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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…
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…
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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Gukesh has been going through tough times. | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Becoming the World champion is probably easier than being one. This might be running through the mind of D. Gukesh, who is set to defend his title in a few months’ time. The 20-year-old Grandmaster has been going through a prolonged lean…
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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Tari. | Photo Credit: Flickr/Norway Chess Norwegian Grandmaster Aryan Tari is in awe of the phenomenal rise of Indian chess in recent years, saying that the support the game has been receiving has led to new talent springing up frequently. Tari, a former World junior champion, backed D. Gukesh to turn things around. “The last…
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Aravindh Chithambaram is rated by India’s most successful chess coach R.B. Ramesh as the country’s most talented player since Viswanathan Anand. He began well enough, and came up with some incredible performances, but, later on, was overshadowed by a bunch of other Indian prodigies that took world chess by storm. Over the last couple of…
World 10K Bengaluru run event ambassador Blanka Vlasic, a double Olympic medalist and two-time World Champion in high jump, during a press conference ahead of the TCS World 10K Bengaluru run 2026, in Bengaluru on April 23, 2026. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR The International Olympic Committee’s new policy, which mandates that eligibility for any female…
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