Journalism of Courage
The second year of the two-year ban is currently suspended. For the first year, Kramnik is banned from participating in any FIDE chess competition or being involved in any chess-related activity as an arbiter, organizer, coach, trainer, or representative of a chess federation
The former World Junior Champion Pranav joins Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Vincent Keymer in the Open category
GCL 4 will have Magnus Carlsen back after he skipped last edition, while Divya Deshmukh will feature for the 1st time. World champion Gukesh, women’s world championship contender Vaishali Rameshbabu and R Praggnanandhaa will be missing.
The 4th edition of GCL will see Vishy Anand switch teams for the first time in league history. At Alaskan Knights, he will be joined by Arjun Erigaisi, Turkish phenom Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus and the youngest GM in history, Abhimanyu Mishra
Arkady Dvorkovich has announced that he will be running for a third term as world body's chief with Timur Turlov, President of the Kazakhstan Chess Federation, as his running mate
When the tsunami hit Japan in March 2011 and led to the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown, Ethan's parents had been living in Japan for over seven years. They were looking to buy a house and Edwin spoke the language fluently.
Divi’s triumph is another vindication of the risky move that her father Bijesh S made at the end of 2024: to quit his well-paying IT job and become a full-time chaperone for his 9-year-old chess-playing daughter
The GCL will run from September 3 to 13 at Bengaluru while the Olympiad starts from September 15 and goes on till September 27.
Team MGD1 came agonisingly close to defending their FIDE World Rapid Team Championship title, only to lose on the third tiebreak as Ding Liren's Dragon Chilling clinched the crown in Hong Kong.
With Aryan Abhijeet Shah's victory over Wadim Rosenstein and Arjun's win over Carlsen, MGD1 defeated WR Chess 3.5-2.5.
This will be the second consecutive time that the GCL will be held in India, with Mumbai having played host for the third season.
A draw by mutual agreement saw them end the game on the 46th move, taking home hard-earned half points.
Gukesh speaks about managing expectations of the rest of the world; his objectivity in games getting clouded by him wanting the result too much; being serious about the process, but relaxed about the results; losing motivation for some months after becoming world champion and lot more.
After a frenetic second round that saw all five games produce decisive results, the third round brought back normalcy with four games ending in draws while only a solitary game threw up a result.
The day brought mixed fortunes for India as Arjun Erigaisi claimed his first win, toppling Nodirbek Yakubboev, while Vidit Gujrathi endured another crushing defeat, falling this time to Ian Nepomniachtchi.
Vidit fought valiantly for most of the endgame before a single lapse in judgment cost him the game. He failed to build a pawn fortress and eventually folded in 67 moves, after battling for over five hours.
Thipsay also said that Praggnanandhaa was currently the strongest Indian chess player at present, ahead of world champion D Gukesh as well as Arjun Erigaisi.
From library applause to chess advice at a traffic signal, how Pragg celebrated his finest hour
Praggnanandhaa had a remarkable final kick at the end of the 10-round tournament, winning four classical games in a row after losing two on the trot.
It has been a bruising tournament for both Gukesh and Carlsen, with the former winning just one of his nine classical games while the Norwegian has won two.
Chennai GM opens up on life on the road and admits mental burn out is one to keep an eye on going forward
The story of how Sindarov found chess also has a video game back story, one which he tells with particular relish. When he was a young boy of six years of age, his family would find him sneaking out to play video games.
In the span of a week, Praggnanandhaa has defeated Magnus Carlsen twice in classical chess. The Indian says that he’s never felt intimidated by the world no 1, his coach Vaibhav Suri says: "The result shows that Magnus is great, but maybe he is not invincible.”
The man who has been in the champ's corner since 2023 speaks about the 20-year-old’s form, reveals what’s going on behind the scenes, and responds to criticism from chess greats
The good news for Gukesh, who just turned 20, is that even though he is last in the six-player standings, he’s just 4.5 points off the top of the table, which is currently occupied by Wesley So with 12.5 points
