Chess has a deep-rooted history in India, widely believed to have originated from the game of chaturanga during the Gupta Empire in circa 6th century...

India Chess Federation is the administrative body for the game of chess in India. Founded in 1951, the association is affiliated to the Asian Chess Federation...

allows ranking of any column. Chess in India List of chess grandmasters List of female chess players "Chess Ranking India". FIDE. Archived from the original...

The Tata Steel Chess India Chess Tournament is a chess tournament held in Kolkata, India. It is held in the Rapid and Blitz formats. The venue for the...

Raina has been instrumental in popularising chess in India through his channel. Raina tries to make the game of chess more appealing to the masses through...

Major chess events in 2025 include the annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Norway Chess and Grand Chess Tour. Ju Wenjun defended her title against challenger...

Norway Chess 2025 was the 13th edition of the annual chess tournament held in Stavanger. It was held from 26 May to 6 June 2025. The field of six players...

Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, Gukesh is the youngest undisputed...

Indian chess is the name given to regional variations of chess played in India in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is distinct from chaturanga. There are...

The 44th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Chennai, India, from 28 July to...

Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, Praggnanandhaa placed second in the 2023 Chess World Cup, and is the only Indian to win the Tata Steel Chess Tournament...

World Blitz Chess Cup Champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time. In 2022, he...

shogi—in seventh-century India. After its introduction in Persia, it spread to the Arab world and then to Europe. The modern rules of chess emerged in Europe...

The Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour is a series of Chess960 tournaments in 2025 organized by Freestyle Chess Operations. It will consist of five "Grand...

Indian chess player, journalist, commentator, and YouTuber who holds the title of International Master (IM). He co-founded ChessBase India in late 2015...

2nd ranked woman chess player in India. In 2023, in Almaty she won the Asian Women's Chess Championship. She then finished first in the women's rapid...

It is first known from India around the seventh century AD. While there is some uncertainty, the prevailing view among chess historians is that chaturanga...

Champion. It was held from 7 to 25 November 2013 in Chennai, India, under the auspices of FIDE (the World Chess Federation). Carlsen won the match 6½–3½ after...

Chess Super League is an online chess tournament organized by Samay Raina, ChessBase India, Nodwin Gaming. Players in the tournament, consist of some...

The Grand Chess Tour 2025 is a series of chess tournaments, which is the tenth edition of the Grand Chess Tour. It consists of six tournaments with a...

Rapid Chess Championship in London in June 2025. Sportstar Emerging Hero Award: 2023 TOISA Chess Player of the Year: 2021 Chess portal Chess in India List...

The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1,500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India; its prehistory is the subject...

wealthy men who are devoted to chess is presented against the background of scheming officials of the British East India Company, the history of its relations...

Nihal Sarin (born 13 July 2004) is an Indian chess grandmaster and chess prodigy. In 2018, he passed the Elo rating of 2600 at 14 years old, which at...

1994) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Gujrathi attained the title of grandmaster in January 2013, becoming the 30th player from India to do so. He is the...

particularly popular in the United Kingdom, India, Finland, France, and Russia. An earlier version of combining chess and boxing took place in a boxing club...

National Premier Chess Championship is the annual national chess championship of India. It was established in 1955 by the Andhra State Chess Association as...

The 45th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Budapest, Hungary, from 10 to 23...

The Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge was an 8-player over-the-board classical Chess960 tournament that took place at Gut Weißenhaus in Wangels, Germany...

CircleChess is an Indian technology company focused on chess education and chess tournament management through the use of artificial intelligence (AI)...