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R. Praggnanandhaa won the FIDE Circuit 2025 on Monday to secure his place in next year’s Candidates Tournament as the only Indian man in the field. The Chennai Grandmaster has … Read More
Arjun Erigaisi on Monday beat Magnus Carlsen in the round-robin stage of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals, taking place at the Grootbos Private Nature Reserve in South Africa. Javokhir … Read More
Of India’s unusually large number of disappointments at the recent Chess World Cup in Goa, R. Praggnanandhaa was the biggest. The third seed was knocked out in the fourth round … Read More
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi suffered a defeat in the quarterfinal stage of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Final against Germany’s Vincent Keymer on Tuesday. Former world champion Magnus Carlsen trumped … Read More
Viswanathan Anand doesn’t play much chess these days. That shouldn’t be surprising: the five-time World champion turned 56 on Thursday. But he makes it a point to play the Global … Read More
Richard Rapport played for different teams in the first two editions of the Global Chess League. The third season is not going to be any different: he is turning out … Read More
Former world champion Magnus Carlsen outlasted Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov to reach the title clash of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Final, where he will face USA’s Levon Aronian. Sindarov pushed … Read More
On the final night of the Chess World Cup at Resort Rio, there were, so to speak, two Viswanathan Anands: the legend in person, and the winner’s trophy that FIDE … Read More
Javokhir Sindarov just couldn’t stop smiling. Or laughing. The 19-year-old’s excitement on Wednesday night was understandable. He had just won the Chess World Cup, after beating Wei Yi in a … Read More
Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov became the youngest player to win the Chess World Cup when he beat China’s Wei Yi in the final’s tiebreak in Goa on Wednesday. The 19-year-old chess … Read More
