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An upset Ian Nepomniachtchi in action against Fabiano Caruana during 2024 Candidates tournament. (PHOTO: FIDE/Michal Walusza)

Why people go crazy at the Candidates tournament

March 25, 2026 10:46 pm

The World Championships and World Cup in chess offers their own unique challenge but the Candidates is where all hell breaks loose

Anish Giri and Viswanathan Anand at the awards ceremony in the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championship 2025. (PHOTO: Rafal Oleksiewicz/FIDE)

Anish Giri's Vishy Anand fan-post, Carlsen's 'old Americans' picks and Nepo's dark horse Wei Yi

March 17, 2026 11:50 pm

Vishy Anand speaking to FIDE had said Caruana, Nakamura and Giri could potentially do well at the Cyprus event

Two-time world championship contender Ian Nepomniachtchi at the FIDE World Cup in Goa. (Express Photo by Amit Kamath)

Ian Nepomniachtchi names Praggnanandhaa among two favourites to win Candidates in tier list

January 29, 2026 10:52 am

While Ian Nepomniachtchi said he considered Fabiano Caruana as the top favourite to win Candidates 2026, ranking him slightly ahead of Pragg, he also pointed out that American grandmaster "can burn out" in events.

Ian Nepomniachtchi’s top 20 exit shows Russian chess is down, but it’s not checkmated yet

January 07, 2026 8:01 am

While Russian chess is running on fumes these days, other chess empires have emerged in nations like China, USA, India and Uzbekistan.

Arjun Erigaisi bounces back from FIDE World Cup heartbreak to claim Jerusalem Masters title, defeats Viswanathan Anand in final

December 04, 2025 10:49 am

Arjun and Anand had played out draws in the two rapid games, which then necessitated that the pair settle the matter over two blitz games.

FIDE and the local organisers had told The Indian Express that Nepomniachtchi had not raised his issues in an official complaint with them in writing. (Express Photo by Amit Kamath)

‘A loser talking’: Dutch GM Loek van Wely on Ian Nepomniachtchi’s criticism for FIDE World Cup conditions

November 17, 2025 4:45 pm

Dutch grandmaster Loek van Wely, who was in Goa as the coach of Max Warmerdam and has coached the Triveni Continental Kings to back-to-back titles at the Global Chess League, has weighed in on Nepo’s comments.

Anish Giri gives an interview during the third round of the FIDE World Cup in Goa. (PHOTO: FIDE via Eteri Kublashvili)

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.”

‘Conditions at Goa World Cup meet FIDE standards’: After Ian Nepomniachtchi's post, FIDE throws weight behind local organisers

November 07, 2025 9:36 pm

FIDE said that the player had given no written complaint raising his issue with the organising of the event.

Just like Nepo, Ivanchuk was also knocked out in the second round from the ongoing FIDE World Cup in Goa. (Photo Credit: Michal Walusza/FIDE)

‘Excellent, excellent, excellent’: After Nepo’s criticism, chess legend Vassily Ivanchuk praises FIDE World Cup's organisation

November 10, 2025 3:00 am

Vassily Ivanchuk’s comments come after Ian Nepomniachtchi left the FIDE World Cup’s official player hotel in less than an hour after losing in the second round.

Nepomniachtchi criticised FIDE and the playing conditions in Goa, prompting a response from former Indian No. 1 Pentala Harikrishna. (Photo Credit: Michal Walusza/FIDE)

GM Harikrishna hits out at Ian Nepomniachtchi’s criticism of Chess World Cup in Goa

November 07, 2025 4:13 pm

Nepomniachtchi said India is 'one of those places that you won’t regret leaving,' and criticised FIDE and the playing conditions in Goa, prompting a response from former Indian No. 1 Pentala Harikrishna.