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Grzegorz Gajewski helped Gukesh become world champion.

Gukesh’s long-time coach Grzegorz Gajewski explains world champion’s results this year: ‘It’s kind of a transitional period’Subscriber Only

November 10, 2025 02:51 IST

A day before Gukesh was eliminated from the Chess World Cup in Goa, his longtime coach Grzegorz Gajewski, who helped him become world champion, spoke to The Indian Express about his results this year.

The Gukesh camp is looking at the year as a "transitional year” as he seeks new goals after achieving his childhood dream of becoming world champion at the age of 18. (Photo Credit: Eteri Kublashvili/FIDE)

Gukesh’s ‘year of transition’ suffers another setback as world champion is knocked out of Chess World Cup in Round 3Subscriber Only

November 9, 2025 14:34 IST

Gukesh’s year of woe, since he became world champion in December last year, continued at the FIDE World Cup, as he was knocked out in the third round by Frederik Svane, a German grandmaster who is 123 ELO rating points below him.

An event like the Chess World Cup always puts the global governing body of chess, FIDE, on high alert to ensure fair play. (Express Photo by Amit Kamath)

How FIDE tries to ensure there is no cheating at a prestigious event like the Chess World CupSubscriber Only

November 8, 2025 20:56 IST

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: The answer lies in a software program created by Professor Ken Reagan of Buffalo University.

After his coronation as a grandmaster upon winning the title with a round to spare on Friday, it is unlikely that Raahul VS had any time to celebrate. (Image via Special Arrangement)

Meet Raahul VS: MBA aspirant and part-time coach who is India’s 91st grandmasterSubscriber Only

November 8, 2025 20:10 IST

Raahul VS became a GM in one shot, without needing him to accumulate any of the three norms normally needed.

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 3 Game 2 LIVE Updates: Follow Indians in action in Goa. (PHOTO: FIDE/Michal Walusza)

Chess World Cup, Round 3 Game 2 Highlights: Gukesh crashes out; Arjun, Pragg, Harikrishna & Pranav qualify; 3 Indians in tiebreaks

November 9, 2025 00:16 IST

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 3 Game 2 Highlights | Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi Today Match Results Live Streaming Online: Follow 10 Indians in action in Goa on Saturday.

Raahul VS becomes India’s 91st Grandmaster

November 8, 2025 12:13 IST

Raahul VS became India's 91st Grandmaster after he won the 6th ASEAN Individual Championship with a round to spare.

A clear pattern has emerged for Arjun that a match against a lower-rated player often becomes a heavily skewed affair in his favour. (Photo Credit: Michal Waluzsa/FIDE)

FIDE World Cup: Arjun Erigaisi reiterates the class he showed at Chess Olympiad with blistering win to start third roundSubscriber Only

November 8, 2025 08:14 IST

Facing Uzbek Grandmaster Shamsiddin Vokhidov (rated 2640), Arjun came out with an exceptional opening preparation that virtually guaranteed a favourable result right from the start

‘Conditions at Goa World Cup meet FIDE standards’: After Ian Nepomniachtchi’s post, FIDE throws weight behind local organisersSubscriber Only

November 7, 2025 21:36 IST

FIDE said that the player had given no written complaint raising his issue with the organising of the event.

Just like Nepo, Ivanchuk was also knocked out in the second round from the ongoing FIDE World Cup in Goa. (Photo Credit: Michal Walusza/FIDE)

‘Excellent, excellent, excellent’: After Nepo’s criticism, chess legend Vassily Ivanchuk praises FIDE World Cup’s organisationSubscriber Only

November 10, 2025 03:00 IST

Vassily Ivanchuk’s comments come after Ian Nepomniachtchi left the FIDE World Cup’s official player hotel in less than an hour after losing in the second round.

India's Vidit Gujrathi in action against Faustino Oro during Round 2 of the FIDE World Cup 2025. (PHOTO: Michal Walusza/FIDE)

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 3 Live Streaming: Indians in action, pairings; When, where to watch Gukesh, Arjun, Vidit & Pragg LIVE?

November 7, 2025 16:17 IST

Out of 24 Indians, 10 have qualified for the third round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 happening in Goa.

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 3 Game 1 LIVE Updates: Follow Indians in action in Goa. (PHOTO: FIDE/Michal Walusza)

Chess World Cup 2025, Round 3 Game 1 Highlights: Pranav V, Arjun Erigaisi & Harikrishna win; Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa & Vidit draw; Follow Live Boards

November 8, 2025 14:08 IST

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 3 Game 1 LIVE Updates | Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi Today Match Results Live Streaming Online: 10 Indians are in action in third round of Goa event on Friday.

Having won their second round games on Wednesday, Levon Aronian, sporting chess shorts, and Maxime Vachier Lagrave set off for a walk on Thursday afternoon in 29-degree heat while many of the others fight it out in tiebreaks at the FIDE World Cup in Resort Rio in Goa. (Express Photo by Amit Kamath)

At the Chess World Cup, a question for Grandmasters: What after work? Their reply: Take a walkSubscriber Only

November 7, 2025 10:37 IST

Viswanathan Anand, when playing the Tata Steel Chess event in the Dutch town of Wijk aan Zee, has walked on the rest days to the neighbouring town of Beverwijk; For a sport that demands hours of being seated at one place, walking has spawned its own folklore in chess.

R Praggnanandhaa arrived in Goa as a prime title contender, looking to finish the business he had started in Baku. However, his campaign nearly ended in his very first round. (Michal Walusza/FIDE)

Chess World Cup: Praggnanandhaa survives massive scare, Vidit Gujrathi knocks out Argentine prodigy Faustino OroSubscriber Only

November 7, 2025 16:11 IST

It took three days, two classical games, four rapid games, two blitz games, and a herculean effort for Praggnanandhaa to dodge a bullet in the form of Uzbek-Australian Grandmaster Temur Kuybokarov.

Nepomniachtchi criticised FIDE and the playing conditions in Goa, prompting a response from former Indian No. 1 Pentala Harikrishna. (Photo Credit: Michal Walusza/FIDE)

GM Harikrishna hits out at Ian Nepomniachtchi’s criticism of Chess World Cup in GoaSubscriber Only

November 7, 2025 16:13 IST

Nepomniachtchi said India is 'one of those places that you won’t regret leaving,' and criticised FIDE and the playing conditions in Goa, prompting a response from former Indian No. 1 Pentala Harikrishna.

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 2 Tiebreaks LIVE Updates: Follow Indians in action in Goa. (PHOTO: FIDE/Michal Walusza)

Chess World Cup Round 2 Tiebreaks Highlights: Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi, Pranav qualify for Round 3; Nihal, Raunak crash out

November 7, 2025 14:35 IST

Out of 17 Indians, five already qualified for Round 3 while four of them exited the event, leaving 8 players in tiebreaks.

Nepo also did not speak to any of the journalists at the Resort Rio after his defeat. Or clarify what had irked him. (Picture Credit: Michal Walusza/FIDE)

After elimination, Ian Nepomniachtchi grumbles about ‘conditions’, leaves official hotel in an hourSubscriber Only

November 6, 2025 10:05 IST

Ian Nepomniachtchi was seen checking out and leaving the hotel where he was staying precisely an hour after his defeat to Diptayan Ghosh but not before he launched a vaguely-worded parting shot.

Harikrishna’s game had seen a jaw-dropping ploy from the Indian to let his queen, the most powerful piece on the board, be captured on the 8th move without immediate compensation. (Picture Credit: Eteri Kublashvili/FIDE)

Chess World Cup: Pentala Harikrishna’s queen sacrifice variation, a 9-year-old ploy, gets him a winSubscriber Only

November 5, 2025 23:18 IST

D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi also enter Round 3 at FIDE World Cup.

The year was 2021 when Diptayan Ghosh emerged from the Delhi School of Economics with a degree and a job at a corporate bank in Mumbai. (Photo Credit: Michal Walusza/FIDE)

Chess World Cup: Diptayan Ghosh, who once took a 2-year break to work in a bank, beats 2-time world championship contender Ian NepomniachtchiSubscriber Only

November 5, 2025 23:05 IST

Within an hour of the defeat, the Russian was seen checking out of the hotel. His loss to the Indian grandmaster was the biggest upset of the tournament so far

India's Diptayan Ghosh defeated Russia's Ian Nepomniactchi. (PHOTO: Eteri Kublashvili/FIDE)

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: Diptayan Ghosh upsets two-time Candidates winner Ian Nepomniachtchi in Round 2

November 5, 2025 20:09 IST

Playing with Black, Diptayan was guided into the "Morphy Defense" of the Ruy Lopez game by Nepomniachtchi.

India's Vidit Gujrathi in action against Argentina's Faustino Oro. (PHOTO: Michal Walusza/FIDE)

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: Vidit Gujrathi held to draw by 12-year-old “Messi of Chess” Faustino Oro, faces tiebreaks

November 5, 2025 18:34 IST

Vidit now enters tricky territory, where he will face Oro in a series of short time-control matches.

Viswanathan Anand has said that he was “quite disappointed” with how Vladimir Kramnik had behaved in his crusade to expose to cheating in chess. (File/FIDE)

Vishy Anand on Vladimir Kramnik after Daniel Naroditsky’s death: ‘Quite disappointed with how he’s behaved’Subscriber Only

November 10, 2025 02:56 IST

Anand’s comments come two days after FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich had said that Kramnik had gone “too far” with his allegations.

World chess body to expand support for new mothers in the game through ‘ChessMom Project’

November 4, 2025 23:38 IST

The program was first tested at the 2024 Chess Olympiad in Budapest, where it supported six mothers from around the world, including players from Poland, Georgia, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Namibia, and Eswatini.

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi held to draws; wins for Arjun Erigaisi and Pranav VSubscriber Only

November 5, 2025 01:17 IST

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025: Of the 17 Indians in action in game 1 of the World Cup’s second round, 13 were held to draws.

USA Grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra in action during FIDE World Cup 2025 in Goa. (PHOTO: Michal Walusza/FIDE)

Why Abhimanyu Mishra, the world’s youngest grandmaster, feels his career has stagnatedSubscriber Only

November 5, 2025 00:56 IST

Indian-origin American grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra says having to balance academics and chess, which struggles for sponsorships in USA, is coming in the way

For Mohamed Allam, only Palestinian at FIDE World Cup, chess is not war on the board… it’s a peaceful paradiseSubscriber Only

November 4, 2025 18:47 IST

The world might revert to simple analogies like calling chess as a war between miniature armies, but for Mohamed, the only player from Palestine at the FIDE World Cup in Goa, the sport is a peaceful refuge from everyday life.