A child prodigy has set a new record in the chess world by besting a grandmaster nearly 30 years older than him on Sunday. At just 8-years-old, Singaporean chess prodigy Ashwath Kaushik became the ...

An 8-year-old chess prodigy made history as the youngest player to defeat a chess grandmaster. The boy, Aswath Kaushik, beat Jacek Stopa at a chess tournament in Switzerland. Kaushik, who was born in ...

Magnus Carlsen isn’t just a chess champion — he’s a prodigy who knew he was different from the beginning. He beat a former world champion at just 13 and held the No.1 spot longer than anyone in ...

The world of chess crowned its youngest-ever world champion on Thursday. Gukesh Dommaraju, an 18-year-old prodigy from India, defeated defending champion Ding Liren of China in the best-of-14 final ...

A 10-year-old girl who started playing chess five years ago has made history by defeating a grandmaster, according to the International Chess Federation. Bodhana Sivanandan won against Peter Wells, a ...

Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa has secured a spot in the 2026 Candidates Tournament by winning the FIDE Circuit 2025.

A 10-year-old girl who started playing chess five years ago has made history by defeating a grandmaster, according to the International Chess Federation. Bodhana Sivanandan won against Peter Wells, a ...

Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa has earned a coveted spot in the Candidates 2026 tournament by triumphing in the FIDE Circuit 2025. His stellar ...

Bodhana Sivanandan became the youngest female chess player to defeat a Grandmaster after taking down Peter Wells earlier this month. Sivanandan, 10, broke the record previously set by Carissa Yip in ...

A Tribeca book company convinced the mom of a chess prodigy to sink thousands into a publishing deal, then failed to promote the boy’s tome and threatened to call checkmate on the child’s career, ...

Teen chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, 16, scored a major upset over the weekend, becoming the youngest person to beat the world's No. 1 player, Magnus Carlsen. Praggnanandhaa, who is often ...