After a subpar 2025 season, Wesley So aims to return to the world top 10 after opening this year’s campaign with a blitz chess title in India ...

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand showed he remains a force to reckon with in a field increasingly dominated by ...

The top-ranked Indian player across formats, Arjun was on a roll to start the blitz section of the event. Having finished behind champion Nihal Sarin and runner-up Anand in the rapid section, Arjun ...

Having finished third in the Rapid event of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata, Arjun began the Blitz portion with a blitzkrieg of his own. On Saturday, he took down five opponents ...

American Carissa Yip held her nerve to win the tie-break 1.5-0.5 against India’s Vantika Agrawal to claim the women’s blitz ...

Magnus Carlsen has been making headlines for the past few days after he decided to quit the World Rapid and Blitz Championships after he was not allowed to participate in the tournament because he was ...

American Grandmaster Wesley So showed remarkable consistency to clinch the title in the Open category with a round to spare.

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess ...

Bibisara Assaubayeva, the three-time Women’s World Blitz Champion, is one of the most dominant speed chess players of this ...

Kolkata has become a vibrant hub for world chess, hosting an elite rapid and blitz tournament with roots tracing back to a Dutch steel company's initiative in 1938. This annual spectacle, now in its ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz Championship title earlier this week. Tuesday’s final in New York was locked at ...