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Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi on Thursday sparked controversy by leaving his hotel immediately after being eliminated from the FIDE World Cup and expressing dissatisfaction with the tournament conditions in Panjim. Soon after losing 0.5-1.5 to Indian GM Diptayan Ghosh and bowing out of the prestigious event, the two-time World Championship challenger made a quick exit…
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….
New Delhi will be the likely venue for this year’s Chess World Cup. Global chess governing body FIDE and the All India Chess Federation are soon expected to announce the host city of the tournament, which had been allotted to India. It is learnt that the central government is also backing the Capital as the…
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…
