IMAGE: Tamil Nadu government on Thursday organised a function to felicitate chess players from the state who excelled at various global championships recently. Photograph: Sports Development Authority ...

Much of this success stems from a deeply rooted chess culture. In cities like Chennai and Coimbatore, schools regularly include chess as part of co-curricular activities, while local clubs and ...

Seven-year-old Lakshan is coached by Selvabharathy, a trainer at Vishnu Prasanna's Chess Academy in Chennai, India in the southern state of Tamil Nadu — seen as the epicenter of chess in the country.

CHENNAI, India – On a balmy morning last fall in the coastal Indian city of Chennai, dozens of fans perched on their seats as they watched an elite-level tournament unfold. Some shook their legs ...

Chennai: Students in Tambaram corporation schools will soon get a chance to turn their love for chess into serious training, ...

Tamil Nadu Brief Weekend Edition with Sam Daniel. Meet teen artist Akhil Anand, son of chess legend Viswanathan Anand, at his debut exhibition Morphogenesis. Maths, mythology, nature, and conservation ...

The FIDE Women's Chess World Cup is among the most grueling of tournaments. It goes on for nearly a month and features more than 100 players, prodigies to world champions, across age and nationalities ...