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Fans queued up to have a look at the young superstars of Indian chess at Resort Rio in Goa on Tuesday. That queue, to see the likes of D. Gukesh, R. Praggnanandhaa, and Arjun Erigaisi, is getting longer and longer, reflecting not just the newer heights they continue to scale, but the rapid increase in…
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…
Back in 1998, Viswanathan Anand and Michael Adams contested the match that would decide the challenger for Anatoly Karpov in the FIDE World Chess Championship. The Indian emerged as the winner in sudden death. Cut to 2025, both men are in Goa for the Chess World Cup – Anand as FIDE’s deputy president and Adams…
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…
A glittering ceremony dedicated to Goa’s cultural heritage and India’s growing reputation as a global powerhouse in chess headlined the launch of the official logo and anthem of the FIDE World Cup 2025 here on Tuesday. Flagged off by Goa Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant, the 2025 edition of the World Cup marks the tournament’s…
Divya Deshmukh couldn’t quite believe it. That this was happening with the whole world watching. A World Cup on the line, her opponent, the much-experienced Koneru Humpy, was moments away from defeat. And Divya, 19 and trembling, was suddenly on the cusp of history. She had her hands on her face. Not in triumph, not…
Indian chess has never had it this good, showcasing its growing prowess with consistency and signalling that the best may still lie ahead. After five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand’s glorious years, Indian chess is now witnessing success stories like never before. In the past year alone, the country swept gold at the Chess Olympiad, 18-year-old…
Indian Grandmaster Nihal Sarin will start as favourite in the Asian Continental Chess Championship in Al Ain, UAE. The nine-round event will see an in-form Sarin, who is the top seed, competing for the top prize as well as a berth in the next World Chess Cup slated to be held in New Delhi in…
India is set to host the FIDE World Cup 2025, marking the country’s first major international chess tournament since the 2022 Chennai Chess Olympiad. FIDE, the international chess governing body, initially listed India as the host in its 2025 calendar for the tournament scheduled from October 31 to November 27. However, the announcement was soon…
