Gukesh Dommaraju's historic World Chess Championship win Thursday - the 18-year-old is the world's youngest ever chess champ - has triggered a battle for credit between Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, ...

Much of this success stems from a deeply rooted chess culture. In cities like Chennai and Coimbatore, schools regularly include chess as part of co-curricular activities, while local clubs and ...

It is not often one gets a welcome with folded hands at a suicide point. But tourists at the Doddabetta Peak, a high vantage point in the hill station of Ooty, were pleasantly surprised to see one.

All India Chess Federation (AICF) President Sanjay Kapoor and Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu Government on Saturday. The MoU was signed ...

Chennai, July 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the inauguration event of the 44th Chess Olympiad on July 28 said that in addition to having a strong historical connection with ...

IMAGE: Tamil Nadu government on Thursday organised a function to felicitate chess players from the state who excelled at various global championships recently. Photograph: Sports Development Authority ...

While India celebrated Gukesh Dommaraju making history by becoming the youngest-ever world chess champion, there was a pocket in the Twitterverse that fought over his heritage. A debate erupted online ...

It took the Tamil Nadu government just a few hours to decide on hosting the prestigious 44th Chess Olympiad at Mamallapuram near Chennai. It was the last week of February and Bharat Singh Chauhan, ...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s historical connection to the game of Chess was enunciated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister M K Stalin at the inaugural of the 44 th FIDE Chess Olympiad that saw ...

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi, Chief Minister M K Stalin and Leader of Opposition, Edapadi K Palaniswami on Thursday greeted Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh for becoming the youngest world chess champion, ...

Superstar Rajinikanth today said he loves chess "the most" and extended his greetings to chess players as Tamil Nadu gears up to host the 44th Chess Olympiad, to be inaugurated by Prime Minister ...