HarenGlobal Chess League to hold second edition in London in October
After a successful first season in Dubai, the Global Chess League will return for another edition, this time in London. Last time, the league had seen many of the biggest…
World Junior Champion Divya Deshmukh: ‘Was expected to crush the field… but I was focussed on quality of my chess’
If you thought trying to take a flight with oversized sporting paraphernalia is something that chess players never have to deal with, think again. After Nagpur-based Divya Deshmukh won the…
Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi on not caring about results, being a mad man on the chess board and why elite players started giving him respect
Arjun Erigaisi made waves last week by vaulting into the World No.4 spot (in the live ratings that are updated in real time), ahead of much-vaunted countrymen like the legendary…
Magnus Carlsen claims victory in Norway Chess 2024; Ju Wenjun wins women’s event
Magnus Carlsen won the Norway Chess 2024 tournament late on Friday night after defeating Fabiano Caruana in the Armageddon with white pieces. The duo had played out 52 moves in…
‘Pragg defended well’: Magnus Carlsen after needing Armageddon to defeat Praggnanandhaa
After fireworks in their previous game at Norway Chess, the second clash between Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen idled into a draw on Tuesday with the Norwegian grandmaster winning the Armageddon…
Norway Chess: Ding Liren manages to hold Praggnanandhaa to draw as chess world rallies around world champion
World champion Ding Liren managed to halt his sequence of defeats at the Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger on Monday, managing to get a draw against India’s 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa in…
Mate-in-2: Ding Liren blunders against Magnus Carlsen to lose 4th game in row at Norway Chess
The former world champion Magnus Carlsen and the current world champion Ding Liren crossed paths on Sunday as they headed into opposite directions on the leaderboard at the Norway Chess…
Numbers back Gukesh’s bid to be youngest-ever world champion, unless the battle versus Ding Liren heads to tiebreaks
A few hours before Hikaru Nakamura walked into the confessional booth at Norway Chess during his round 5 match against Ding Liren to speak about how his opponent, the world…
