HarenSneakers in the playing hall is GCL’s dressed down version of chess, even Viswanathan Anand is warming up to it
The Light Auditorium in London’s Friend’s House is bathed in pink light as players from the Ganges Grandmasters and the American Gambits, led by their ‘icon’ players Viswanathan Anand and…
Triveni Continental Kings’ formula for success: Foreign captain, no Indian players, an easy-going culture | Chess News
Alireza Firouzja, the 21-year-old icon player of the Triveni Continental Kings, walked up to the emcee with a wide grin on his face. The Kings had claimed their second title…
Nodirbek Abdusattorov interview: Uzbekistan team looking for revenge from India at next Olympiad | Chess News
The story of the past two Chess Olympiads has been India and Uzbekistan’s rising prowess. The two nations have challenged each other for gold in the past two editions. And…
How chess players tackled tricky choice of jersey numbers at GCL: Inspiration from Messi, Sachin, Dhoni, and some help from family
Last year an email landed in the inboxes of three of India’s top prodigies — D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi — asking them a question that they never…
Hikaru Nakamura interview: World No 2 on Magnus Carlsen’s ‘we’re not a serious sport’ statement and why he doesn’t mind no-increment rule | Chess News
Ever since the much-talked-about draw between Indian prodigy Nihal Sarin and Daniel Dardha in the Global Chess League in the matchup between PBG Alaskan Knights and Alpine SG Pipers, there…
Global Chess League: How Magnus Carlsen blundered against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to lose with white
Magnus Carlsen sat on his seat looking up in the sky, muttering away. He could not believe what he had just done. It was a blunder from the five-time world…
The Indian Express at Global Chess League: Appeals panel rules no “illegal moves” made by Nihal Sarin, as alleged by Magnus Carlsen
A day after five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen alleged that Indian prodigy Nihal Sarin had made “several illegal moves” in his battle against Carlsen’s Alpine SG Pipers teammate Daniel Dardha…
Drama in GCL: Pieces rolling on the board, players standing up to play and an appeal
Daniel Dardha’s king rolled over on the chessboard more than once before being picked up roughly and slammed onto a square. Nihal Sarin, with his time shaved down to three…
Indian Express at Global Chess League: ‘Pragg being first player I ever coach is like having ‘lottery ticket’’ – GM Peter Svidler
Eight-time Russian chess champion Peter Svidler remembers receiving a text message from RB Ramesh some time in late 2022. The Indian coach, who has shaped a bunch of India’s top…
Shreyas Royal interview: ‘Written in stars’ Indian-origin prodigy on finally becoming UK’s youngest-ever GM at 15 | Chess News
Shreyas Royal was about eight when he first seriously thought that he could be a grandmaster. That dream came true after the Indian-origin British player achieved his third and final…
