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Women’s Grand Prix: Humpy and Divya Deshmukh remind Chinese of great Indian chess challengeSubscriber Only
April 21, 2025 23:42 IST
Zhu Jiner, who was leadig for six rounds, was pushed out of contention by the Indians.
Magnus Carlsen at Grenke Freestyle Chess: Selfie with opponent before game, complaint to arbiter about wrist watch
April 20, 2025 09:31 IST
At the Grenke Freestyle event, all players are playing two games in one day, which meant Carlsen found himself facing off against a 53-year-old grandmaster Victor Mikhalevski in the fifth round
Unmanned cameras, delayed broadcast, heart-rate monitors: The present and future of chess broadcastSubscriber Only
April 22, 2025 10:12 IST
India is enjoying a golden period with a dominant young generation, and how the game is shown to viewers is finally matching up.
Hans Niemann makes comeback at Grenke Chess after last-minute no-show at Freestyle Chess in Paris
April 18, 2025 13:36 IST
With the American Grandmaster's surprise return to contention at Grenke, the possibility of him meeting arch-nemesis Magnus Carlsen in later rounds of the tournament has increased.
What makes Ju Wenjun, who claimed her fifth Women’s World Championship crown, specialSubscriber Only
April 17, 2025 03:13 IST
Pentala Hariskrishna, once her second, attributes her supremacy to the knack of resetting and thriving under pressure.
Ju Wenjun brushes aside Tan Zhongyi’s challenge to retain FIDE Women’s World Championship crown
April 16, 2025 15:04 IST
Ju Wenjun had defied the same opponent, Tan Zhongyi, in May 2018 to claim her first world championship crown. That was her seventh attempt at the Women’s World Championship. Since then, she has defended her crown four times.
FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, Pune: Divya Deshmukh upstages GM R Vaishali to be joint top after two roundsSubscriber Only
April 17, 2025 01:08 IST
FIDE Women's Grand Prix, Pune: Star of last year's Chess Olympiad, with team and individual gold medals, taking major strides to be Grandmaster.
Women’s World Chess Championship: Ju Wenjun on cusp of fifth title, needs just one draw vs Tan Zhongyi to retain crown
April 15, 2025 18:29 IST
Women’s World Chess Championship: All Ju Wenjun needs a draw in the next game against Tan Zhongyi to reach 6.5 points and win her fifth championship.
With Freestyle Chess, Magnus Carlsen rediscovers child-like joy and the hunger to ‘prove himself’ that made him a legendSubscriber Only
May 2, 2025 03:07 IST
Over the past week, Magnus Carlsen has duelled his way to the title at the Paris leg of the Freestyle Tour.
In ‘one of most fun tournaments’, Arjun Erigaisi pockets Rs 43 lakh for 5th position at Paris Freestyle Grand Slam TourSubscriber Only
April 15, 2025 00:26 IST
Arjun defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the playoff for the fifth spot after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in the previous classification game.
Esports World Cup: Nihal Sarin, Aravindh Chithambaram to compete for India’s S8UL
April 14, 2025 12:04 IST
Before Nihal and Aravindh, Arjun Erigaisi was named on the roster of Gen.G. There are plenty of stars like Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Ding Liren, who have already signed up for teams for the Esports World Cup
Freestyle Chess: Arjun Erigaisi defeats Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in game 1 of 5th place playoff
April 13, 2025 23:49 IST
At the Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess event, Arjun is already assured to be the best finishing Indian out of the four players who competed
From phone in toilet to signal jammers: Chess’ escalating war against cheatingSubscriber Only
April 14, 2025 18:32 IST
Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik have issued dire warnings against cheating, but chess.com's Peter Doggers believes chess has fewer systemic issues than other competitive fields.
A move that made jaws drop: How Arjun Erigaisi beat Ian Nepomniachtchi by offering stunning queen sacrificeSubscriber Only
April 13, 2025 18:26 IST
Arjun Erigaisi will play for the 5th spot at the Paris Freestyle Chess event (and a cool Rs 43 lakh prize money) after making one of the moves of the tournament which made jaws of GMs like Peter Leko, Judit Polgar and Anish Giri drop and his opponent Nepo’s heart rate spike
Freestyle Chess: Even legends of game can be caught out of depth in variantSubscriber Only
April 12, 2025 07:49 IST
Magnus Carlen says: “For two days in a row, I felt so clueless out of the opening phase. That’s the beauty of the game, it's supposed to be hard”
Freestyle Chess heading to Las Vegas instead of New York with new changes to format to speed up eventSubscriber Only
April 12, 2025 01:16 IST
Next event will see 45-minute games with a 10-second increment per move rather than a 90-minute game with 30-second increment.
World No.2 Hikaru Nakamura left pondering his chess future after a few bad lossesSubscriber Only
April 11, 2025 16:39 IST
American has often faltered from good positions in recent times and is still to do full justice to his talent.
Norway Chess organisers exploring possibility of a chess tournament in IndiaSubscriber Only
April 11, 2025 09:01 IST
This year's edition will see Carlsen face Gukesh in classical chess for the first time after the 18-year-old became the world champion. Carlsen will also take on Arjun Erigaisi
Arjun Erigaisi holds Hikaru Nakamura to thrilling draw under time pressure at Freestyle Chess Grand SlamSubscriber Only
April 11, 2025 02:37 IST
Under relentless time pressure and facing a formidable opponent in World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura, Arjun Erigaisi held his nerve to earn a hard-fought draw in the Freestyle Grand Slam quarter-finals
When Viswanathan Anand earned eight rupees as prize money for winning a chess event
April 9, 2025 13:49 IST
Viswanathan Anand also revealed how he had spent most of that prize money right away
Arjun Erigaisi qualifies for knockouts of Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour; Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi stumbleSubscriber Only
April 9, 2025 10:03 IST
While Pragg, Gukesh and Vidit falter, he finds the latest format to his liking as it suits his daring approach
Between raging and ranting, Hans Niemann wants to make American chess great againSubscriber Only
May 2, 2025 03:08 IST
Chess' enfant terrible has finessed staying in the news cycle regardless of whether he is actually playing chess or not — ironic, given he says he would like his ‘chess to do the talking'
Gukesh finally wins a freestyle chess game; Arjun Erigaisi takes down Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano CaruanaSubscriber Only
April 8, 2025 17:42 IST
Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, Paris: Gukesh spent 10 minutes talking tactics over the board with stars like Nepomniachtchi, Nakamura, Praggnanandhaa, Abdusattarov and Keymer.
Women’s World Chess Championship: Ju Wenjun levels score with endgame magic in Game 3
April 7, 2025 01:23 IST
The result means that the score in the Women's World Chess Championship stands at 1.5-1.5 after three games.
Magnus Carlsen starts online ‘vote chess’ match against one lakh opponents at same time
April 6, 2025 11:52 IST
World No 1 Magnus Carlsen played 1.e4 to start the proceedings in an online Freestyle Chess (Chess960) match.
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