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Fabiano Caruana names Praggnanandhaa among top favourites to win Candidates 2026
February 24, 2026 2:17 pm
Fabiano Caruana names Praggnanandhaa and Hikaru Nakamura among the favourites for the Candidates tournament in Cyprus, calling the race a close affair.
70-30 in favour of Fabi: Hans Niemann’s prediction for Gukesh D’s World Championship defense if Caruana makes cut
February 20, 2026 10:43 pm
While talking about contenders behind Caruana in the list at the upcoming Candidates, Niemann said: "If you ask me to choose between the rest, I would say Sindarov because of his good recent results. If I had to pick a third, it would probably be Praggnanandhaa."
FIDE Candidates pairings, full draw: Praggnanandhaa vs Anish Giri in round 1; Divya Deshmukh takes on Humpy in opener
February 20, 2026 7:35 pm
Since regulations require players from the same federation to meet in the early rounds, the three Indians players in the fray, Humpy Koneru, Divya Deshmukh and Vaishali R will meet each other in the first few rounds.
‘I don’t have great chances at Candidates’: Wei Yi ranks Praggnanandhaa above himself in tier list
February 17, 2026 6:26 pm
Wei Yi put himself in tier 3 for the Candidates along with Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov, Russia’s Andrey Esipenko and Germany’s Matthias Bluebaum.
Ludhiana West Assembly bypoll Result: 14 rounds of counting to decide fate of 14 candidates today
June 23, 2025 10:36 am
Punjab Ludhiana West By Election Result 2025: The bypoll was necessitated after AAP Ludhiana West MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi died of a “self-inflicted bullet injury” earlier this year.
Gukesh: ‘Right now just want to be the best, don’t care about youngest ever and other records’
April 28, 2024 2:16 pm
After Gukesh become the youngest-ever player to qualify for the prestigious World Chess Championship, a clip of him as an 11-year-old surfaced. In it he says: “I want to be the youngest world chess champion!”
Gukesh vs Ding Liren: It will cost about Rs 70 crore to host World Chess Championship
May 22, 2024 8:37 pm
What does it take to host the World Chess Championship, where Gukesh will take on Ding Liren later this year? We break it down in this explainer:
India pushing to host Chess World Championship and give sensation D Gukesh the perfect liftoff against Ding Liren
April 28, 2024 2:06 pm
Gukesh became the youngest ever challenger for the world title by winning the Candidates Tournament in Toronto on Monday
How Gukesh was welcomed at 3 am after Candidates: 80 school kids, posse of cameramen, officials and an emotional mother
April 28, 2024 2:07 pm
AICF treasurer Dharmendra Kumar, who was at the Chennai airport at 3 am to welcome Gukesh, told The Indian Express that they are in discussions with FIDE to host the World Chess Championship. “We are definitely interested,” he said.
Gukesh wins Candidates: 17-year-old and trainer Grzegorz Gajewski reveal what makes him a mentality monster
April 28, 2024 2:06 pm
Gukesh and his trainer Grzegorz Gajewski reveal the mentality behind 17-year-old winning Candidates, the routines he painstakingly follows and how he gets in the zone.
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