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Nihal Sarin, Gukesh in semifinals of Online World Cadets, Youth Rapid meet

Four Indians, including Grandmasters Nihal Sarin and D Gukesh, advanced to the semifinals of the FIDE Online World Cadets and Youth Rapid Chess Championships in their respective categories on Monday. Only four of the 12 Indian players who made the quarterfinals stage in various categories managed to reach the last four. The highly-rated Sarin (Elo rating 2620) was in impressive form as he beat Justin Wang (USA) 1.5-0.5 in the last eight clash of the open under-18 section. Grandmaster P Iniyan, the other Indian in the last eight of the under-18 event, lost to Armenian GM Shant Sarysyan 1-2, going down in the Armageddon (sudden death tie-break). The Tamil Nadu player won the first game and appeared to have the advantage before his opponent capitalised on a blunder to draw level. In the Armageddon that followed, Iniyan's mistake on the 56th move cost him dear. Russia's Andrey Esipenko, the top-ranked player in the fray, lost to Iran's Mahdi Gholami Orimi 0.5-1.5. In the under-14 sec

Indian team for Chess Olympiad: Selection Committee sticks to rules

According to the existing rules, players for Chess Olympiad would be selected based on their international ratings

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Anish Giri to take on Magnus Carlsen in the Chessable finals at Chess24.com

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Carlsen leads in his semi-final versus Fabiano Caruana in the Chessable Masters hosted by Chess24.com

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Fabiano Caruana has now developed into a formidable rapid player

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Mir Sultan Khan was the first great modern Subcontinental player.

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The Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland may happen over the board! This is the 53rd edition and it's tentatively scheduled for mid-July

Viswanathan Anand explains how technology has upended the game of chess

Anand talks to Sai Manish about the dilemma for sports in the face of a global pandemic and how technology has upended the game of chess

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Playing a hundred blitz games a day is no big deal for the super-fit and hyper-enthusiastic players at the top.

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Magnus Carlsen won the Steinitz Memorial with something to spare while Kateryna Lagno won the Women's version of the event.

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Magnus Carlsen is fronting an online Grand Prix of four events, followed by a super final sometime in August.

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Magnus Carlsen won the Magnus Invitational by taking a ding-dong final against Hikaru Nakamura where both played brilliant chess.

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The semi-finals lineup in the Magnus Invitational is Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen, and Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana.

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Magnus Carlsen leads in the ongoing Magnus Carlsen Invitational.

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Alireza Firouzja was already marked as an extraordinary talent before he won his Banter Blitz match with Magnus Carlsen.

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The Indian chess community raised around Rs 250,000 to fight Corona through an online blitz at the Playchess site.

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Teimour Radjabov's stance in pulling out has been vindicated, and it's clear he's been unlucky. But what can Fide now do?

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The Candidates tournament has been cut off due to Russia closing borders on Friday.

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If any participant contracts Covid-19, the event will be "frozen" and finished six months later

There's proof that chess improves students' academics: Viswanathan Anand

In a Q&A, India's first Grandmaster and World Chess Championship in 2000 talks about his biography and the nuances of the game