There's a month left for the Batumi Olympiad
There are high hopes of a medal at the Batumi Olympiad where the Open Team will field Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna, Vidit Gujrathi, Krishnan Sasikiran and Baskaran Adhiban
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If Praggnanandhaa had converted the chances he created, he could have won 3:1
12-year-old R Praggnanandhaa completed his GM title with a round to spare at the Gredine Open in Ortesei, Italy
Indian rules were popular until the 1970s in Calcutta. Since few know the rules nowadays, it's interesting to state the differences
Viswanathan Anand won against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in Round Seven, and lost in Round eight to Caruana and won against Karjakin in Round Nine to share second spot
Magnus Carlsen has started the Altibox Norway Super GM in good form with two wins in the first three rounds.
Sam Shankland won the Capablanca Memorial in Havana
The Kolkata Open has 200-odd participants, led by 31 GMs, and a prize fund of Rs 1.5 million
The 2018 women's title match is being played in Shanghai (first half) and Chongqing
Chess players actually exhibit a higher level of physical fitness than the general population
Magnus Carlsen went unbeaten and scored 6 points from 9 games with three wins, against Anish Giri, Veselin Topalov and Radek Wojtaszek
R Praggnanandhaa scored his second GM norm at the Heraklion Fischer Memorial
There are two homegrown US prodigies to watch out for, in Awonder Liang and Jeffery Xiong
Matchplay is a very different kettle of fish from tournaments
A huge contingent of Indians has made it to the Asian Youth and Age group Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Fabiano Caruana is brave, well-prepared and dangerous opponent for Magnus Carlsen
Mamedyarov is the top seed and world #2. He's won only one game but he's avoided trouble. He and Caruana are unbeaten