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Teammates at GCL now, Candidates rivals soon: How Praggnanandhaa, Anish Giri, and Fabiano Caruana are co-existing at Alpine SG Pipers

December 18, 2025 9:10 am

Praggnanandhaa, Anish Giri, and Fabiano Caruana talk about the strange dynamic they share as part of Alpine SG Pipers in the GCL, knowing fully well that they will soon be facing off in the Candidates, where only finishing first matters.

Dutch GM Anish Giri shuts down ‘exaggerated and ridiculous’ criticism of FIDE World Cup with trademark sarcasm

November 17, 2025 4:46 pm

Anish Giri joked: “That’s why it’s good to have a second at a tournament. You can blame everything on them second. But if you don’t want to blame it on the second, you have got to go with blaming other things.”

'I don't really see the big deal': Fabiano Caruana reacts to Hikaru Nakamura throwing D Gukesh’s king into crowd

October 08, 2025 4:46 pm

Caruana also stressed that events like Checkmate and more serious tournaments like the Candidates as well as the World Championships can and should be allowed to co-exist.

Sinquefield Cup 2025: Praggnanandhaa confronts stubborn American Sevian to eke out a draw; Gukesh joint third in a strong field

August 23, 2025 1:30 pm

Caruana in sole lead after defeating Abdusattorov, while Frenchman Vachier-Lagrave up next for Pragg.

Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura fight over cheating in Titled Tuesday tournaments

August 23, 2025 3:19 pm

Fabiano Caruana said that his American compatriot Hikaru Nakamura was trying to “rock the boat a bit for views”. He also explained why he had said on his podcast that he "doesn't respect the Titled Tuesday tournament”.

Why does Fabiano Caruana want to be inducted into the US Chess ‘Hall of Shame’?

August 16, 2025 11:12 pm

Caruana won the rapid event in Saint Louis, finishing with 14 out of a possible 18 points.

The miracle of St Louis: Gukesh turns around terrible position to secure 4th win in row vs Fabiano Caruana

August 15, 2025 7:36 am

After defeating Gukesh at Norway Chess, Caruana had said: "These Indian players are very strong. But I don’t find them scary yet. When I play them, I do get this feeling, that I can really outplay them very significantly and get a lot of winning chances."

Is chess ready for in-arena audience that cheers and shouts like at other 'spectator sport' events?

August 01, 2025 1:21 pm

At the Las Vegas Freestyle Chess event, presence of live audience with access to live commentary and eval bar didn’t go well despite players wearing noise-cancellation headphones to not get distracted.

Fabiano Caruana's scathing interview slamming Freestyle Chess event rules deleted, then restored, claims player

July 29, 2025 6:22 pm

In the interview, Caruana had expressed his displeasure at the fact that the spectators who were going to be in the playing hall would have access to live commentary and that they could also know via the eval bar. He said he had heart fans shouting during games.

Fabiano Caruana explains why Magnus Carlsen wanted to dominate Gukesh at Norway Chess

June 18, 2025 9:39 pm

“Magnus definitely wanted to win (against Gukesh) to prove a point: the point being that not only is he (Gukesh) not nearly as strong as Magnus but also that he's not as strong as other players," Caruana explained on his podcast.

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