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Hikaru Nakamura has second attempt at Candidates tournament to face chess champion Magnus Carlsen

Hikaru Nakamura is a legend in the chess world, but victory in the Candidates Tournament could ignite the sport's popularity.

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Norway Chess | Anand beats Tari in final round

The 52-year-old Indian chess legend won the Armageddon encounter against Tari after the classical match finished in a 22-move draw

The Hindu

Chess: Carlsen edges Mamedyarov after Anand makes one-move blunder

The world champion kept his narrow lead over Shak Mamedyarov in the final round at Stavanger, while Vishy Anand’s challenge faded when he blundered into a one-move tactic

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Norway Chess: Anand loses to Mamedyarov; Carlsen surges ahead

The 37-year old Azerbaijan player capitalised on an error from the Indian veteran to pick up three full points.

The Hindu

Norway chess: Anand, Giri share honours in round 6; Carlsen moves into lead

The 52-year old Indian grandmaster, who had shocked Carlsen in the previous round, will face Teimour Radjabov in round eight

The Hindu

Norway Chess: Viswanathan Anand claims another win over world champion Carlsen; leads standings

In the Armageddon, Viswanathan Anand recreated magic of old when he stunned Carlsen to post a win in 50 moves

The Hindu

Norway Chess | Anand's winning streak ends with loss to Wesley So, still shares lead with Carlsen

After three wins in a row, Viswanathan Anand lost to Wesley So in the Classical event of the Norway Chess tournament. The American then beat the Indian grandmaster in 46 moves via the Armageddon (sudden death) game

The Hindu

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Chess: Carlsen recovers in Stavanger while seven-year-old eyes Expert record

World champion is struggling to score a fourth successive victory in his home tournament, while a London schoolboy has a chance to qualify as the youngest 2000-rated Expert

The Guardian - UK

Norway chess | Viswanathan Anand remains on top after third straight win

This is Viswanathan Anand’s third straight win in the Classical section after having beaten Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Veselin Topalov in the first two rounds

The Hindu

Norway chess: Anand posts second straight win in Classical event, takes lead

The 52-year-old Indian Grandmaster trumped his opponent in 36 moves in the battle of the veterans to make it two out of two after the second round

The Hindu

Anand outwits Vachier for a winning start

Stavanger (Norway)

The Hindu

Anand beats Carlsen in blitz event of Norway Chess, finishes fourth

The Indian GM started with a win over Aryan Tari in the blitz before drawing with So in round two

The Hindu

I need to play more classical games: Pragg

Chennai

The Hindu

Chess: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa reaches final at 2am on day of his exams

The Indian 16-year-old beat his rivals with bold attacking play before losing in the $150,000 final to Ding Liren, who knocked out Magnus Carlsen in the semis

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Chessable Masters final: Ding Liren seizes advantage against Praggnanandhaa

The second day of the final will also feature four games and the tie-break if required

The Hindu

Chessable Masters: Praggnanandhaa shocks Anish Giri, meets Ding Liren in final

The Young Grandmaster becomes the first Indian player to reach the final of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters tournament.

The Hindu

Praggnanandhaa sails into semifinals of Chessable Masters

The 16-year-old Praggnanandhaa will take on Anish Giri of the Netherlands in the semifinals

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen goes head to head with Ding Liren as world top two meet

China’s Ding is the new favourite for next month’s Candidates after Alireza Firouzja, 18, failed in Bucharest, and the 29-year-old will play the world No 1 at least once during the Chessable Masters

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The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen wins Titled Tuesday while Alireza Firouzja is erratic

The world champion scored 10/11 online in Chess.com’s weekly masters open, using 1 b2-b3 as White and 1...b7-b6 as Black in all games, while the 18-year-old talent has been uneven against the elite at Bucharest

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Poland’s Duda wins in Oslo while tired Carlsen fades at the finish

The world champion missed a long distance threat and lost three of his seven matches in the Oslo Esports Cup, including Thursday’s final round when victory would have ensured first prize

The Hindu

Praggnanandhaa nails Hansen, regains lead; Foreest stuns Carlsen

NEW DELHI

The Hindu

Praggnanandha takes lead

Carlsen loses to Liem

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Magnus Carlsen ‘unlikely’ to defend crown, but questions remain

Norway’s world champion says he felt more comfortable before 2013 when he knew he was the best player and that later too much of his identity became linked to the championship title

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Teenagers top in Reykjavik while English hopes fade at the finish

India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, 16, won first prize and the youngest GM Abhimanyu Mishra, 13, of the US, tied for second

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen’s rivals prepare for Candidates as No 1 wins after hiccup

China’s world No 2, Ding Liren, is poised to join Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja and five other top GMs in the Candidates, while Carlsen wins online despite scare

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