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FIDE World Cup: Diptayan upsets Nepomniachtchi with black, Harikrishna bea
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Grandmaster Diptayan Ghosh pulled off a major upset with black pieces, stunning two-time Candidates winner Ian Nepomniachtchi, while GM P Harikrishna produced a near-flawless performance to outplay Arseniy Nesterov and advance to the third round of the FIDE World Cup 2025 here on Wednesday.
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Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi breaks into world top-5 in FIDE rating list
Updated : 1 year, 11 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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FIDE Candidates 2024: Gukesh becomes sole leader with one round left, beat
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
With the victory, the Indian took the sole lead before the final round.
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FIDE World Cup: Vidit Gujrathi advances to quarterfinals
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Vidit Gujrathi advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Cup after defeating Russian chess master Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-0 in 10-minute games while Harika Dronavalli lost in the quarters
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Global Chess League: World's strongest player Magnus Carlsen makes his deb
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The match ended with a score of 9 to 7 for the SG Alpine Warriors. The match saw the two strongest players of the event making their first appearance in the Global Chess League - the current world champion in rapid and blitz and the top-rated player in the world, Magnus Carlsen, and the two-
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Global Chess League: World's strongest player Magnus Carlsen makes his deb
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The second day of the Global Chess League witnessed the debut of Magnus Carlsen, the strongest chess player in the world. Carlsen played his first game against Ian Nepomniachtchi, a two-time challenger for the world crown.
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Inaugural edition of Global Chess League officially opened in Dubai
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The 36 Grandmasters taking part in the event are among the best in the world and include former World Champions Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand, two-time challenger for the title of World Champion Ian Nepomniachtchi, former Blitz world champions Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
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Global Chess League's first season set to kick-off in Dubai
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Global Chess League will feature a unique playing concept - with each match of the league taking place at a different time, played in a double round-robin format. For the first time in chess, all team members will be playing a match with pieces of the same colour.
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Magnus Carlsen beats Ian Nepomniachtchi to win his 5th World Chess Champio
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], December 10 (ANI): Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen on Friday won the 2021 FIDE World Chess Championship after beating GM Ian Nepomniachtchi with the black pieces in Dubai.
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Viswanathan Anand defeats Nepomniachtchi in Croatia Grand Chess Tour
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Zagreb [Croatia], July 11 (ANI): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand registered a win over Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi in the Croatia Grand Chess Tour tournament on Sunday.
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Viswanathan Anand defeats Garry Kasparov in Croatia Grand Chess Tour
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Zagreb [Croatia], July 11 (ANI): Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand registered a win over Russian Grandmaster Garry Kasparov in the Croatia Grand Chess Tour tournament on Saturday.
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Anand regains World Rapid Chess Championship
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 29 (ANI): Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand has regained the World Rapid Chess Championship after defeating Russia's Vladimir Fedoseev in the tie-break play-off.
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