Global Chess League continues: Indian sports live, September 7

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on September 7, 2026.

How Samay Raina's joke triggered Anand Mahindra to start a chess league

Anand Mahindra credits comedian Samay Raina for inspiring the Global Chess League, a franchise-based chess tournament that ...

Global Chess League: ‘New chess generation needs exposure,' says Vidit Gujrathi

BENGALURU: Magnus Carlsen, Koneru Humpy and Vidit Gujrathi competed against 25 young players from Bengaluru and Chennai at a ...

Praggnanandhaa wins Grand Chess Tour title; India (M) finish eighth in Hockey WC after losing to Belgium in shootout: Indian Sports, August 28

Here are all the updates from Indian sports on August 28, 2026.

Telangana’s Rajkumar wins Nagpur All-India FIDE-Rated Below-1700 Chess Tournament

Telangana chess player Rajkumar won the sixth Nagpur All-India FIDE-Rated Below-1700 Chess Tournament, scoring 8.5 points in ...

In a first for India, Praggnanandhaa wins Grand Chess Tour title

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa created history on Friday, becoming the first Indian to win the Grand Chess Tour after ...
CNN

Indian teenager becomes youngest challenger for world chess title, will face reigning champion from China

Teenage Indian chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju, better known as Gukesh D, became the youngest player to claim the men’s Candidates Tournament in Toronto, Canada Sunday. The 17-year-old grandmaster’s ...
rediff.com

Indian Chess Federation Unveils Landmark Stipend Programme For Young Players

The All India Chess Federation has launched a historic Rs 42.3 lakh stipend programme for 42 promising young players, aiming to empower India's next generation of chess champions by easing financial ...
CNN

India gripped as teen chess prodigy prepares to take on Magnus Carlsen for World Cup title

Millions in India will be cheering on the teen chess prodigy known as Pragg as he takes on Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen for the Chess World Cup title on Tuesday. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, 18, ...
Indiatimes

World Chess Day: How India became the new powerhouse of global chess

Dr (Prof) Sadhana Kala is a USA-trained robotic & laparoscopic surgeon, Uppsala University, Sweden, trained fertility specialist, and ‘National Icon Endoscopic Surgeon' of India. University topper and ...