The Indian chess community is upset after the Sports Ministry scrapped cash prizes for players achieving Grandmaster and ...

The Indian government’s decision to stop cash rewards for players who achieve Grandmaster or International Master titles ...

The move is bizarre considering that the Sports Ministry was soaking in D Gukesh’s World Championship glory recently.

MGD1 co-founder Manu Gurtu explains how the pandemic and the Online Chess Olympiad led to the birth of a new chess-centric ...

The sports ministry has eliminated the reward system for chess players, who were earlier receiving Rs four lakh for achieving ...

Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh has not won a single game in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Stage 1. His latest loss came ...

The Tata Steel Chess 2025 tournament has been thrust into an unexpected controversy after Uzbek Grandmaster (GM) Nodirbek Yakubboev declined to shake hands with Indian GM Vaishali Rameshbabu ...

The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam began at Weissenhaus, Germany, featuring a rapid event to decide eight knockout ...

Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev's refusal to shake hands with Indian GM R Vaishali stirred up a controversy at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament before the Uzbek apologised, saying that he meant no ...

“Dear chess friends, I want to explain the situation that happened in the game with Vaishali. With all due respect to women and Indian chess players, I want to inform everyone that I do not touch ...

Uzbekistan Grand Master Nodirbek Yakubboev stirred up a controversy by refusing to shake hands with Indian GM R Vaishali at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. However, after the video related to ...

Controversy erupted after Uzbekistani Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboev refused to shake hands with Indian GM R Vaishali before their fourth-round match at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament on Monday.