The chess world is waking up to a new phenomenon called Sandbagging, in which an opponent deliberately loses to lower-ranked ...

At just five, Delhi’s Aarini Lahoty is India’s highest-rated chess player in her age group, boasting a FIDE rating of 1551.

Divya, who became a Grandmaster herself after winning the World Cup in Georgia last month, will take on three-time World ...

British chess player Bodhana Sivanandan became the youngest female player to defeat a Grandmaster at the British Chess Championships in Liverpool on Sunday.

Cyprus' school team, representing The Grammar School, Limassol, competed at the FIDE World Schools Team Chess Championship, ...

One-time prodigy Li Haoyu lost 13 games on the trot, drawing suspicion and subsequent sanction from global governing body ...

Sandbagging' means a player deliberately losing his games, along with it his rating points, so as to play in a lower rated ...

August 7, 2025 / Young chess minds competed and collaborated at the 2025 FIDE World Schools Team Championship and Smart Moves Summit in the U.S. from August 2 to 7, 2025. The event was held at the ...

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / August 5, 2025 / The opening day of the Smart Moves Summit 2025, sponsored by ...

India has become a dominant force in the chess world, thanks in part to five-time World Champion and FIDE Deputy President Viswanathan Anand, whose efforts and legacy have been instrumental in ...