Anand, not surprisingly given his status in Indian chess ... dominating the junior circuit with multiple gold medals at the World Youth Championships and Asian Youth Championships.

With representation from over 46 countries and 228 skilled players, the stage is set for an exhilarating battle to claim the World Junior Chess Championship title. Padma Vibhushan Awardee ...

India’s 18-year-old prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju capped his meteoric rise by becoming the youngest world chess champion in history after defeating Ding Liren 7½-6½ in a tense championship in ...

All the members of the FIDE federations are invited to participate in the World Junior U20 Chess Championship 2025. Each national federation is invited to register one player born on or after ...

Tania Sachdev is a renowned Indian chess player who holds the titles of Woman Grandmaster and International Master. She ...

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More firsts were to come as Anand became the first Indian to win the World Junior Chess Championship in 1987 at 17. The next year, a victory in the Shakti Finance International chess tournament ...

IF THE stars align for Filipino International Master (IM) Daniel Quizon in the last four days, he could achieve what no other Filipino before him has done — become a world junior chess champion ...

(upbeat Indian music) In the 1987 World Junior Chess championship, Viswanathan Anand became the first Indian chess player ever to win the event. During the 1988 International Chess tournament in ...