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Gukesh apologises to fans: 'This event is kind of tough for me... some days just want to be left alone'
March 05, 2026 7:16 pm
Gukesh is yet to win a game at the Prague tournament, losing three games and drawing four games.
Fabiano Caruana on Gukesh’s form: ‘It’s concerning, but he’s still a top player regardless of few bad months’
March 05, 2026 6:09 pm
Talking about India's top 3 players of the current generation, Caruana said: "Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, and Arjun, I think, will be top players for many years or decades to come, so I don't read too much into it."
Another defeat for D Gukesh at Prague, this time to Aravindh, leaves him down at World No 20 spot
March 04, 2026 6:16 pm
Tuesday’s game was not the only time recently that the world champion has found himself in dire time trouble at the tournament.
Before becoming a chess outcast for pro-Putin comments, Sergey Karjakin was the OG prodigy who stopped Magnus Carlsen’s bid at becoming youngest Grandmaster
March 04, 2026 10:32 am
His latest bid at a comeback ended in failure, but the boy who changed citizenship to fulfill his destiny has found other avenues for his ambition as a member of the Russian-controlled Crimean parliament
Gukesh suffers another defeat to long-time nemesis Nodirbek Abdusattorov at Prague chess event
March 02, 2026 11:20 am
At Prague, which is Gukesh’s second classical tournament of 2026, after five rounds, Gukesh is yet to win a game, having lost twice and drawing the other three.
Viswanathan Anand to Aarav Dengla: Full list of India's 93 Grandmasters
March 01, 2026 12:09 am
Check the full list of Indian Grandmasters after Aarav Dengla became 93rd GM of India.
Aarav Dengla becomes India's 93rd Grandmaster at 17
February 28, 2026 6:48 pm
Dengla is the second Indian to attain the GM title in 2026, after Aaryan Varshney became the 92nd GM from the country in January.
In year of woe, Gukesh suffers another defeat, this time featuring a rare slip up with clock
March 01, 2026 9:28 am
Defeat to Dutch grandmaster Jorden Van Foreest pushed Gukesh, the reigning world champion, to world no 13. He is now one spot below his mentor, the semi-retired Viswanathan Anand, in the FIDE live ratings list.
Fabiano Caruana on cheating in chess: ‘Swept under rug in online events... never seen it in over-the-board events’
February 26, 2026 10:34 pm
While comparing online cheating with cheating in over-the-board events, Caruana pointed out how in online chess, instances of wrongdoing were “swept under the rug” with the perpetrators never outed openly but banned secretly.
'The truth is upon us': Hans Niemann says after Netflix reveals premiere date for Carlsen cheating scandal documentary
February 25, 2026 8:17 pm
Netflix has revealed that after nearly two years of following both players in the middle of the controversy the documentary will be releasing on April 7, with a trailer coming out on March 10.
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