Indian president Droupadi Murmu honoured D Gukesh, the youngest world chess champion, with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. At 18, Chennai-born Gukesh stunned everyone and won the World ...

D Gukesh continued his rapid rise as the 18-year-old became the new India's no.1 chess player in the latest FIDE rankings, released on Thursday. Gukesh dethroned compatriot Arjun Erigiasi to ...

World No. 3 Hikaru Nakamura has urged the world's top chess players, such as D Gukesh, to boycott FIDE, which could put his world championship title under doubt The FIDE is currently at war with ...

D Gukesh scripted history last year, when he became the youngest-ever world chess champion in history. The 18-year-old defeated defending champion Ding Liren at the World Chess Championship in ...

Indian star shooter Manu Bhaker and chess prodigy Gukesh D on Friday received their Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award among two other athletes from Indian President Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi.

World Champion D Gukesh and India's top ranked player Arjun Erigaisi will spearhead the Indian challenge at the Norway Chess 2025 tournament to be held from May 26 to June 6. (More Sports News ...

President Droupadi Murmu presents Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award to chess world champion D Gukesh during the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2024 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.(PTI ...

"For the first time in the tournament’s history, we have five Indian players competing in the Masters section: D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa, Pentala Harikrishna, and Leon Luke ...

For Gukesh Dommaraju, 2024 was all about milestones. The 18-year-old’s crowning moment arrived after he scripted history to become the youngest World Chess Champion, shattering Garry Kasparov ...

World Champion D Gukesh got lucky and came back from a tough position to beat Anish Giri of Holland in the first round of the Tata Steel Masters now underway. Receiving his Khel Ratna on Friday ...

D Gukesh made the nation proud by becoming the youngest-ever world chess champion in December, 2024. Recently, Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth, had the pleasure of meeting the chess prodigy at an ...

Continuing his rapid rise, world champion D Gukesh dethroned compatriot Arjun Erigiasi to become the highest-ranked Indian chess player, at fourth, in the latest FIDE rankings on Thursday.