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India's kings and queens of chess

India is quickly becoming a legitimate global chess superpower, leading the United States and China on key metrics, and running neck and neck with Russia, the historically dominant chess power

Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi qualifies for FIDE Grand Swiss League

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi has qualified for the FIDE Grand Swiss league which will be held in Riga, Latvia from October 25 to November 8. The Nashik-based player has also qualified for the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 after reaching the top eight at the recently-concluded Chess World Cup 2021. He has two shots to book his spot at the prestigious Candidates 2022 from which a player qualifies to challenge the world champion. Gujrathi had recently reached the quarterfinals at the World Cup in Sochi, becoming only the second Indian after maestro Viswanathan Anand to do so. "I was confident that I would qualify for the Grand Swiss league considering my previous performance in the past one year. It was a great feeling to play Classical chess and that too over the board," he was quoted as saying in a press release. "Indeed it is always a proud moment representing India and this time it was more special as I reached the Quarter-finals. I am happy with my overall performance and looking ..

World Cup chess: India's Vidit Gujrathi to face Duda in quarterfinals

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi will face Jan-Krzysztof Duda in Wednesday's quarterfinals of the men's section in the FIDE chess World Cup

Abhimanyu Mishra, the youngest new Grand Master, learnt the moves at 2

Mishra is also the youngest person to achieve the International Master title at 10 years, 9 months, 3 days

It is time to move on: Anand on Kamath's misdemanour in simulation event

Former world champion Viswanathan Anand said it is time to move and "get closure" on the controversy that erupted after his loss to entrepreneur Nikhil Kamath in an online simultaneous charity event

Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath apologises for cheating Viswanathan Anand in chess

On Sunday, the Indian chess field was shocked when five-time world champion Anand was defeated by Kamath, who made near perfect moves

India to bid for Chess Olympiad, start Indian Chess League: AICF president

The All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Sunday decided to bid for the next available edition of the Olympiad

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.