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Carlsen, Anand, Nakamura among top icon players for Global Chess League Se
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The league will feature a minimum of three marquee showdowns every day between the Icon players as they lead their teams into the chess arena. The first-of-its-kind franchise-based league will feature a total of six teams. Each team will consist of six players, including one Icon player, two
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There is no rivalry with Magnus Carlsen, says R Praggnanandhaa
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In Norway, Praggnanandhaa's first victory in classical chess over World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen made heads turn. Interestingly, during the closing ceremony, Carlsen narrated that his loss to Praggnanandhaa was, in fact, the most memorable match of the tournament for him.
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"I got big advantage out of opening, managed to convert it": Praggnanandha
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Chess grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa opened up on the win against the World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the recently concluded Norway Chess 2024 saying that he got a great opening in the start and lucky that he was able to convert it.
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"Happy with the way I clinched my second title of year":GM Arjun Erigasi w
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Grandmaster Arjun Erigasi came up with yet another domineering performance to clinch the Stepan Avagyan Memorial 2024 crown in Jermuk, Armenia with a round to spare
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Magnus Carlsen, Ju Wenjun clinch Norway Chess 2024 titles
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The final round of Norway Chess 2024 began with several scenarios that could play out to determine the winner of both the main event and the women's tournament. The final round of the Norway Chess 2024 led to several thrilling games played to fight for the coveted title in Stavanger on Frida
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Norway Chess: Carlsen, Wenjun, Tingjie register crucial wins in penultimat
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
India's Praggnanandhaa R went down in Armageddon against Fabiano Caruana, with the teenage GM having an outside chance of winning the title. He will have to beat Hikaru Nakamura in a must-win final round and hope the local hero Magnus Carlsen loses his game against Caruana
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Norway Chess, Round 8: Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali hold on to draws; Humpy fa
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
It was a day of stalemates in the Norway Chess tournament with some brilliant defensive moves coming from across different matches. As the tournament nears conclusion, the results from Round 8 set the tone for a much-anticipated final two rounds. Both Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women saw
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Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi breaks into world top-5 in FIDE rating list
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Arjun Erigaisi, with an ELO rating of 2769.7, has so far added 8.7 points to his tally and is only behind Magnus Carlsen of Norway, USA's Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. He had briefly reached a career-high live rating of 2771.2 earlier this week and is
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Norway Chess: R Praggnanandhaa defeats world champion Ding Liren
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Praggnanandhaa's victory came after he defeated higher-ranked players including Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana earlier in the competition.
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Norway Chess: Carlsen leads at round six end; Vaishali slips to third spot
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The game between Ju Wenjun and Vaishali Rameshbabu was highly anticipated as it could affect the leaderboard. While the game was quite balanced until the endgame, Ju Wenjun secured a win against Vaishali when the latter went into time trouble.
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Anand Mahindra hails R Praggnanandhaa for beating top-two ranked players a
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The chairman of Mahindra Group, Anand Mahindra, took to social media and hailed Indian teen chess sensation R Praggnanandhaa following his stunning victory over world number one Magnus Carlsen and world number two Fabiano Caruana at the ongoing Norway Chess competition.
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"You're on a roll": Gautam Adani lauds Praggnanandhaa for beating top-two
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Indian teenage chess sensation R Pragananadhaa continued with his dominating ways in the ongoing Norway Chess competition as he defeated the world number two player Fabiano Caruana in round five in a classical chess game on Saturday night.
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