Chess News - Page 12

India's D. Gukesh and Uzbekistan's Nodirkbek Abdusattorov in action during Sinquefield Cup. (Picture Credit: Grand Chess Tour/Lennart Ootes)

How did World Champion respond to Abdusattorov’s unpopular opinion that ‘Gukesh will lose his title’?

September 4, 2025 17:03 IST

Both Abdusattorov and Gukesh are in Samarkand (Uzbekistan), the former's home, for the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025, which offers two spots in the 2026 Candidates Tournament.

FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Live Updates, Round 1: World champion Gukesh Dommaraju contemplates his next move during the round 1 match against Etienne Bacrot in Samarkand. (PHOTO: FIDE/Michal Walusza)

FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2025 Round 1 highlights: Gukesh, Vidit, Vaishali win; Divya loses; Arjun Erigaisi, Pragg draw

September 5, 2025 01:07 IST

FIDE Grand Swiss Chess 2025 Round 1: Divya Deshmukh lost to Abhimanyu Puranik. Gukesh won his game, while Harikrishna and Murali Kartikeyan lost.

Divya Deshmukh in action against Tan Zhongyi during FIDE World Cup semifinal. (FIDE/Anna Shtourman)

FIDE Grand Swiss Chess: After Women’s World Cup triumph, Divya Deshmukh to test herself in the open sectionSubscriber Only

September 3, 2025 23:36 IST

Teenager had the option to play in women's field but will now take on the likes of D Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi and Levon Aronian

FIDE Grand Swiss 2025: When and where to watch Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and other Indians in action?

September 4, 2025 16:43 IST

FIDE Grand Swiss 2025: The FIDE Grand Swiss is a prestigious event where the top two finishers in both the Open and Women’s competitions will qualify for the 2026 Candidates Tournament, which determines the challenger for the World Champion title.

Magnus Carlsen plays against Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the Esports World Cup in Riyadh. (Screengrab via Esports World Cup YouTube)

Why does Magnus Carlsen feel his ‘brain is fried,’ and what did he say about the new Titled Tuesday format?

September 3, 2025 17:15 IST

The new time format (5+0) of the event replaces the old time increment format (3+1), which has resulted in more time-induced blunders and flagging throughout the event.

India's Vaishali Rameshbabu (extreme left), Praggnanandhaa (second from left) and Gukesh D (centre) will be competing at the Candidates this year. Arjun Erigaisi will miss out. (PHOTO: FIDE/Lennart Ootes)

FIDE Grand Swiss 2025: Indians in action in open & women’s section, format, schedule, pairings, prize money – All you need to know

September 3, 2025 19:24 IST

FIDE Grand Swiss - All you need to know: Here’s all you need to know about the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 set to start in Samarkand, Uzbekistan from Thursday.

L-R: Vanuatu's Lou-Anne taking photo with Magnus Carlsen during FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024 and Vanuatu Chess team at Olympiad. (Photo: Facebook/Vanuatu Chess Federation)

Why FIDE’s strict dress code is an avoidable blunderSubscriber Only

September 3, 2025 15:31 IST

For the game's biggest governing body to fixate on what clothes chess players wear, is absurd and least of its concerns for its followers.

World No 1 Magnus Carlsen takes on five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand in the recent Global Chess League. (PHOTO: GCL)

Global Chess League’s ‘GCL Contenders’ will let you play alongside grandmasters; here’s how to join

August 31, 2025 19:19 IST

The Global Chess League has launched a new tournament, 'GCL Contenders,' offering a direct pathway for amateurs to compete with the world's elite. Three winners will earn a spot as GCL ambassadors.

Kirill Shevchenko contemplates his next move during a FIDE chess tournament in 2021. (PHOTO: FIDE/Mark Livshitz)

Phones hidden in bathroom, a note taped on it, suspicious opponents: How Kirill Shevchenko was caught cheating

September 1, 2025 10:11 IST

The Kirill Shevchenko case: Two phones in the bathroom at a chess event. A hand-written note on one of them saying “Do not touch! The phone is left for a guest to answer at night.” Suspicious opponents.

World No 1 Magnus Carlsen (LEFT) had exited the FIDE World Rapid Championship last year after being fined for wearing jeans and being asked to change into formal trousers; FIDE made changes to dress code this year for the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament. (PHOTOS: FIDE)

Eight months after Magnus Carlsen row, FIDE breaks with tradition, allows players to wear jeans at Grand SwissSubscriber Only

September 1, 2025 10:49 IST

“Sometimes the laundry doesn’t come back on time. So having jeans as option to wear is definitely convenient for the players,” Arjun Erigaisi told The Indian Express, before adding: “I like wearing jeans, of course with a blazer.”

Praggnanandhaa qualified for Grand Chess Tour finals after finishing second in the Sinquefield Cup 2025. (Photo: Grand Chess Tour/Lennart Ootes)

How Praggnanandhaa overturned a lean year to leap this yearSubscriber Only

August 29, 2025 05:23 IST

Yet to finish outside top-two in 2025, Praggnanandhaa finished second in the Sinquefield Cup and sealed a berth in the Grand Chess Tour finale.

Praggnanandhaa battles Wesley So in the Sinquefield Cup tiebreaks. (PHOTO: Lennart Ootes via Grand Chess Tour)

Praggnanandhaa loses dramatic 3-way tiebreak at Sinquefield Cup but qualifies for Grand Chess Tour Finals

August 28, 2025 14:12 IST

Wesley So later revealed that he had suggested -- only half-seriously -- that the three players slit the title, just like Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi had controversially done at the 2024 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship. But So said the chief arbiter had refused to allow it.

Both Praggnanandhaa and So played a spotless game with an identical accuracy of 98.9 percent, giving each other practically no chance to make any inroads. (Photo Credit: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour)

Sinquefield Cup 2025: Praggnanandhaa stays in the hunt after another round of closely fought drawsSubscriber Only

August 28, 2025 08:39 IST

Indian star R. Praggnanandhaa, a joint-leader ahead of the penultimate round, played a safe draw against the USA's Wesley So.

Sinquefield Cup chess: Praggnanandhaa beats Alireza Firouzja

Sinquefield Cup 2025: Praggnanandhaa beats Alireza Firouzja to get into joint lead; Gukesh slips to 9th after losing to Wesley SoSubscriber Only

August 27, 2025 08:23 IST

World Champion D Gukesh loses to Wesley So and is almost out of contention for Grand Chess Tour Finals.

How procedural delay caused FIDE to announce Goa as World Cup host just 2 months ahead of eventSubscriber Only

August 27, 2025 08:19 IST

The tournament will run from October 30 to November 27, and have players feature in two-game knockout format over eight rounds.

Goa announced as official host for the FIDE World Cup 2025

August 26, 2025 18:49 IST

The FIDE World Cup 2025 will feature 206 players competing in a head-to-head, two-game knockout format over eight rounds.

Chess legend Garry Kasparov and reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju share the stage during the opening ceremony of the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia tournament. (PHOTO: Lennart Ootes via Grand Chess Tour)

Garry Kasparov is correct about Gukesh’s chess strength, but his scorn for teen’s world championship title is way off markSubscriber Only

September 3, 2025 15:30 IST

Amit Kamath writes in his weekly chess column: Many world titles have been won on the basis of questionable rules - so are those names to be to be asterisked too, just as Gukesh's title lives in Magnus Carlsen's shadow?

World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju takes on Alireza Firouzja in a Sinquefield Cup 2025 clash. (PHOTO: Lennart Ootes via Grand Chess Tour)

Draws galore leave Sinquefield Cup on knife’s edge as R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh remain in hunt for title & Grand Tour Finals spotSubscriber Only

August 25, 2025 18:49 IST

Fabiano Caruana leads on four points after six rounds, half a point ahead of Praggnanandhaa and Levon Aronian; world champion Gukesh remains one behind the leader

World champion Gukesh competes in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour event in Weissenhaus. (PHOTO: Lennart Ootes via Freestyle Chess)

When Gukesh was scolded by his mother for playing chess for nearly 13 hours straight

August 25, 2025 10:48 IST

The 19-year-old then said that as he grew up, he understood how to manage his time so that he did not get burned out.

Former world champions Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand during a Grand Chess Tour event in Zagreb in 2021. (PHOTO: Grand Chess Tour via Lennart Ootes)

‘I should give Vishy a chance to improve our score’: Garry Kasparov’s light-hearted dig at Viswanathan Anand ahead of exhibition match

August 25, 2025 10:30 IST

Russia's Garry Kasparov, often considered one of the the greatest chess players in history, has won the world championship title six times with four of those titles coming against Anatoly Karpov.

World champion Gukesh takes on veteran grandmaster Levon Aronian in a game at the Saint Louis Rapid and Blitz tournament. (PHOTO: Crystal Fuller via Grand Chess Tour)

When 12-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju left Levon Aronian ‘very embarrassed’

August 23, 2025 20:55 IST

Aronian also had positive things to say about the Indian chess revolution. In fact, Aronian called India the "fatherland of chess" and praised the government for backing players.

Susan Polgar has come to the defence of Gukesh against Garry Kasparov's comments on his world championship title. (Grand Chess Tour via Lennart Ootes)

‘It’s not Gukesh’s fault Magnus Carlsen walked away’: Susan Polgar defends Indian teen after Garry Kasparov questions world title

August 23, 2025 16:15 IST

Former world champion Garry Kasparov had termed Gukesh’s world title as ‘very different’ and termed era of classical world champions ended with Magnus Carlsen.