Before D Gukesh's feat, the legendary Garry Kasparov of Russia was the youngest world chess champion when he won the title at the age of 22, dethroning Anatoly Karpov in 1985. The other two recipients of the country's highest sporting honour were men's hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and Paralympic gold-winning high jumper Praveen Kumar
17 January,2025 12:40 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
While Gukesh, 18, who defeated Ding Liren of China to win the World Championships title last month, is at fifth with 2783 points
02 January,2025 08:39 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
In the ‘Open’ section, World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi shared the Blitz title after three sudden-death games failed to produce a winner
02 January,2025 08:34 AM IST | New York | PTI
Vaishali defeated China's Zhu Jiner 2.5-1.5 in the quarter-finals before losing to another Chinese opponent Ju Wenjun 0.5-2.5 in the semi-final. In an event completely dominated by the Chinese, Ju Wenjun went on to snare the world title defeating compatriot Lei Tingjie 3.5-2.5
01 January,2025 02:02 PM IST | New York | PTI
Humpy had on Sunday capped a wonderful year for Indian chess, defeating Irene Sukandar of Indonesia to emerge the FIDE Women’s World Rapid Chess champion
31 December,2024 08:11 AM IST | New York | PTI
Magnus Carlsen had met FIDE vice president and Indian great Viswanathan Anand on the sidelines of the tournament. Carlsen also confirmed his participation in the event
30 December,2024 11:26 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
India GM Koneru Humpy terms title triumph as one of her most memorable wins; reveals she thought of quitting game after recent struggles with form
30 December,2024 07:43 AM IST | Hyderabad | N Jagannath Das
Humpy bagged an epochal second World Rapid Chess Championship title, beating Irene Sukandar of Indonesia on Sunday
29 December,2024 12:18 PM IST | New York | mid-day online correspondent
Russians Volodar Murzin and Alexander Grischuk along with Duda Jan-Kryzstof of Poland share the lead with Arjun on seven points after the end of the second day and round 9 of the championship, which will decide the best player of the planet after 13 games
29 December,2024 07:50 AM IST | New York | PTI
Gukesh became the second Indian after the great Viswanathan Anand to claim the world title
28 December,2024 08:41 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
