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After 8 games over 3 days, Vantika Agrawal stuns ex-women’s world champion Anna Ushenina to enter Round 3 of FIDE Women’s World Cup
July 11, 2025 22:58 IST
Vantika will join compatriots like Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, and Divya Deshmukh in the third round of the FIDE Women's World Cup.
When Magnus Carlsen beat ChatGPT at chess in 53 moves without losing a piece: ‘I sometimes get bored’
July 11, 2025 21:31 IST
What was even more interesting is the feedback Carlsen gave ChatCPT. “I think you played really well in the opening, made an interesting piece sac, but failed to follow it up correctly,” Carlsen messaged.
FIDE Grand Swiss: Magnus Carlsen, Vishy Anand, Ding Liren, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura to skip event
July 11, 2025 12:28 IST
The FIDE Grand Swiss is the event that helped Vidit Gujrathi and Vaishali Rameshbabu secure spots at the Candidates tournaments in Toronto in 2023.
Vantika Agrawal beats ex-women’s world champion Anna Ushenina to take 1-0 lead at FIDE Women’s World Cup
July 10, 2025 08:39 IST
Another former women's world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk was held to a draw by India's Padmini Rout in a remarkable result. Meanwhile, Koneru Humpy, Vaishali Rameshbabu and Divya Deshmukh (vs Mgeladze Kesaria of Georgia) all secured Game 1 wins.
Like Gukesh is now, Vishy Anand too faced criticism in younger days and was once dismissed by Soviet stars as ‘coffee house player’Subscriber Only
July 11, 2025 08:55 IST
Anand had written in his autobiography about the treatment he got from players from the Soviet Union in his early days: “(When people describe you as a ‘talent’) it merely reflects that you are not yet a threat to their dominance. It’s when they trash-talk you that you know you’re respected. Maybe even feared”
Vishy Anand grades Gukesh after Norway Chess: ‘He deserved a D, but I’ll give him a B… he got a lot of answers correct’
July 10, 2025 09:12 IST
Anand, when giving a six-month assessment of Gukesh before the Norway Chess tournament, had given the world champion a "C minus". He had also observed: "The fact that you have such defensive skills doesn't mean you should be depending on them all the time."
Magnus Carlsen after winning Zagreb event: ‘When nobody else has a great performance, my B-game is usually enough’
July 10, 2025 22:18 IST
Playing what Carlsen himself described as “survival” chess using an “old man’s chess” approach, he did considerably well to outscore a formidable field for his 10th Grand Chess Tour Rapid and Blitz title out of 12 appearances.
‘I told Magnus to lose… he tried, just wasn’t possible’: Magnus Carlsen’s wife Ella jokes after world no 1 wins at Zagreb
July 8, 2025 22:48 IST
After winning the event, Magnus Carlsen said: "It doesn't feel like I won. It feels like I just came here and played alright. Nobody really did anything special in the end."
Gukesh settles for pragmatic 3rd place; Magnus Carlsen shrugs and clucks his way to Zagreb victorySubscriber Only
July 7, 2025 10:36 IST
Sunday demanded different calculations with podium contention at stake, so the Indian chased stability, while the Norwegian, comfortably leading, secured his advantage
Magnus Carlsen and Gukesh’s Zagreb event in numbers: World champion started with 0.3% chance of winning; world no 1 lost just twice in 27 games
July 8, 2025 22:53 IST
Before the tournament began, the Grand Chess Tour carried out 15,000 tournament simulations to predict who would win the event after five days. Gukesh was given a 0.3 percent chance of winning the tournament while Carlsen was given 68.2% chances. Only one player was given a lower chance than Gukesh.
Done in 64 seconds: How final Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen battle in Zagreb ended in 14 moves, and barely lasted a minute
July 9, 2025 18:40 IST
When both players agreed to a draw, Gukesh had 5.10 minutes on his clock, more time than he had started the game with while Carlsen had 4:45
Gukesh loses to Carlsen, suffers 7 out of 9 defeats in blitz event of Croatia R&BSubscriber Only
July 6, 2025 12:03 IST
Amid all the cacophony around teenage Classical World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh’s prowess in faster formats, the Chennai prodigy suffered a dramatic freefall on the first day of the Blitz event at the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Chess Tournament in Zagreb on Saturday.
Magnus Carlsen says he defeated Gukesh by playing ‘old-man chess’; Garry Kasparov says Indian played some terrible games today
July 7, 2025 10:33 IST
Garry Kasparov said that Gukesh should "somehow drop this luggage" and just concentrate on playing chess at the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz chess tournament in Zagreb. Gukesh lost his first five games on Saturday, before salvaging a draw.
‘Nice that I could win against Magnus from two losing positions in a row’: Gukesh who topped rapid format at Zagreb
July 5, 2025 00:55 IST
Gukesh has made a habit of turning disadvantageous positions into wins, with Caruana and Carlsen suffering
How Gukesh turned ‘grindmaster’ to take 3-point lead at Zagreb after three days of rapid chessSubscriber Only
July 5, 2025 10:14 IST
At the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2025 in Zagreb, Gukesh has defeated six strong players including Carlsen and Caruana, that too in the rapid format, where he was supposedly weaker. How did he do it? By playing like a "computer", points out Garry Kasparov
Susan Polgar on Gukesh: ‘Some doubted his worthiness as World Champion… written off as a bottom feeder at Zagreb’
July 5, 2025 00:20 IST
Before the start of the tournament, Carlsen had not just questioned Gukesh’s credentials in rapid and blitz, but had gone as far as saying that he would treat the games against Gukesh in Zagreb as ones against one of the “presumably weaker players in the tournament”.
Garry Kasparov explains why facing Gukesh on chessboard is ‘like playing against a computer’: Have to beat him 5 times, has many lives in each gameSubscriber Only
July 9, 2025 09:26 IST
After Gukesh beat Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov said: “Now we can question Magnus’ domination. This is not just his second loss to Gukesh, it’s a convincing loss. It’s not a miracle… or that Gukesh just kept benefitting from Magnus’ terrible mistakes. It was a game that was a big fight. And Magnus lost.”
Magnus Carlsen reacts to Gukesh defeat: ‘Poor from me, got soundly punished… but all credit to Gukesh’
July 5, 2025 00:20 IST
Talking about his game, Magnus Carlsen said: "Honestly, I'm not enjoying playing chess at all right now. I just... I don't feel any flow at all. When I am playing, I'm constantly hesitating. It's just really poor right now."
As Gukesh beats Magnus Carlsen in Zagreb, Garry Kasparov says: ‘Now we can question Magnus’ domination’Subscriber Only
July 5, 2025 22:17 IST
Before the start of the tournament, Carlsen had questioned Gukesh's credentials in rapid and blitz by saying that he would treat the games against Gukesh in Zagreb as games against one of the “presumably weaker players in the tournament”.
Magnus Carlsen says Gukesh is ‘one of weaker players at Grand Chess Tour’; Teenage world champion responds by claiming joint lead on day 1
July 3, 2025 23:32 IST
Gukesh won two of his games on Wednesday, beating Alireza Firouzja, tipped by Carlsen to be one of the favourites to win the title, and compatriot Praggnanandhaa, who has claimed three titles this year.
Garry Kasparov’s advice to D Gukesh: ‘The moment you rest, it will not take long to decline’
July 2, 2025 20:00 IST
D Gukesh said at the the opening ceremony of the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz in Zagreb that he has now gotten to grips with the new life and is back to concentrating just improving himself again.
Praggnanandhaa explains why players like Magnus Carlsen and Nakamura are moving away from classical chess
July 5, 2025 14:15 IST
Praggnanandhaa has won three tournaments already this year, including the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee in February and the Superbet Chess Classic Romania in May earlier in the year.
FIDE rankings: Praggnanandhaa above Erigaisi, Gukesh; no Russian in top 10 for first time ever
July 4, 2025 20:32 IST
While Praggnanandhaa has 2779 points, Arjun and Gukesh both have 2776 points. The Indian trio are ranked 4th, 5th, and 6th in the standings.
Ex-World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, ‘the guy with the hammer who thinks everything is a nail’Subscriber Only
July 1, 2025 20:21 IST
Kramnik spends plenty of his time now on a crusade to weed out cheating in online chess, a campaign that's earned him plenty of criticism. But the Russian has always been outspoken and an independent thinker, even if it meant rubbing people the wrong way.
Praggnanandhaa interview: ‘We’ve got that respect now (from Hikaru, Caruana)… they don’t take massive risks as earlier against us now’Subscriber Only
July 2, 2025 21:40 IST
In a freewheeling interview with The Indian Express, Praggnanandhaa talks about “feeling dead” during the recent UzChess Cup, earning the respect of older generation like Magnus Carlsen, and why winning Wijk aan Zee was crucial for his season.
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