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‘Haters are fun bro’: Gukesh schools troll who told him it was time to retire
August 26, 2026 11:17 pm
Gukesh will defend his World Championship title in November-December in Geneva against Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov.
Javokhir Sindarov is playing everywhere. Gukesh has gone silent. Who's got it right?
August 26, 2026 9:40 pm
"For Gukesh, I understand. Last year he played a lot of tournaments and he didn't feel very good mentally. He might have felt that he needed to work on certain things. But in my opinion, he's a very, very strong chess player," says Sindarov.
Geneva to host Gukesh vs Sindarov World Chess Championship match in Nov-Dec 2026
July 28, 2026 6:39 pm
Gukesh, the 18-year-old GM from Chennai, will defend the crown he won in Singapore in December 2024 against China's Ding Liren.
Gukesh interview: ‘Lately my strengths have been controlling me’
July 13, 2026 8:55 am
Gukesh speaks about managing expectations of the rest of the world; his objectivity in games getting clouded by him wanting the result too much; being serious about the process, but relaxed about the results; losing motivation for some months after becoming world champion and lot more.
Gajewski: ‘Meeting expectations of ex-world champions is not Gukesh’s main goal’
June 03, 2026 6:52 am
The man who has been in the champ's corner since 2023 speaks about the 20-year-old’s form, reveals what’s going on behind the scenes, and responds to criticism from chess greats
Praggnanandhaa on Gukesh vs Sindarov world championship: 'It's 50-50 for now'
May 16, 2026 9:22 am
Sindarov has been in rampaging form in classical chess recently, scything through the Candidates tournament in Cyprus last month with an unblemished record to secure his spot in the world championship.
Gukesh explains rare fist pump celebration after beating Javokhir Sindarov
May 07, 2026 1:23 pm
Since Gukesh became the world champion in December 2024, every move he made in critical positions, every game he played and did not win, every tournament position where he did not finish at the top became a referendum on his credentials.
Viswanathan Anand to Gukesh: Ignore the criticism, but some of it is legitimate
April 22, 2026 8:21 pm
With Gukesh’s form dipping in recent years, some of the comments from former world champions like Magnus Carlsen and Garry Kasparov appear to question his credentials as a world champion.
The miracle of Cyprus: R Vaishali wins Women’s Candidates after dramatic finale
April 16, 2026 8:48 am
The result means that for only the second time in chess history, an Indian woman will fight it out for the Women’s World Championship title.
Anish Giri says currently Javokhir Sindarov looks 'faster and better prepped than Gukesh'
April 15, 2026 5:11 pm
Giri explained that since both Sindarov and Gukesh are young (both players will be 20 during the World Championship), there is a tendency to be unstable with results, so form will play a big role in deciding who wins the world championship.
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