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  Indian GM D Gukesh creates history; becomes youngest to beat World Champion Magnus Carlsen

  Other Sports | October 17, 2022 14:48 IST

  The Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh has stunned the World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Gukesh continued what has been a superb year so far for the young Indian players as he became the third one to put it across Carlsen after Praggnanandhaa and Erigaisi, defeated Carlsen last month.

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  Chess Cheating Controversy: World Champion Magnus Carlsen creates a stir, accuses opponent

  Other Sports | September 28, 2022 14:03 IST

  Chess Cheating Controversy: The world champion on Monday took to his social media account and shared a post that clarifies his decision of withdrawing from at the Julius Baer Generation Cup.

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  Praggnanandhaa beats world champion Magnus Carlsen for 2nd time in three months

  Cricket | May 21, 2022 21:01 IST

  Indian Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu defeated Magnus Carlsen for the second time in three months in the fifth round of the Chessable Masters online rapid chess tournament. 

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  Proud of Praggnanandhaa's accomplishment of winning against Carlsen: PM Narendra Modi

  Other Sports | February 23, 2022 16:20 IST

  16-year-old Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa failed to qualify for the knockouts in the ongoing Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament.

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  'Gives me huge confidence': Praggnanandhaa on win against Magnus Carlsen

  Other Sports | February 22, 2022 22:00 IST

  The 16-year-old Praggnanandhaa defeated world number one chess player, Magnus Carlsen, on Monday in the eighth round of the ongoing Airthings Masters - an online rapid chess competition.

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  Sports fraternity praises 16-year-old R Praggnanandhaa for his performance in Airthings Masters

  Other Sports | February 22, 2022 16:30 IST

  A day after a stunning victory over world No.1 Magnus Carlsen, the 16-year old scored two wins and drew against Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

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  'He made Tamil Nadu proud': Kamal Haasan praises GM Praggnanandhaa for defeating chess champ Carlsen

  Celebrities | February 22, 2022 14:09 IST

  GM Praggnanandhaa's achievement is special for until now, the only Indians to beat Magnus Carlsen in a tournament game have been Viswanathan Anand and P. Harikrishna.

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  Praggnanandhaa follows up win over Carlsen with 2 more victories in Airthings Masters

  Other Sports | February 22, 2022 13:05 IST

  A day after a stunning victory over world No.1 Magnus Carlsen, the 16-year old scored two wins and drew against Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

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  16-year-old Praggnanandhaa stuns World Champion Carlsen in rapid chess

  Other Sports | February 21, 2022 20:23 IST

  It was Praggnanandhaa's first win in any form of chess against the Norwegian Grand Master and came on the back of having lost three games in a row.

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  Viswanathan Anand loses to Magnus Carlsen in Legends of Chess tournament

  Other Sports | July 23, 2020 11:11 IST

  The former world champion had kept the Norwegian ace in check-in three games of the best-of-four contest before slipping 1.5-2.5 by in the final game late on Wednesday.

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  Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen becomes No. 1 in fantasy football rankings

  Football | December 16, 2019 15:17 IST

  The world chess champion from Norway is showing he has a flair for another game by moving to the top of the standings in Fantasy Premier League, an online soccer competition played by more than 7 million people.

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  Tata Steel Chess: Anand runs out of steam and luck, Carlsen wins big

  Other Sports | November 26, 2019 21:04 IST

  Magnus Carlsen finished the tournament with a whopping 27 points and broke his own record in the Grand chess tour, bettering his 26.5 points scored at Abidjan, Ivory Coast earlier this year.

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  Viswanathan Anand tied fifth, Magnus Carlsen on course to win in Kolkata

  Other Sports | November 25, 2019 23:54 IST

  Anand started with a loss to Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi but then went on to beat Armenian Levon Aronian and Wesley So of the US. He then lost to Carlsen while the rest of the games were drawn.

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  Have a lot to learn when it comes to cricket: How Magnus Carlsen felt at Eden Gardens

  Cricket | November 25, 2019 15:26 IST

  Magnus Carlsen has shared his experience of how he felt while ringing the Eden Bell alongside five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand

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  Viswanathan Anand has another mixed day, Magnus Carlsen extends lead

  Other Sports | November 23, 2019 20:59 IST

  Viswanathan Anand won one, lost one and drew one game as Magnus Carlsen extended his lead by three points.

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  Day-Night Test: Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen ring Eden bell ahead of 2nd day

  Cricket | November 23, 2019 13:50 IST

  Chess Grandmasters Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen rang the bell to begin the second day of the Day-Night Test.

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  Grandmasters Anand, Carlsen invited to ring bell in D/N Test at Eden: Report

  Cricket | November 07, 2019 19:29 IST

  Vishwanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen are reportedly invited to ring the bell ahead of the day/night Test between India and Bangladesh at Eden Gardens.

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  Viswanathan Anand suffers shock defeat against Vladimir Kramnik

  Other Sports | January 21, 2018 16:27 IST

  The loss proved costly as Anand slipped to joint sixth spot from his overnight joint second position, while, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan stretched his lead to a full point after his third straight victory in the tournament.

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  Viswanathan Anand outclasses top-ranked Magnus Carlsen in World Rapid Chess Championship

  Other Sports | December 28, 2017 16:18 IST

  Playing with black pieces, the former world champion played the contest on an aggressive note which caught the world number one Carlsen off guard.

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  Viswanathan Anand loses to Carlsen in blitz event of Norway Chess

  Other Sports | June 16, 2015 16:34 IST

  Stavanger (Norway): Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand lost to world champion Magnus Carlsen from a winning position to finish fifth in the blitz event that acts as a curtain raiser for the Norway Chess tournament which