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...

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...

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...

"Grand Chess Tour 2025: Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa named full tour participants for the second year in-a-row - ChessBase India". ChessBase India. February...

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...

sortable. This allows ranking of any column. Chess in India List of chess grandmasters List of female chess players Vaishali Rameshbabu is a GM-elect as...

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

Major chess events in 2025 include the annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament in January, Norway Chess in May–June, and Grand Chess Tour from May–October...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Robert. "Liar's Chess: Exposing India's Slumdog Billionaire". Forbes. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023. Chess Cheating: Vishy...

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...

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...

ChessBase is a German company that develops and sells chess software, maintains a chess news site, and operates an internet chess server for online chess...

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...

1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Anand is a five-time World Chess Champion, a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion and a two-time Chess World Cup Champion...

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...

Chennai Grand Masters is a chess tournament held in Chennai, India. The 2023 Chennai Grand Masters was organized from December 15 to December 21 at the...

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

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

Bengal Chess Association (BCA) is a chess promotion and organising body in West Bengal, India. It was formed on 2012 after the West Bengal Chess Association...

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...

Harikrishna was born in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. He learned chess at the age of 4 from his grandfather Ranga Rao, who was also his first chess coach. Harikrishna...