Category: Chess

Koneru Humpy wins 2024 World Rapid Championship in New York Source link

She was speaking from a distance of some 13,000 km, but one could feel her excitement. And Koneru Humpy is not someone who easily gets excited by success. But it … Read More

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi’s Candidates 2026 qualification hopes ended after Russia’s 18-year-old sensation Volodar Murzin won the FIDE World Rapid Championship 2024 in New York on Sunday. Arjun needed to … Read More

India’s Koneru Humpy beat Irene Sukandar in Round 11 to win FIDE World Rapid Championship 2024 happening in Wall Street, New York on Sunday. Humpy finished on joint-top in the … Read More

The format for the World Rapid Championship will follow a Swiss system, with 13 rounds in the Open Rapid format and 11 in the Women’s Rapid format. The player with … Read More

Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand said FIDE didn’t want to disqualify Magnus Carlsen from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship, but the Norwegian left them with no choice after … Read More

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi emerged as one of the four co-leaders after another impressive day of skill display at the ongoing World rapid and blitz chess championship here. Russians Volodar … Read More

Defending champion Magnus Carlsen was disqualified from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2024 on Saturday for violating FIDE’s dress code. Carlsen was fined $200 for wearing jeans, which … Read More

Multiple-time World Champion and defending World Rapid and Blitz Championship title holder has been disqualified from the World Rapid and Blitz Championship 2024 happening in Wall Street, New York on … Read More

5. Raunak Sadhwani – 4.0/5 12. Arjun Erigaisi – 4.0/5 32. Pranav V – 3.5/5  56. R. Praggananandhaa – 3.0/5 69. Diptayan Ghosh – 3.0/5 108. Harsha Bharathakoti – 2.5/5 … Read More