Tata Steel Chess 2025: 7 Talking Points
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Tata Steel Chess 2025: 7 Talking Points

Tata Steel Chess 2025: 7 Talking Points GM Gukesh Dommaraju will play his first official game as world champion against GM Anish Giri on Saturday as the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters begins. Half of the top-10 are in action, with Gukesh joined by GMs Fabiano Caruana, Arjun…

Carlsen Wins 5th Champions Chess Tour Title
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Carlsen Wins 5th Champions Chess Tour Title

Carlsen Wins 5th Champions Chess Tour Title GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi 4-1 to win the 2024 Champions Chess Tour Finals and his fifth consecutive Champions Chess Tour title. Again earning the $200,000 first prize, Carlsen has won every edition of the Champions Chess Tour since…

Gukesh D crowned 18th FIDE World Champion
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Gukesh D crowned 18th FIDE World Champion

Gukesh D crowned 18th FIDE World Champion After almost a month of fierce competition, against an opponent who never gave in, 18-year-old Grandmaster from Chennai Gukesh D. raised the winner’s trophy this evening, in the magnificent ballrooms of the Equarius Hotel Sentosa. It has been an extraordinary journey,…

Game 14: India crowns the 18th World Champion, Gukesh D
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Game 14: India crowns the 18th World Champion, Gukesh D

Tears of joy and heartbreak in Singapore 18-year-old Indian prodigy Gukesh D is the new FIDE World Champion and the 18th in the line of champions, the youngest ever in history. In a dramatic and unexpected turn of events, when it seemed that the final game was heading…