Jorden Van Foreest’s victory was particularly significant as it marked his first-ever win over a reigning world champion and his first against Gukesh.

World chess champion D Gukesh played out another draw with Nodirbek Yakubboev of Uzbekistan, while defending champion Aravindh Chithambaram pulled a rabbit out of the hat to beat Hans Moke Niemann of ...

Niemann came all guns blazing and sacrificed a piece with black piece as early as on move 13 to put Gukesh on the back foot despite having the white pieces. The Indian was down but not out, which he ...

D Gukesh ended a winless streak at the Prague International Chess Festival, defeating David Anton Guijarro. While Aravindh ...

World Champion D Gukesh suffered another defeat against Nodirbek Abdusattorov at the Prague International Chess Festival. Gukesh blundered from a strong position, causing a heartbreaking loss. The ...

India’s chess sensation and reigning world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, has fallen out of the top 10 in the latest FIDE world rankings released for October 2025. Meanwhile, Divya Deshmukh continues her ...

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Feb 15 (Reuters) - Norway's Magnus Carlsen added another crown to his collection on Sunday by becoming the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess world champion after a comeback win over Fabiano Caruana ...

Only Magnus Carlsen is ranked above Hikaru Nakamura Gregor Fischer/picture alliance via Getty Images Hikaru Nakamura did not wait around. After nearly five hours of moving chess pieces rapidly, he ...