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World Chess Championship: Has charm of dethroning a world champion reduced?

Gukesh deserving challenger despite Carlsen's absence Ding's problems

The Times of India

Chess has always lacked a bit of professionalism: Vidit Gujrathi

LONDON: After becoming a Grandmaster at the age of 16 and having achieved tremendous success over the years, leading Indian chess player Vidit Gujrathi feels the sport has "lacked professionalism" in scheduling of events that, more often than not, adversely affects the players' wellbeing.

The Times of India

Magnus Carlsen: ‘Play chess against Mo Salah? I would love that’

The football-mad world No 1 is in London playing for a $1m prize fund and despite dominating the chess world says he has never played the perfect game

The Guardian - UK

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Chess: India win double gold as new generation dominates at Olympiad

India won the Open and Women’s Olympiads in Budapest, while for the first time in history no European team reached the podium in either event

The Guardian - UK

Chess: India win every match at Olympiad as US and England trail

With three rounds to go, India have won all eight of their matches in Budapest without loss of a game, while the top seeded US team is fifth and England 17th

The Guardian - UK

Chess Olympiad: Gukesh, master of the mind game

Indian's win over Wei Yi stumps China, gives challenger headstart against Ding Liren ahead of world title match

The Times of India

In Ding decision, larger picture considered

China always likes to be a spoilsport. And they have a cold logic to defend their decision. Chess fans were looking forward to the game between D Gukesh and Ding Liren on the top board in the seventh round on Wednesday ahead of their World Championship clash starting in Singapore…

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Chess Olympiad: India's men and women teams continue winning run to stay on top

D Gukesh, the World Championship Final challenger in waiting, delivered an outstanding performance despite facing time pressure, securing the only victory as India triumphed over China, the third-seeded team, in the seventh round of the Open section at the 45th Chess Olympiad on Wednesday.

The Times of India

Chess Olympiad: India's pole position has tinge of conviction to it

Sole leaders after 6 of 11 rounds, Gukesh and Co. play China today

The Times of India

Chess Olympiad: Defending champion Ding Liren tells why challenger D Gukesh is favourite

NEW DELHI: Although he has "dropped a lot" in the past year, defending champion Ding Liren concedes that his Indian opponent D Gukesh is the clear favorite to win their much-awaited global chess title match in November.

The Times of India

We can definitely go for gold this time: Viswanathan Anand

Anand feels depth of the Indian team makes them one of the best in Olympiad

The Times of India

Chess: Alireza Firouzja wins Sinquefield Cup unbeaten and jumps to world No 5

The Iran-born Frenchman, 21, scored 6/9 to win in St Louis, half a point clear of the US champion and world No 3, Fabiano Caruana

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen and Niemann impress as Paris grudge rematch approaches

The pair will meet early next month for the first time across the board since the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, where their game sparked cheating allegations and a $100 million lawsuit

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Hans Niemann closes on world top 20 as US star impresses in London

The ambitious American led narrowly after six games in his five-day match against the England No 1, Nikita Vitiugov, which includes classical, rapid and blitz sections

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Chess: Carlsen loses in 23 moves but beats Ding and wins Titled Tuesday

The world No 1 arrived at the World Team Rapid and Blitz jetlagged and lost to Richard Rapport but then beat the world champion before scoring 11/11 in the weekly event

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Yagiz Erdogmus, 13, on the verge of 2600 and closing on world age record

The Turkish teen is poised to achieve the landmark rating at September’s 193-nation chess Olympiad in Budapest

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Caruana equals Carlsen’s record as Kasparov criticises world title match

Fabiano Caruana, the world No 3 and US champion, won the Zagreb Rapid/Blitz with a record-equalling total of 27/36, and was sure of first prize with five rounds to spare

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England reveal strong Olympiad squads as seniors campaign for gold in Krakow

Top five English grandmasters will feature in Budapest – as will nine-year-old prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan

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Chess: Carlsen and Nakamura dominate in Stavanger, while Ding falters again

Magnus Carlsen continued his winning streak in Norway as Hikaru Nakamura gained the No 2 ranking, but China’s world champion finished a poor last of six

The Times of India

India’s world no. 4 chess GM Arjun Erigaisi aims to have fun and crack at Candidates

NAGPUR: India’s highest ranked chess player Arjun Erigaisi said that his “main aim is to have fun”.

The Times of India

Norway Chess: Praggnanandhaa beats Nakamura; Carlsen wins title

NEW DELHI: Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa of India finished his campaign with a victory over American Hikaru Nakamura in the final, placing him third overall as world champion Magnus Carlsen emerged victorious at the Norway Chess tournament held in Stavanger, Norway.

The Times of India

Norway Chess: Praggnanandhaa loses to Caruana, Carlsen beats Firouzja Alireza

NEW DELHI: In the Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger, Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa suffered a defeat against Fabiano Caruana of the United States in an Armageddon match.

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Magnus Carlsen loses on home turf in Norway to 18-year-old Indian

Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, fifth in the Candidates, says: ‘I can beat these players, but I have to play my best for that’

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Norway Chess 2024, Round 2: Vaishali beats Koneru in classical game; Praggnanandhaa loses to reigning World Champion Liren

Round 2 of the prestigious Norway Chess saw all three classical games ending up in a draw once again here at the SpareBank 1 SR-Bank on Tuesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Times of India

Gukesh is a version of me: Ding Liren

World champion feels his 17-yr-old Indian challenger is very mature for his age

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