Uzbek grandmaster wins Candidates with round to spare
Sindarov, 20, to face India’s Gukesh for world title in fall
Javokhir Sindarov will challenge for Gukesh Dommaraju’s world chess championship this …
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Chess: Sindarov, 21, takes early 1-point lead as Uzbek star stuns Candidates field ⊕
The Uzbek grandmaster has scored 3.5/4, including an impressive victory against the world No 3 and Candidates favourite, Fabiano Caruana
Javokhir Sindarov is already the clear favourite to win the 202…
40 days ago
Chess: Gukesh bottom in Prague as world champion, 19, struggles for form ⊕
The youngest ever global title holder has had a hard time this year, but hopes for better in May, when he meets Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess at Oslo, and in the autumn, when he defends his crown
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75 days ago
Chess: Nodirbek Abdusattorov narrowly ahead as Wijk aan Zee reaches final weekend ⊕
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The Uzbek GM, 21, has a half-point edge, but rivals from his own country, the Netherlands, Germany, the US, and Turkey are all within one point
Nodirbek Abdusattorov still has a narrow lead as the “ch…
89 days ago
‘Chess Wimbledon’ starts with world champion challenged by rising stars ⊕⊕
India’s Gukesh Dommaraju takes on Candidates qualifiers and stars who missed out, plus a talent for the 2030s
The annual “chess Wimbledon” at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands is unusually in…
4 months ago
Chess: Sindarov, 19, becomes youngest World Cup winner as London Classic begins ⊕⊕
The Uzbek won $120,000 and qualified for the 2026 Candidates in Cyprus, which will decide the official challenger for Gukesh Dommaraju’s world crown
Javokhir Sindarov, 19, became the youngest ever win…
5 months ago
Chess: Magnus Carlsen triumphs at historic Champions Showdown in St Louis ⊕⊕
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Norway’s world No 1 beat the world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, 5.5-0.5, and also edged the world Nos 2 and 3
The four-player Champions Showdown in St Louis was a historic event, a quadrangular tournam…
7 months ago
Chess: Erdogmus, 14, wins ‘Immortal’ game on Silk Road as Grand Swiss nears climax ○
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The ‘Turkish Immortal’ allowed two white queens on the board, then sacrificed the black queen for a pawn, followed by checkmate by a previously unmoved black pawn
There were two new frontrunners on Th…
Chess: Gukesh wins impressively on Silk Road as Grand Swiss starts in Samarkand ○
The contest in Uzbekistan will qualify two of the eight 2026 world title Candidates, but Nakamura, the world No 2, has controversially preferred a low-rated qualification route
The 11-round $625,000 F…
Chess: Vincent Keymer, 20, routs Indians in their Chennai heartland ○
The German has jumped into the world top 10, while Praggnandhaa advanced to No 4 as he crushed world champion Gukesh in the $325,000 Sinquefield Cup
Germany’s Vincent Keymer, 20, has laid down a marke…