World champion Gukesh Dommaraju suffered a shock defeat at the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025 in Doha after losing to ...

Having finished third in the Rapid event of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata, Arjun began the Blitz ...

The top-ranked Indian player across formats, Arjun was on a roll to start the blitz section of the event. Having finished behind champion Nihal Sarin and runner-up Anand in the rapid section, Arjun ...

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess tournament due to a dress code dispute with organizers. On Friday, Carlsen walked ...

After a subpar 2025 season, Wesley So aims to return to the world top 10 after opening this year’s campaign with a blitz chess title in India ...

Magnus Carlsen at Day 2 of the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in New York on December 27, 2024. World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen quit the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after he ...

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand showed he remains a force to reckon with in a field increasingly dominated by ...

American Carissa Yip held her nerve to win the tie-break 1.5-0.5 against India’s Vantika Agrawal to claim the women’s blitz ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz Championship title earlier this week. Tuesday’s final in New York was locked at ...

Kolkata has become a vibrant hub for world chess, hosting an elite rapid and blitz tournament with roots tracing back to a Dutch steel company's initiative in 1938. This annual spectacle, now in its ...