We are the champions!! 23rd National Women Team at Raipur! Hat-trick Champions 2024,2025,2026! #chess

Traveling to a traditional chess city, Linares,Spain! World Team Chess Championship Women's 18-24 Nov. ♟️🇮🇳✌️

sea of wonderful chess games at FIDE World Cup, Goa

Rest in peace GM Daniel Naroditsky. More strength to his family and friends. It's been a difficult news to digest. I did not know him personally but whatever I had seen he came across as very knowledgeable, genuine and kind soul. Will always remember him as the bright chess star.

Congratulations to the evergreen @humpy_koneru aka for an inspiring World Cup performance ❤️

Congratulations @DivyaDeshmukh05 on the fantastic achievement ❤️

Celebrating Swachhata Pakhwada 2025 🇮🇳 Jai Hind

My Indian team kit for the Asian Chess Championship is missing. DTDC falsely marked it as delivered and is now giving me the runaround. I'm traveling tomorrow—need urgent resolution. This is unacceptable. @DTDCIndia @DTDCMumbai

Congratulations @DGukesh on becoming the youngest world chess champion!!!! A dream now reality 🌟

#FuelingProgress भी, #FuelingDreams भी! PM @narendramodi जी ने बीते 10 वर्षों में दिव्यांगजनों की उन्नति की मजबूत नींव रखी है। इसी कड़ी में पैरा-एथलीटों को सशक्त बनाने की दिशा में @IndianOilcl की सराहनीय पहल #DivyaShakti Scholarship एक प्रमाण है कि आज दिव्यांग खिलाड़ियों की प्रतिभा में पैसा दीवार नहीं बन रहा है। @PMOIndia @IndiaSports

Woohoo 🎉 Congratulations @chessgmkunte @HarikaDronavali @vantikachess @DivyaDeshmukh05 @TaniaSachdev @chessvaishali @swayams2150 and to both our teams for making history! 🇮🇳 🥇🥇 Chess Olympiads where almost 200 nations participate! Divya, Arjun, Gukesh 🫡 #ChessOlympiad2024

Congratulations to Indian team @DGukesh @rpraggnachess @ArjunErigaisi @viditchess @HariChess @srinathchess for the phenomenal Olympiad performance!!! Rooting for the women's team to make it double gold tomorrow 🤩🤩🤩 🇮🇳 #LetsGooo

Go clean and green #SwachhataPakhwada @IndianOilcl

.@pro_chessta ଏବଂ କ୍ରୀଡ଼ା ଓ ଯୁବସେବା ବିଭାଗର ମିଳିତ ଆନୁକୂଲ୍ୟରେ ଆରମ୍ଭ ହୋଇଯାଇଛି ProDG ଓଡ଼ିଶା କ୍ଲାସିକାଲ୍ ଟୁର୍ଣ୍ଣାମେଣ୍ଟ। ପ୍ରଥମ ଦିନରେ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସରକାରଙ୍କ ଅତିରିକ୍ତ ସଚିବ ଶ୍ରୀ ଶୁଭ୍ରାଂଶୁ ମିଶ୍ର, ଚେସ୍ ତାରକା @acciochess, @AocaChessର ସଚିବ ଶ୍ରୀ ଦେବବ୍ରତ ଭଟ୍ଟ, ପ୍ରଚେଷ୍ଟାର ମୁଖ୍ୟ ପ୍ରଶିକ୍ଷକ ଶ୍ରୀ ସ୍ୱୟଂଶୁ ସତ୍ୟପ୍ରଜ୍ଞ ଏବଂ ଅନ୍ୟାନ୍ୟ ମାନ୍ୟଗଣ୍ୟ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି ବିଶେଷ ଉପସ୍ଥିତ ଥିଲେ। ରାଜ୍ୟରେ ରହିଥିବା ଚେସ୍ ପ୍ରତିଭାର ସନ୍ଧାନ ଏହି ଟୁର୍ଣ୍ଣାମେଣ୍ଟର ମୂଳ ଉଦ୍ଦେଶ୍ୟ। ଆଗାମୀ ଜୁଲାଇ ୫ ତାରିଖ ଯାଏ ଏହି ଟୁର୍ଣ୍ଣାମେଣ୍ଟ ଚାଲିବ। #OdishaForSports

Women NOT allowed! This was a historic moment for me as well as for women’s chess. A woman chess player had been able to break through the gender barrier and qualify for the “Men’s World Championship” cycle. This is a moment I will always cherish. Unfortunately, this occasion brought me both wonderful memories as well as horrific ones. Between April and May of 1986, I participated in the Hungarian National Championship in Budapest. Going into the tournament, all participants were told the rules, and that the top 3 finishers would qualify to play in the “Men’s” World Championship Zonal Tournament. I had just turned 17 right before the tournament and until then, people would not even think about a woman qualifying for the “Men’s” World Championship. But I was brought up differently by my parents. I was taught that I could accomplish anything I want if I put in the hard work. I had put in a lot of hard work since I had been 4 or 5. Unfortunately, I was not told that as a young woman and Jew, I would be black-listed. By the time my younger sisters had begun to play serious chess, my battles had cleared the way for them. The unexpected f course happened. Knowing that I needed to finish in the top 3 to achieve the unthinkable, I paced myself to accomplish just that. I finished tied for 2nd with IM Laszlo Hazai, behind Grandmaster Ivan Farago. I was very happy of what I have accomplished. I had qualified for the “Men’s World Chess Championship” cycle. But the happy moment quickly turned sour. Many people were not happy. The Hungarian Chess Federation changed the rules and announced that only the top two would represent Hungary instead of the top three. No problem, I said to myself. So we will have a play-off between IM Hazai and me and the winner will move on. Wrong! The decision was made. Susan Polgar is not going to the “Men’s World Championship” cycle no matter what. IM Hazai will represent Hungary and that was final. After I legitimately qualified and broke the gender barrier, I learned rules can be changed at any time (especially if you are a young Jewish woman). To add more insult to injury, FIDE also refused to allow me to participate in the “Men’s World Championship” Zonal tournament. The reason? The word “Men’s Championship” speaks for itself. Dr. Laszlo Lako of Hungary stated that he would not allow Susan Polgar or any other Hungarian women to play in the “Men’s World Chess Championship” Zonal tournament even if FIDE would have agreed to let me play. The Hungarian federation and FIDE succeeded in stopping me from participating even though I had earned my spot. However, they could not stop women forever. They had to eventually change the name to the World Chess Championship in the following cycle and the word ‘Men’ was FINALLY removed. Fortunately, my loss was a gain for women in chess. Now, all women can compete in the overall World Chess Championship. Someday, hopefully another woman can break through the next barrier and win it all. But in the meantime, I am very proud to be able to chisel through the wall of gender discrimination in chess for future generations. I am happy to see so many good women players from around the world. I hope this trend will continue. Another reason why this event was one of the most memorable moments for me is because it made me a stronger player and a better human being. Rather than dwelling on the discrimination and unfairness, I used it as a motivational tool and continued to win title after title for many more years. I realized that I had to work even harder to accomplish my goals. I also learned to be more compassionate and understanding to everyone because I want no one to experience what I had experienced. (FYI, I was the #2 ranked 17 year old in the world. FIDE used to publish 2 rating lists per year. In the first half, I was #2, 5 rating points behind Ivanchuk and ahead of Anand. In the 2nd half, I was again #2, 5 points behind Anand but ahead of Ivanchuk.) @FIDE_chess

On the occasion of @gmmds fiftieth birthday let's take a look at one of his flowing attacking games from the last century.

A happy half century today to Matthew Sadler @gmmds. Matthew has always been a tough opponent and is still a world class player, but has also done brilliant work as a writer, helping to understand and explain the way computers play chess. Also, a surprisingly nice guy...

BREAKING NEWS! P. Shyam Nikhil from Tamil Nadu becomes the 85th GM of Indian chess. Shyam's story is that of grit and persistence. After crossing the 2500 Elo in 2012, it took Shyam Nikhil 12 years to achieve all his norms! The final one came today at the Dubai Police Open in UAE. Born in 1992, Shyam's achievement is absolutely amazing and shows his never say die spirit. A full interview on his journey will come soon on ChessBase India. For now we congratulate him and his entire family for this phenomenal feat! Photo: Aditya Sur Roy/ ChessBase India #chess #chessbaseindia #grandmaster

Looking forward to watching it 🤩

Congratulations @DGukesh ! Such an inspiration for all chess players ! #candidates2024