HarenR Vaishali claims bronze at World Blitz Championship to cap stellar year for Indian women in chess
R Vaishali ended 2024 in style, claiming a bronze medal at the World Blitz Championship after reaching the semi-finals at the year-end event at New York’s Wall Street. Ju Wenjun…
Title Gambit Accepted: Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi agree to be joint world blitz champions
Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi opted to share World Blitz Championship title after three sudden-death games failed to produce a winner. Magnus Carlsen won the first two games in…
Controversy in Uzbekistan as Vantika Agrawal’s draw turns to loss
There was controversy at a chess tournament in Uzbekistan after India’s chess star Vantika Agrawal was handed a defeat at the President’s Cup in Uzbekistan in a game she had…
World Chess Championship: Could Ding Liren’s bad form be a smokescreen? It’s unlikely
Reigning World Champion Ding Liren’s slump has led to many dire predictions about the fate of the crown that currently rests uneasily on his head. But given how the history…
Why Ding Liren, even in middle of worst form slump, is not to be taken lightly
As the world championship battle between India’s Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren approaches, there is a general consensus building in the world of chess. It installs an 18-year-old, first-time challenger…
How Gukesh was shaped by a radical ‘experiment’ proposed at age of 11 by his coach Vishnu Prasanna
In a month’s time, there is a possibility that 18-year-old Gukesh could go where Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, and Bobby Fischer could not. He could become the youngest-ever…
World Chess Championship: Why Gukesh thrives in classical chess
Eleven years ago, as Viswanathan Anand jousted against Magnus Carlsen with the world champion’s crown on the line, a boy barely seven years of age and his father made their…
How Arjun Erigaisi took down Magnus Carlsen in 20 moves in a blitz game
In a little less than six minutes and with just 20 moves on the board, Magnus Carlsen, the world’s greatest player of this generation, had waved the white flag of…
Magnus Carlsen picks Gukesh as ‘significant favourite’ but has note of caution for 18-year-old from India
Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen was unequivocal when asked who he thought was the favourite going into the upcoming World Chess Championship in Singapore between current world champion Ding Liren…
Viswanathan Anand interview: ‘Gukesh knows to cut out noise… Ding Liren in bad form is still very strong’
In less than 10 days from now, 18-year-old Gukesh will begin his audacious bid to become the youngest ever world champion. To do so, he will have to prevail over…
