Two of the top four chess nations will go head to head in Miami on 27-28 July
USA and Uzbekistan, along with India and China, possess the world’s current four best chess teams, so the announcement tha…
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Chess: Firouzja wins in Zagreb as Carlsen passes 15-year milestone at the top ⊕⊕
The Frenchman is ranked world No 12, but that is a disappointment after he became the youngest ever 2800-rated player at 18 years and five months
Alireza Firouzja is shaping up to be one of the nearly…
33 days ago
Kazakhstan brings New Silk Road revival to Brussels as Tokayev visits EU leaders ⊕
Kazakhstan's president has arrived in Brussels this week to meet EU leaders and assess the delivery of promises made at last year's EU-Central Asia summit in Samarkand, with the Middle Corridor trade…
62 days ago
From unbankable to investable: How risk is being repriced across Asia ⊖
At the Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, leaders from finance and investment examine how development finance is changing. As governments, nonprofits and private invest…
83 days ago
Rise of the Conqueror review – Gladiator meets throat singing as Mongol hordes ride out ○
Christian Mortensen takes up arms as the 14th-century kingmaker Timur but could do with a stronger force behind him and a better beard in front
The western-produced Greco-Judeo-Roman epic has been wit…
3 months ago
Chess: Turkey’s Yagiz Erdogmus, 14, reaches record 2700 rating – ‘now for 2800 and 2900’ ⊕⊕
The teenager crushed Veselin Topalov 5-1 to become the youngest ever 2700-rated grandmaster, after which his coach said his future target was 2900
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, 14, has become chess’s youngest …
8 months ago
Uzbekistan unveils education and AI initiatives at UNESCO conference in Samarkand ○
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay called the moment 'historic', noting that Samarkand is often described in literature as one of the world's most luminous cultural crossroads.
10 months ago
Chess: draw king Anish Giri grinds to $90,000 prize at Grand Swiss on the Silk Road ○
The five-time Dutch champion and Germany’s No 2, Matthias Blübaum, were surprise qualifiers for the world title Candidates ahead of several more fancied rivals
The $625,000 Grand Swiss in Samarkand, o…
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…