<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[World Chess Championship News]]></title><description><![CDATA[Read the latest and breaking news about World Chess Championship tournament. All the latest 2026 Chess articles on SportsCafe.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in</link><image><url>https://cdn-static.spcafe.in/logo/logo192x192v1.png</url><title>World Chess Championship News</title><link>https://sportscafe.in</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:28:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://sportscafe.in/rss/chess/tournament/world_chess_championship" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 04:00:13 GMT</pubDate><copyright><![CDATA[ All Rights Reserved]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en-in]]></language><managingEditor><![CDATA[editor@sportscafe.in (SportsCafe Editor)]]></managingEditor><webMaster><![CDATA[admin@sportscafe.in (SportsCafe Admin)]]></webMaster><ttl>2</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[World Chess Championships | Indian men stun Sweden as women stop Georgia]]></title><description><![CDATA[India’s chess contingent had a good day in office as the men overcame Sweden with a crushing 3.5-0.5 win quite expectantly, while the women did magnificently to hold high-ranked Georgia to a 2-2 draw. India, China, Russia, USA, and England are on two points with five other teams yet to get points.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/chess/articles/2019/mar/06/world-chess-championships-indian-men-stun-sweden-as-women-stop-georgia?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/chess/articles/2019/mar/06/world-chess-championships-indian-men-stun-sweden-as-women-stop-georgia?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2019 04:00:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Chess_generic_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Viswanathan Anand plays out easy draw in second round]]></title><description><![CDATA[Viswanathan Anand has played out an easy draw against Russian Sergey Karjakin in the second round of the Tata Steel Masters Chess Tournament. Indian grandmaster B. Adhiban was defeated by current world champion Magnus Carlsen in the second round of the ongoing tournament in the Netherlands.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/chess/articles/2018/jan/15/viswanathan-anand-played-an-easy-draw-in-second-round?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/chess/articles/2018/jan/15/viswanathan-anand-played-an-easy-draw-in-second-round?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:01:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/other/Viswanathan_anand_world_chess_championship_getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Viswanathan Anand wins World Rapid Chess Championship title]]></title><description><![CDATA[Viswanathan Anand won the World Rapid Chess Championship beating Russia’s Vladimir Fedoseev in a three-way tie-break to reclaim the title he had won in 2003. Anand remained unbeaten throughout the tournament and was placed joint second at the start of the final five rounds before lifting the title.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/chess/articles/2017/dec/29/viswanathan-anand-wins-world-rapid-chess-championship-title?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/chess/articles/2017/dec/29/viswanathan-anand-wins-world-rapid-chess-championship-title?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2017 07:08:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240-gn/articles/Other_sports/VishyAnand109.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess World Cup | India’s challenge ends as V Gujrathi and SP Sethuraman bow out]]></title><description><![CDATA[While Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi lost to China's Ding Liren, Sethuraman Panayappan Sethuraman was ousted by Holland’s Anish Giri in the tie-break games of the third-round. The round also saw the shocking elimination of tournament favourites like Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik and Hikaru Nakamura.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/chess/articles/2017/sep/12/chess-world-cup-indias-challenge-ends-as-v-gujrathi-and-sp-sethuraman-bows-out?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/chess/articles/2017/sep/12/chess-world-cup-indias-challenge-ends-as-v-gujrathi-and-sp-sethuraman-bows-out?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 03:53:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other%20sports/magnus_carlsen_twitter.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess World Cup | Magnus Carlsen loses to Bu Xiangzhiin; Anton Kovalyov not allowed to participate after breaching dress code]]></title><description><![CDATA[Magnus Carlsen’s 100 percent score came to an end with a shock defeat to Bu Xiangzhiin in the third round. He will now need to win as Black in the next game to stay in the tournament. In a strange incident, Canadian Grandmaster Anton Kovalyov was asked to leave the venue after turning up in shorts.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/chess/articles/2017/sep/10/chess-world-cup-magnus-carlsen-loses-to-bu-xiangzhiin-anton-kovalyov-not-allowed-to-participate-after-breaching-dress-code?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/chess/articles/2017/sep/10/chess-world-cup-magnus-carlsen-loses-to-bu-xiangzhiin-anton-kovalyov-not-allowed-to-participate-after-breaching-dress-code?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2017 05:36:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other%20sports/magnus_carlsen_twitter.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess World Cup | Viswanathan Anand bows out; SP Sethuraman draws against Harikrishna]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former world champion Viswanathan Anand has missed a chance to challenge his arch nemesis Magnus Carlsen in the World Championship after losing to Canadian Grandmaster Anton Kovalyov. On the other hand, SP Sethuraman easily held higher-ranked compatriot P Harikrishna to a draw.]]></description><link>https://sportscafe.in/chess/articles/2017/sep/08/chess-world-cup-viswanathan-anand-bows-out-sp-sethuraman-draws-against-harikrishna?utm_medium=rss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://sportscafe.in/chess/articles/2017/sep/08/chess-world-cup-viswanathan-anand-bows-out-sp-sethuraman-draws-against-harikrishna?utm_medium=rss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[SportsCafe Desk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 04:38:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://sportscafe.in/img/es3-cfill-w480-h240/articles/Other_sports/Viswanathan_Anand_Getty.jpg" length="0" type="image/jpg"/></item></channel></rss>