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Arjun Erigaisi’s efforts to break through Levon Aronian’s defence did not fructify, while P. Harikrishna played out a quick draw in the opening game of Round 5 at the FIDE … Read More
Arjun Erigaisi and Pentala Harikrishna were the only two Indians left in the ongoing Chess World Cup in Goa at the end of the fourth round on Thursday. Arjun won … Read More
Arjun Erigaisi and Pentala Harikrishna kept the Indian challenge alive while R. Praggnanandhaa, last edition’s runner-up, went down in tiebreaks in the fourth round of the Chess World Cup in … Read More
No Indian won — a rare sight in chess these days, but that was very much the case for the last two days. Two Indians, in fact, were knocked out … Read More
Loek van Wely was Vladimir Kramnik’s second. The Dutchman feels the former World champion should not have been making accusations against players like Daniel Naroditsky, the popular American Grandmaster who … Read More
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has lodged a formal complaint with its Ethics & Disciplinary Commission (EDC) against former World champion Vladimir Kramnik for his repeated public allegations of cheating … Read More
After posting three wins in a row, Arjun Erigaisi seems to be taking it a bit easy. He still looks probably the most solid player at the Chess World Cup, … Read More
There were 206 of them. Now it is down to 32. The Chess World Cup is moving towards its business end, promising plenty of action on the black-and-white squares. After … Read More
It wasn’t the best of days for India at the Chess World Cup. Of the three men who played the third round tie-breakers at Resort Rio in Arpora, only one … Read More
Seeds are falling fast at Resort Rio. The biggest of them fell on Saturday night. The World champion D. Gukesh was stunned by Germany’s Frederik Svane in the second game … Read More
