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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Indian chess grandmaster. Humpy is a runner-up of the Women's World Chess Championship and the reigning two-time Women's World Rapid Chess Champion. In 2002...

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...

by ChessBase India - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2022. "The Triumph of the twelve brave Olympians - ChessBase...

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...

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...

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

A chess prodigy is a young child who possesses an aptitude for the game of chess that far exceeds what might be expected at their age. Their prodigious...

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...

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

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...

Hero Award: 2023 TOISA Chess Player of the Year: 2021 Chess portal Chess in India List of Indian chess players List of chess grandmasters "Arjun Kumar...

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 was the 87th edition of the annual chess tournament held in Wijk aan Zee. It was held from 17 January to 2 February...

Chess.com. "The evolution of women's chess in India". ChessBase India. 8 March 2021. "Tania sachdev wins Asian chess title". Mumbai Mirror. "Tania wins...

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

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...

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...

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...