The FIDE World Chess Cup trophy, named the Viswanathan Anand Trophy, celebrates India's first Grandmaster, honouring his ...

A legend in the world of chess, Viswanathan Anand, welcomed India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to his sport in style as the cricketer became a co-owner of a chess franchise. Ashwin bought stakes of ...

The tournament features 206 chess players from over 80 countries, with the host nation accounting for a little over one-tenth ...

When Viswanathan Anand became India"s first grandmaster in 1988, chess wasn"t really a thing in India. Cut to 2024, and India now has 85 grandmasters, has won two gold medals in the recently-concluded ...

Chess legends Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov are set to reignite their rivalry in Clutch Chess exhibition matches this October in St Louis. The event also features a highly anticipated clash ...

Viswanathan Anand has decided to pull out of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, amid the ongoing war between FCPC and FIDE. The FIDE is currently at war with the Freestyle Chess Players’ Club (FCPC) ...

Indian great Viswanathan Anand will revive his iconic rivalry with Russian stalwart Garry Kasparov, while world champion D Gukesh will go up against familiar foe Magnus Carlsen in Clutch Chess ...

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 luxurious residence in Chennai’s Kotturpuram. If a painting of lord Hayagriva ...

Viswanathan Anand last competed at the chess World Championship a decade ago. These days, he's not a regular player on the FIDE circuit either. Yet, in the first week of the World Championships in ...