HarenWorld Chess Championship: How Ding Liren got slice of luck — twice — on way to becoming world champion
World Chess Championship: Ding Liren became the 17th world champion in history after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in Astana last year in a battle that went down to the wire and…
At World Chess Championship, even colour of yoghurt and no of toilet visits matter
Bobby Fischer was working on strengthening his grip. The American iconoclast was gearing up for a battle of the minds with Boris Spassky in a clash billed ‘The Match of…
Carlsen trembled, Kasparov was humbled, Ding Liren almost crumbled: How 1st world chess championship battle tests the best
Magnus Carlsen was scared. His hand had started to visibly tremble betraying the inner nervousness he was feeling at that moment while his opponent Viswanathan Anand observed from close quarters.…
Carlsen trembled, Kasparov was humbled, Ding Liren almost crumbled: How 1st world chess championship battle tested the best
Magnus Carlsen was scared. His hand had started to visibly tremble betraying the inner nervousness he was feeling at that moment while his opponent Viswanathan Anand observed from close quarters.…
World Chess Championship: Full list of world champions in chess since 1886
World Chess Championship: Starting from November 25, 18-year-old Gukesh will made an audacious bid to become the youngest-ever winner of the prestigious World Chess Championship. If he succeeds in defeating…
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…
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…
