlsen, five-time world champion, faced disqualification from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship for violating FIDE's dress code by wearing jeans. Despite being fined USD 200 and ...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) then proceeded to blink first. The drama kicked off on December 27 when Carlsen showed up to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York ...

Magnus Carlsen remains as the leader in the FIDE rankings with an ELO rating of ... 2024 was an action-packed year for India in chess as D Gukesh reigned supreme to clinch the World Chess ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won’t defend his title at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships because of a pair of jeans. Carlsen, the current ...

Ju Wenjun went on to snare the world title defeating compatriot Lei Tingjie 3.5-2.5. Five-time world champion and International Chess Federation (FIDE) vice president Viswanathan Anand ...

8-Year-Old Chess Prodigy Makes History by Beating 37-Year-Old Grandmaster Sutovsky also said that he is “sorry for the situation that [occurred] — FIDE was very welcoming to Magnus and his ...

A chess legend accused Magnus Carlsen of blackmailing FIDE to come to an agreement with the Freestyle Chess Players Club, and also posed a D Gukesh question. Former classical world and world chess ...

Also, Praggnandhaa ended up as runner-up in the 2023 Chess World Cup. Now, with so much progress happening in the sport, India is expected to host the 2025 edition of the FIDE Chess World Cup. As per ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi (Photo Credit: @FIDE_chess on X) In the opener, he converted a precarious position where his queen and pawn outmanoeuvred Nepo’s rook pair. Carlsen followed ...