Viswanathan Anand and rising chess star R Praggnanandhaa commend the Chola Chess Initiative in Chennai for its facilities paving a path to international success. The CSR effort by Cholamandalam ...

"I hope chess players from all over the country will be able to take advantage': Viswanathan Anand on Chola Chess Initiative ...

After a rocky start to the year, D Gukesh impressed at Norway Chess 2025 with notable wins—prompting mentor Viswanathan Anand ...

As a mild-mannered statistics professor, it's not often that I get contacted directly by the CEO of a multi-million-dollar ...

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 ...

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

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

Gukesh’s win over Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess 2025 has reignited India’s passion for the game — and may have opened new doors in the endorsement arena.

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 ...

In September 2023, he overtook Viswanathan Anand as India’s top-rated player, ending Anand’s 37-year reign. Gukesh’s crowning achievement came in 2024.

But Anand also felt that it could but him in a disadvantageous position. “Both these games he played (against Carlsen and Erigaisi were played) extremely poorly.

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 ...