In fact, he said he had harboured such ambitions since he was seven when he was a spectator at a World Title match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen in 2013. As he confessed at the ...

Five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand took the nostalgia wave on Thursday, January 2, as he shared postcards from the past that he used to convey information to his parents.

Legendary India chess player and the five time world champion Viswanathan Anand has congratulated India's R Vaishali for for winning a bronze in the women's section of the World Blitz Championship.

From Anand becoming World Champion in 2000 to Gukesh doing the same in 2024, the city has produced top talent left, right and centre, tempting us to call it the New Moscow of chess. Robust support ...

World number one Magnus Carlsen on Monday criticised senior FIDE officials, including its deputy president Viswanathan Anand, for mishandling the dress code violation issue, calling them "not ...

Deputy president of chess’ global governing body, Viswanathan Anand, has said that Magnus Carlsen left FIDE with little choice than to un-pair the Norwegian, which led to the world no 1 exiting the ...

Arjun, who recently became the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to achieve the gold-standard ELO rating of 2800, has been in sensational form this year. He claimed an individual gold as well ...

Arjun Erigaisi at World Rapid and Blitz Championships Arjun, who recently became the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to achieve the gold-standard ELO rating of 2800, has been in sensational ...

Viswanathan Anand's loss to Magnus Carlsen at the 2013 World Championship marked the end of an era in chess and the coronation of the game's new monarch. Carlsen would remain world champion till ...