Norway Chess released a video of 18-year-old Gukesh with a tonsured head, giving it as an offering to Lord Balaji.

D Gukesh, who won the World Chess Championship last year in Singapore after beating Ding Liren, sought blessings at the ...

D Gukesh’s parents had to endure financial hardships in supporting their son’s ambition of becoming a world-class chess ...

Indian chess champion D Gukesh has shared his views on freestyle chess, calling it exciting but asserting that classical ...

Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand has long been a source of inspiration for chess players in India.

With two distinct sets of chess enthusiasts emerging -- one supporting freestyle and the other the showing loyality to ...

D Gukesh revealed the early financial struggles faced by his parents, when they were trying to help him succeed in his road ...

The Tirupati Balaji temple has a unique tradition of devotees donating their hair. According to the story, Lord Venkateshwara ...

Freestyle is exciting, but it’s too early to say where it’s going. We’ve had just two serious tournaments in freestyle so far. I don’t see it taking over ...

Paddy Upton worked as D Gukesh's mental conditioning coach for the World Chess Championship in Singapore last year.

World Champion D Gukesh dedicated his title win to his parents, saying that they don't have to think about money anymore.

Mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton has said that a minor tweak in room temperature helped D Gukesh overcome fatigue on his ...