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…
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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…
6 months ago
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…
Duda defeats world champion Gukesh in Katowice blitz clash ○
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Katowice in southern Poland hosted a high-profile chess encounter on Thursday as reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju faced Polish grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a blitz match.
7 months ago
Chess: Carlsen fights off Gukesh in Zagreb as ChessFest returns to Trafalgar Square ○
The Norwegian, 35, lost his second game in a row to the 19-year-old Indian but won a third in “old man’s chess” style, while 20,000 fans are expected in London on Sunday
It looked as if the Carlsen er…
8 months ago
Chess: Carlsen targets last classical hurrah at Stavanger after defeat against Gukesh ○
The world No 1 can still win the event in Norway but he says: ‘It’s a long time since I enjoyed a classical tournament’
Magnus Carlsen’s shock loss to Gukesh Dommaraju was the world No 1’s first class…
Magnus Carlsen slams table after shock loss to Gukesh Dommaraju in Norway ○
Gukesh defeats Carlsen in classical for first time ever
Carlsen punches table, storms out after late blunder
World champion rises to third in Norway Chess table
World champion Gukesh Dommaraju earned hi…
Magnus Carlsen sets early pace as stars collide at Norway Chess ○
Home hope leads after four rounds at Stavanger following his comprehensive victory in the Speed Championship
Magnus Carlsen arrived in vintage form at the start of the Norway Chess tournament. The enc…
9 months ago
Chess: top-seeded world champion Gukesh Dommaraju struggles at Bucharest ○
The Indian 18-year-old is joint seventh out of 10 with just one round to go, while his compatriot Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu leads on 5/8
India’s world champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, hoped for a comeback …
10 months ago
Chess: Magnus Carlsen in form at Paris Freestyle after Hans Niemann drops out ○
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Carlsen was the early frontrunner in the second leg of the Freestyle Grand Slam in Paris, from which both Alireza Firouzja and Niemann withdrew shortly before the start
Magnus Carlsen, the world No 1,…