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The Latest Breaking News from Magnus Carlsen

Chess World Cup: Gukesh goes down fighting; Vidit also out

Praggu level with Arjun; winner of their clash today may get candidates spot

The Times of India

Immaculate Arjun posts crucial win over Praggu

Carlsen's endgame mastery takes Gukesh by surprise as black rules the day in QFs

The Times of India

I try to keep negativity away from my thought process: Ravichandran Ashwin

India's star off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin tells TOI why he is not stressed about selection matters or the prospect of being left out of the upcoming ODI World Cup squad...

The Times of India

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FIDE World Cup | Gukesh to face Carlsen in quarterfinals; Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi set up all-Indian clash

Gukesh defeated China’s Wang Hao 1.5-0.5 to set up a much-awaited quarterfinal clash against world No.1 Magnus Carlsen

The Hindu

D Gukesh to face Magnus Carlsen in FIDE World Cup quarters; Praggnanandhaa, Erigaisi set up all-Indian clash

NEW DELHI: In a remarkable display of talent, three Indian chess prodigies — D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, and Arjun Erigaisi — advanced to the quarterfinals of the prestigious FIDE World Cup chess tournament in Baku on Sunday.

The Times of India

Watch: World no.1 Magnus Carlsen walks across mid match to congratulate R Praggnanandhaa

NEW DELHI: As young GM R Praggnanandhaa on Friday stunned second-seeded Hikaru Nakamura to enter the last 16 of the FIDE World Cup chess tournament in Baku, world no.1 Magnus Carlsen, in a delightful gesture, congratulated the teenage Indian prodigy while his match was still on.

The Times of India

Chess: Magnus Carlsen escapes after flirting with defeat at World Cup

World No 1 lost first game to Germany’s Vincent Keymer through endgame blunder, but finally won 3.5-2.5 after speed tiebreaks

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Divya Deshmukh holds world no. 3 Aleksandra with whites, loses with black to bow out of FIDE World Cup

NAGPUR: International Master (IM) Divya Deshmukh bowed out of the World Cup, but with her head held high at Baku in Azerbaijan on Sunday.

The Times of India

Rishi Sunak set to announce £500,000 government fund for chess

There will be major support for England’s international teams, plus a boost for teaching the game in state schools, and a plan to install 100 chess tables in public parks

The Guardian - UK

Chess: British Championship nears final round as Howell readies for World Cup

The seven-time champion Michael Adams, 51, shares the lead in Leicester, while England’s No 1 is preparing to meet the elite in the 206-player knockout in Azerbaijan

The Guardian - UK

India's D Gukesh beats Magnus Carlsen's feat of youngest to reach Elo 2750

D Gukesh of Chennai touched Elo 2750 with two wins in the last two rounds of Turkish League on Thursday. With that, he broke Magnus Carlsen’s record of being the youngest to touch this level of FIDE rating.

The Times of India

Chess: Judit Polgar still an icon nearly a decade after retirement

The Hungarian gave up competitive play in 2014 but her online commentaries show that she is as sharp as ever

The Guardian - UK

Magnus Carlsen hits two maximums as carefree world No 1 continues his surge

The Norwegian scored 11/11 in chess.com’s Titled Tuesday, then 9/9 in the Zagreb Grand Tour blitz, and is now contending for victory in the online Aimchess Masters

The Guardian - UK

Grand Chess Tour: Carlsen wins; Gukesh finishes 5th, Anand settles for 7th in Blitz event

Young Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh finished fifth while his illustrious compatriot Viswanathan Anand could only manage a tied seventh place in the third leg of the 2023 SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz chess tournament.

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Grand Chess Tour: Gukesh finishes 5th, Viswanathan Anand settles for tied 7th in Blitz event

ZAGREB (Croatia): Young Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh finished fifth while his illustrious compatriot Viswanathan Anand could only manage a tied seventh place in the third leg of the 2023 SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz chess tournament.

The Times of India

Grand Chess Tour: Viswanathan Anand, D Gukesh tied 6th after nine games

ZAGREB: Indian players Viswanathan Anand and young GM D Gukesh slipped on the first day of the Blitz segment in the 2023 SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz tournament, part of the Grand Chess Tour.

The Times of India

Teenaged GM Gukesh stuns Viswanathan Anand on Grand Chess Tour

In a remarkable turn of events at the 2023 SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz tournament, young Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh achieved a memorable victory over his esteemed compatriot and idol, Viswanathan Anand, in the eighth round of the Rapid event.

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Checkmate in one decides finale of $1m Global League in Dubai

The final match in the new franchise-based league went down to a single combat blitz tiebreak and Jonas Bjerre caught Javokhir Sindarov with a snap mate

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Grand Chess Tour: Anand has moderate day; Gukesh shines with twin wins

Indian maestro Viswanathan Anand had a moderate run on day two of the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz chess tournament, part of the Grand Chess Tour, winning, drawing and losing a game each

The Hindu

Indian ace Anand starts well in Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb

At the end of the first day early on Thursday, Anand leads with five points.

The Hindu

Continental Kings — the dark horses that shone the brightest in Global Chess League

Six teams, six boards, 36 players and 31 matches with rapid time control (15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move) were what the inaugural season of the Global Chess League (GCL) offered in an effort to catch the imagination of the chess world and give a facelift to the…

PC Gamer

An online 'Bullet Chess' championship is drawing big cash and big names

The fastest chess variant there is goes harder than ever.

The Times of India

Triveni Continental Kings first team to qualify for Global Chess League finals

DUBAI: Triveni Continental Kings beat Ganges Grandmasters, led by five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand, 11-6 to become the first team to qualify for the finals of the inaugural edition of the Global Chess League here on Saturday.

The Guardian - UK

Carlsen and Anand teams contest Global Chess League as final beckons

Alpine Warriors, led by Magnus Carlsen, and Ganges Grandmasters, headed by Vishy Anand, are among the front-runners in the six-team franchise chess league

The Times of India

Magnus floors Anand in exciting endgame

With 22 seconds left on his clock and the option of queening his pawn, Magnus Carlsen 'thought' for 14 seconds. He then 'under-promoted' his pawn to the knight even as Viswanathan Anand was looking at the rival's hand to see which piece was coming on the board.

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