Grandmaster R Vaishali made something out of nothing, and in style, bagging full points to move to four out of seven after ...

Javokhir Sindarov will face defending champion Gukesh Dommaraju in the men’s World Chess Championship later this year after ...

Javokhir Sindarov won the 2026 Candidates unbeaten, sealing the title after a draw with Anish Giri, and will now challenge ...

R Praggnanandhaa drew with Andrey Esipenko, while Javokhir Sindarov defeated Hikaru Nakamura to maintain his lead in the ...

The 20-year-old Indian GM believes his loss to Sindarov in Round 3 was the tournament’s turning point ...

R Vaishali beat Kateryna Lagno in the last round to win the Candidates tournament on Wednesday.

This year, they took place in Cyprus. But tension relating to Russia and the war in the Middle East was never too far ...

R Vaishali not only created history by winning the 2026 Women’s Candidates Tournament with 8.5/14 points but also walked away ...

Zhu Jiner has become such a significant roadblock for R Vaishali that, in just six hours, she has shifted the entire outlook of the 2026 Women’s Candidates Tournament event in Cyprus. The ferocious ...

Javokhir Sindarov, a 20-year-old chess grandmaster from Uzbekistan, has taken the chess world by storm over the past few weeks with a historic performance at the Candidates Tournament in Cyprus.

India’s R. Vaishali outplayed compatriot Divya Deshmukh to join Zhu Jiner at the top; R. Praggnanandhaa and Javokhir Sindarov settle for draws.

The 24-year-old beat Kateryna Lagno in the final round to become only the second Indian to fight for chess’ biggest prize ...