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Samarkand Chess Olympiad preview | India has the ability to repeat Budapest heroics

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Samarkand Chess Olympiad preview | India has the ability to repeat Budapest heroics

Samarkand is ready: FIDE interim president Viswanathan Anand and AICF president Nitin Narang hand over the Chess Olympiad flame to Sindarov. | Photo Credit: special arrangement Time flies. It has been two years since those beautiful images from Budapest caught India’s imagination — the country’s young chess players, men and women, posing for photographs after their twin success at the Chess Olympiad. It was…

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Form doesn’t really matter when it comes to the World championship battle: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

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Form doesn’t really matter when it comes to the World championship battle: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Only 15 chess players have touched 2800 Elo points on the FIDE rating list . Arjun Erigaisi was the last to reach there, and it has been two years since. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave crossed the mark in 2016. With a peak rating of 2819, the French Grandmaster is the seventh strongest player in chess history. He…

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Form doesn’t really matter when it comes to the World championship battle: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

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Form doesn’t really matter when it comes to the World championship battle: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Only 15 chess players have touched 2800 Elo points on the FIDE rating list . Arjun Erigaisi was the last to reach there, and it has been two years since. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave crossed the mark in 2016. With a peak rating of 2819, the French Grandmaster is the seventh strongest player in chess history. He…

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In a sporting crossover, Venkatesh and Sindarov play a game of chess

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In a sporting crossover, Venkatesh and Sindarov play a game of chess

Sindarov and Venkatesh played at RCB Bar & Cafe on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Cricket met chess on Sunday night. Royal Challengers Bengaluru all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer, who has played for India in both short formats, took on the World No. 4 Javokhir Sindarov in a game of chess. After the match against the…

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Olympiad crucial for Gukesh in his World title defence: Vachier-Lagrave

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Olympiad crucial for Gukesh in his World title defence: Vachier-Lagrave

Vachier-Lagrave is currently playing in the Global Chess League. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar Maxime Vachier-Lagrave believes the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand could be crucial for D. Gukesh in the defence of his World title. The Chennai Grandmaster will be taking on Javokhir Sindarov in the championship match in Geneva later this year. The…

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Geneva to host Gukesh-Sindarov World chess championship match

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Geneva to host Gukesh-Sindarov World chess championship match

It’s a date! Sindarov will contest Gukesh for the world crown from November 25 to December 15. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Geneva will host the World chess championship match between D. Gukesh and Javokhir Sindarov from November 25 to December 15. Chennai-based Gukesh had won the title by beating China’s Ding Liren in Singapore…

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Chess | Camaraderie will stand us in good stead at the Olympiad: Praggnanandhaa

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Chess | Camaraderie will stand us in good stead at the Olympiad: Praggnanandhaa

Praggnanandhaa. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Camaraderie among the members of the Indian squad will help in the Olympiad title defence, Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa said while expressing confidence of a strong show. The 20-year-old said the team was strong and had the experience to handle the pressure of being the defending champion. He said the…

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CHESS | Abdusattorov ready to help Sindarov against Gukesh in World C’ship clash

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CHESS | Abdusattorov ready to help Sindarov against Gukesh in World C’ship clash

Nodirbek Abdusattorov playing against Hans Niemann at the Quantbox Chennai Grand Master Chess Tournament on Thursday, July 16, 2026. | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Nodirbek Abdusattorov has good memories of Chennai. He was at the forefront of Uzbekistan’s spectacular run in the chess Olympiad in nearby Mamallapuram in 2022, with his defeat of D….

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