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Top Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi demonstrated strong endgame technique and quick calculation to stun reigning champion Magnus Carlsen and renowned Grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov, emerging as joint leader with nine points after 11 rounds of the FIDE World Blitz Championship in Doha on Monday. With two more rounds to go on the day, world No. 1…
Grandmaster Koneru Humpy capped 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 the second player after China’s Ju Wenjun…
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi breathed a sigh of relief after receiving his US visa to compete in the upcoming World Rapid and Blitz Championships in New York, beginning December 26. The world No 4 Indian had appealed to the US Embassy on Friday to expedite the process of granting him the necessary visa…
The “multi-millionaire” tag does “mean a lot” to new world champion D Gukesh but he doesn’t play the game for material gains but for that unbridled joy, which he has been able to retain since the time a chess board used to be the “coolest toy” for him. Gukesh, the 18-year-old from Chennai,…
D Gukesh at the Chennai airport© X (Twitter) Newly-crowned world chess champion D Gukesh returned home to an enthusiastic reception as hundreds of eager fans, and officials from the Tamil Nadu government and the national federation lined up to receive him at the airport in Chennai on Monday. The 18-year-old Gukesh defeated China’s…
J Padmakumari was too nervous to switch on her mobile phone and computer the whole of Thursday. She didn’t want to follow her son D Gukesh’s title match against Ding Liren in Singapore. But around 7pm, Gukesh’s aunt stormed into the house with the happy news — the World Chess Championship title is…
D Gukesh is the youngest world chess champion in history© X (Twitter) | AFP A heart-warming father-son moment was captured after India’s D Gukesh defeated China’s Ding Liren in the 14th and the final game of the World Chess Championship, becoming the youngest world champion on Thursday. Gukesh’s father had tears in his…
Legendary chess player Viswanathan Anand on Friday asked D. Gukesh to ignore those questioning the standard of the World Championship title showdown with China’s Ding Liren, saying criticism always comes with success. Indian Grandmaster Gukesh made history on Thursday, becoming the youngest-ever to win the world title defeating Liren in the 14th and…
Russian Grandmaster Garry Kasparov congratulated India’s D Gukesh, who broke his record to become the youngest world chess champion on Thursday. Before Gukesh’s feat on Thursday, Kasparov of Russia was the youngest world champion when he won the title at the age of 22, dethroning Anatoly Karpov in 1985. Gukesh, 18, defeated defending…
File photo of D Gukesh.© X (Twitter) Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh on Thursday became the youngest world chess champion at 18 years after beating title-holder Ding Liren of China in the 14th and last game of a roller-coaster showdown that went right down to the wire. Gukesh secured the requisite 7.5 points as…