In a rare double unlikely to be replicated, the new world chess champion is an 18-year-old grandmaster from the Indian city of Chennai, and the new world junior champion is, yep, an 18-year-old grandm ...

Pranav Venkatesh from Bengaluru has become the World Junior Chess Champion at Petrovac, Montenegro. He remained unbeaten and topped the table with nine points. This marks India's third consecutive ...

Two Ghanaian junior chess players, Glenn Johnson Botwe and Alba Karina Quartey, have successfully joined their teammates at ...

The Indian scored a total of seven victories and four draws to end up on nine points out of a possible 11 and when the final round pairings were announced it was clear that a draw would be enough for ...

Pranav Venkatesh was crowned world junior chess champion in Petrovac, Montenegro on Friday. (FIDE) Once they returned home, Pranav badgered his father for a similar chess set. They hunted for it ...

18-year-old Pranav Venkatesh clinched the World Junior Chess Championship with unique preparation methods, including playing cricket in hotel rooms with his coach, GM Shyam Sundar. Pranav balanced ...

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In the Under-7 boys’ category, Ridit Krishnak of Ranchi clinched the championship with 3.5 points, while East Singhbhum’s ...