The Candidates Tournament to select a challenger for the World Chess Championship will be held in April in Toronto. While spots in the tournament are always competitive, changes to the selection ...

Top Indian chess stars Arjun Erigaisi and D Gukesh seeded for FIDE Grand Swiss in Uzbekistan with enhanced prizes.

D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi lead the field at the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 in Samarkand (Sept 3–16). Top two finishers in Open and Women’s events qualify for the 2026 Candidates Tournament.

Dommaraju Gukesh, a 17-year-old grandmaster from India, is the youngest player ever to win the Candidates Tournament. By Dylan Loeb McClain Dommaraju Gukesh, a 17-year-old Indian grandmaster, made ...

The Candidates tournament, established in 1950, is held in order to decide the challengers for the World Champions in Men’s and Women’s category.

As this is being written, Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and Indian 17-year-old dark-horse GM D Gukesh are tied for the lead in the open Candidates tournament with four games left to be played.

The plot got thick quick as the FIDE Candidates Tournament kicked off last week in Madrid, with two Americans among the eight elite grandmasters competing for the right to take on world champion ...

Chess-Indian teenagers out to make mark at Candidates tournament as Carlsen skips event again. By Julien Pretot. April 2, 2024 10:30 AM UTC Updated April 2, 2024 PARIS, April 2 ...

The FIDE Candidates tournament is a chess marathon: 21 days, 14 matches per player, eight of the world's best chess players and one grand prize. There's only one real objective in this cut-throat ...

Ian Nepomniachtchi will take on champion Magnus Carlsen for the world title in 2023 after the Russian secured victory in the Candidates Tournament in Madrid on Sunday with a round to spare.

NEW DELHI: Indian chess Grandmaster R Vaishali has set her sights on delivering consistent performances and securing a place in the prestigious Candidates Tournament this year. The 23-year-old has ...