The reigning world chess champion Dommaraju Gukesh has climbed to the third spot in the latest FIDE Rankings. Meanwhile, his compatriot R Praggnandhaa is back in the top 10 in the latest FIDE ...

Thane's Shiva Pillai (current international rating 1,843) secured the third position after holding International Master Aditya Udesh (current international rating 2,357) to a draw in the last round of ...

GM Gukesh Dommaraju has climbed to world number three in the latest FIDE rankings after an impressive performance at the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2025. GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu reentered the ...

Fabiano Caruana and R. Praggnanandhaa secure their Candidates 2026 spots through the 2024 and 2025 circuits, respectively.

He will only be classified as a one-time visitor for now, but Arjun Erigaisi briefly entered a club so exclusive in chess that it has fewer members than world champions. The top-ranked Indian touched ...

We take a look at some notable movements in the FIDE rankings among Indians.

Peren, under the aegis of the Nagaland Chess Association (NCA) and the All India Chess Federation (AICF) is organizing “AICF Chess for Everyone FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament 2026” from February 10 ...

'Sandbagging' means a player deliberately losing his games, along with it his rating points, so as to play in a lower rated player tournaments and win cash prizes. IMAGE: Li Haoyu's rating dropped ...

FIDE Chess Rankings: The FIDE chess rating list for May 2025 was released on Thursday, and it featured some major movements in the men’s and women’s top 10 rankings. Magnus Carlsen remained number one ...

An All India FIDE Rating Chess Tournament will be organised in Mumbai at the SMCA Chess School from October 11-16. (More Sports News) The tournament will feature around 220 players and will have a ...

Anish Sarkar can reach the chess board in a tournament only when he sits on top of four piled-up chairs. He is still in his “diapers” but the three-year-eight-month-old boy has a Fide rating of 1555.