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Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi’s decision to share the World Blitz Championship title for the first time in history has sent shockwaves through the chess community, sparking widespread criticism. World number one Carlsen and Russia’s Nepomniachtchi shared the Blitz title after three sudden-death games failed to produce a winner. This was the first…
Arjun Erigaisi maintained his rating of 2801 and retained the fourth spot while newly-crowned World Classical World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju occupied the fifth position in the classical Open section in the first ranking list of 2025 released by International Chess Federation (FIDE) on Wednesday. Erigaisi, the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to cross…
The youngest-ever World Champion in the history of the game, Gukesh Dommaraju met with one of the leading business tycoons of the country, Gautam Adani, who heaped praise on the 18-year-old Indian Grandmaster for his tremendous achievement in the world of Chess. Gukesh, who scripted history by becoming the youngest-ever World Champion in…
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File photo of Koneru Humpy.© X/@FIDE_chess Grandmaster Koneru Humpy capped off a wonderful year for Indian chess, defeating Irene Sukandar of Indonesia to emerge the FIDE Women’s World Rapid Chess champion in New York on Sunday. Humpy had won the event back in 2019 at Georgia and the Indian No. 1 is only…
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File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed Grandmaster Koneru Humpy’s feat of winning the FIDE Women’s World Rapid Chess championship title twice in her career. Humpy capped a wonderful year for Indian chess, defeating Irene Sukandar of Indonesia to emerge champion in New York on Sunday….
Ding Liren had his fair share of chances during the World Chess Championship, notably winning Game 1 and Game 12. Gukesh, however, maintained his composure throughout, and won one more game than his opponent. He credited the role played by former Team India coach Paddy Upton in his form. Upton had been part…
Indian chess has been on the upward trajectory for the past two years or so, but no one can deny that 2024 has been a year where the sport took a quantum leap. The year kicked-off with Candidates tournament in Toronto, Canada where five Indians made the cut in the open field despite…
India has achieved yet another proud milestone in the international chess arena. The 18-year-old promising Grandmaster, D. Gukesh, delivered a stellar performance to defeat reigning champion Ding Liren of China and claim the title of the 2024 World Chess Champion. In a thrilling and historic final, Gukesh showcased remarkable composure and excellence to…
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D Gukesh during an interview.© YouTube/@ChessBase India Clips The entire India is talking about 18-year-old chess Grandmaster D Gukesh after his historic achievement at World Championship. The Indian GM became the youngest-ever World Chess Champion with his hard-fought win over China’s Ding Liren in the 14-match contest. The final game turned out to…
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World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE, D Gukesh vs Ding Liren© AFP D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren, FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE Updates: It will be a winner takes all in the 14th and final round of the World Chess Championship 2024 between India’s G Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren. Both finalists have…