Praggnanandhaa's rise in chess impressed Viswanathan Anand, calling him the "deserving world number 4." Pragg won the UZChess ...

Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand commented on Magnus Carlsen's recent struggles at the Norway Chess tournament, highlighting Carlsen's frustration after losing to Gukesh. The Norwegian ...

India's chess great Viswanathan Anand took to social media last week congratulating Ravichandran Ashwin on the cricketer's 100th Test and asking if the spinner fancied a game of chess with him.

In a thrilling generational clash, Indian chess legend 5-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand turned back the clock with a vintage performance to defeat Arjun Erigaisi, the country’s current No ...

Viswanathan Anand says Magnus Carlsen's angry outburst after losing to D Gukesh in Norway Chess 2025 stemmed from frustration at being challenged by a younger rival and hints FIDE will discuss the ...

NEW DELHI, (IANS) – Cool as a cucumber. That’s five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand. Cooped up in Germany due to the Coronavirus pandemic, he returned home via a Vande Bharat ...

A third of all Indian grandmasters are born in Tamil Nadu. Both of India's world champions, Viswanathan Anand, a five-time winner, and Gukesh Dommaraju, the current reigning champion, are from ...

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will be in the mix as part of the Freedom team helmed by none other than FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsly in the World Rapid and Blitz team chess championship ...

The five-time World Champion won the game in 31 moves, and had the last laugh as Erigaisi was also late when he turned up for the showdown. Viswanathan Anand praised Arjun Erigaisi.

Each round of the World Rapid And Blitz Team Chess Championship 2025 must have a female player, as well as a player rated less than 2200 on FIDE rating list that was last published on June 1 ...

Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik has sent shockwaves through the chess world by filing a lawsuit over allegations made ...

Anand was appointed as Asia’s Continental Assistant to FIDE president by Dvorkovich in 2019. The elections to FIDE will be held alongside the 44th Chess Olympiad to be held at Mahabalipuram from ...