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FIDE and Freestyle Chess agree terms on World Championship (Photos by Michal Walusza and ChessBase India) NEW DELHI: Late on Wednesday night, Emil Sutovsky, the chief executive officer (CEO) of FIDE, the International Chess Federation, chose a phrase heavy with symbolism.“Burying the hatchet!” he wrote on X, announcing that FIDE and Freestyle Chess had finally…
Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura, and R Praggnanandhaa NEW DELHI: It was in December last year when an 18-year-old boy from Chennai, Gukesh Dommaraju, stunned China’s Ding Liren to become the youngest-ever World Chess Champion.The victory sent a wave of euphoria across the global chess fraternity. Even those in the opposition camp could not help but…
Magnus Carlsen (Photo by Freestyle Chess/Stev Bonhage) World No. 1 and five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen has clinched the 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour championship by advancing to the semifinals at Grootbos in Cape Town. The early victory secured him the USD 100,000 bonus prize, while the South Africa Finals, with its USD 200,000…
Arjun Erigaisi (Photo by Yoav Nis) Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi secured a victory against Magnus Carlsen in the round-robin stage of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Finals at Grootbos Private Nature Reserve, South Africa.FIDE World Cup champion Javokhir Sindarov led the standings with 5.5 points, followed by Levon Aronian with 5 points. Anish Giri Exclusive:…
L-R: Javokhir Sindarov celebrates Chess World Cup win; and Bibisara Assaubayeva NEW DELHI: It motivates. Watching others climb the podium, lift titles, and make their nations proud — it motivates the next in line. Just last week, Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov rewrote a piece of chess history in Goa, winning the FIDE World Cup and becoming…
Javokhir Sindarov, and Divya Deshmukh Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov carved his name into chess history on Wednesday, outplaying China’s Wei Yi to win the FIDE World Cup and becoming, at 19, the youngest ever champion of the event. The feat capped a remarkable run from the 16th seed, who walked away with USD 120,000 (over Rs…
Chess masters Javokhir Sindarov, and Wei Yi at FIDE World Cup semifinals in Goa. (Image: X/FIDE_chess) Grandmasters Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan and Wei Yi of China secured their spots in the FIDE World Cup 2025 finals after winning their respective semifinals through tiebreaks on Sunday, also earning their places in the Candidates tournament.The semifinals moved…
Panaji: Levon Aronian and P Harikrishna will aim to cash in on their white pieces on Saturday when they play the last classical game of their World Cup pre-quarterfinals against Arjun Erigaisi and Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara, respectively. The veterans from Armenia and India drew their first games at Rio Resort here on Friday. With…
