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Viswanathan Anand believes the Chess World Cup will inspire India’s budding players. “Most top players when they were young went somewhere and saw someone and they thought they wanted one day to be like that,” he said on Tuesday, shortly before the second round of the World Cup got underway. “We have lots of top…
After the teaser, the thriller opens on Tuesday. The chess World Cup’s second round is where the real action begins: all the big stars, given a bye in the opening round, start their campaign at Resort Rio. The knock-out format ensures even the strongest Grandmasters cannot afford big mistakes. Top-rated Indians like D. Gukesh, R….
Six are already in. Another five are in with a chance. India’s lesser-known players aren’t doing badly at the chess World Cup. Leading the host’s charge into the second round was V. Pranav, the highest-ranked Indian apart from those top players seeded directly into the second round. And he did it in the most convincing…
Grandmasters Arjun Erigaisi, Vidit Gujrathi and Anish Giri will headline the third edition of Chennai Grand Masters, starting here on August 6. India’s most prestigious classical chess tournament will feature 20 players from across the Masters and Challengers categories. The 2025 edition of the tournament will have a prize pool of Rs 1 crore as…
International Master K Priyanka caused a major upset in the first-round tiebreaker as she breached the defences of higher-ranked Zsoka Gaal of Hungary in the blitz games in the first round of the FIDE World Women’s Chess Cup here. Having lost the first game under Classical time control, Priyanka fought back bravely to crush Gaal…
The All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Wednesday announced the launch of the Top National Players Stipend Scheme (TNPSS), a financial support initiative to help in talent development. The project, championed by AICF President Nitin Narang, will seek to nurture the chess players from the grassroots. The AICF is immediately dispatching its first quarterly stipends,…
Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen clinched his seventh Norway Chess title after American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana did a good turn by defeating star Indian player D Gukesh to grab three full points in the final round of Norway Chess here. It was an unforgettable day for Gukesh, who, after being in a disadvantageous position against…
Reigning world champion D. Gukesh crossed another hurdle, beating China’s Wei Yi in the ninth and penultimate round to earn three full points and emerge as a top contender, along with Norwegian star Magnus Carlsen, for the prestigious Norway Chess title here. With one round to go, Gukesh is placed second on 14.5 points, while…
R Praggnanandhaa won the Superbet Chess Classic after a tense tiebreak playoff against Alireza Firouzja and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. All three players had finished the main tournament with 5.5 points after nine rounds, which led to a three-way tiebreak to decide the winner. Praggnanandhaa was leading the tournament before the final round, but his draw against…
Vladimir Fedoseev lost only one game in the Blitz round to finish with a remarkable 15.5 out of a possible 18 points and emerge as the 2025 Grand Chess Tour: Rapid & Blitz champion here on Wednesday. He ended the tournament with 26.5 points, five clear of second-placed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, taking home a prize of…
