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Arjun Erigaisi lost to Magnus Carlsen in the tiebreaks. (PHOTO: Peter Doggers/TePe Sigeman)

Arjun Erigaisi loses TePe Sigeman title to Magnus Carlsen in sudden-death tie-break

May 08, 2026 10:33 am

Magnus Carlsen won TePe Sigeman chess tournament after defeating India's Arjun Erigaisi in the sudden-death tie-break.

Magnus Carslen vs Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus at FIDE World Rapid Championship last year. (FIDE/Anna Shtourman)

Magnus Carlsen's rare praise for 14-year-old Turkish chess prodigy Erdogmus: 'Calling him talented is inaccurate'

May 07, 2026 5:51 pm

Erdogmus is the youngest player in chess history to breach the 2700 Elo rating in the classical format

Arjun Erigaisi beat Jorden van Foreest. (PHOTO: Peter Doggers/ TePe Sigeman chess)

Arjun Erigaisi moves to joint lead of TePe Sigeman after defeating Jorden van Foreest

May 06, 2026 6:49 pm

Arjun caught up with the overnight leader and the youngest player in the lineup, Yaagiz Kaan Erdogmus, with both sitting on 3.5 points each with two rounds to go.

CHESS | Javokhir Sindarov with his Second Mukhiddin Madaminov and brother Islombek Sindarov (left half). R. Praggnanandhaa with his Seconds Pranesh M and Vaibhav Suri. (PHOTO: FIDE/Michal Walusza)

Why is Praggnanandhaa using a 20-year-old as his Second at Candidates 2026?

April 03, 2026 1:22 pm

The chess 'Second' used to be a grizzled grandmaster with decades of experience. In Cyprus, veterans whispering Soviet-era lines have been replaced by teenagers grinding engine lines at 3 am

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

Sergey Karjakin held the record for becoming the youngest grandmaster in chess history for 19 years before Abhimanyu Mishra bettered it. (PHOTO: X/Sergey Karjakin)

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

Fabiano Caruana is the third highest rated player in the history of chess. (PHOTO: Freestyle Chess/Lennart Ootes)

Fabiano Caruana and the burden of being second best

February 20, 2026 9:29 am

While Magnus Carlsen has just clinched his 21st crown, the Italian-American, the second-best player of his generation, has yet to break his duck

Magnus Carslen reacts to Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus's game against Arjun Erigaisi at FIDE World Rapid Championship last year. (FIDE/ Lennart Ootes)

At 14, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus is a baby-faced assassin of the chessboard

January 28, 2026 9:03 am

Magnus Carlsen said Erdogmus was the ‘best 14-year-old that the world has ever seen’. Hikaru Nakamura called him a ‘superstar of superstars’. Some of the world’s best players have struggled against him.