Koneru Humpy (Anna Shtourman/FIDE) In a historic moment for Indian chess, all four remaining players, Koneru Humpy, Dronavalli Harika, R Vaishali, and International Master Divya Deshmukh, have stormed into the quarterfinals of the FIDE Women’s World Cup. The achievement drew special praise from FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky, who wrote on X, “All four Indian players…
“I don’t know, it’s not like there’s a huge qualitative difference. Of course, Gukesh has the more experience in terms of playing for the World Championship, that’s a wealth of experience and winning the World Championship. And he’s played more high stakes games compared to Nodirbek Abdusattorov,” Caruana said. “But Nodirbek Abdusattorov has advantages in…
R Praggnanandhaa (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The third round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 delivered its fair share of excitement as R Praggnanandhaa, playing with the white pieces against India’s No. 1, Arjun Erigaisi, emerged as the star performer of the day.The match turned gripping when Arjun opted to capture Pragg’s queen with…
NEW DELHI: Playing with the black pieces on Sunday in the second round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, D Gukesh conceded his first draw since becoming the world chess champion. Gukesh’s opponent, Vladimir Fedoseev of Russia, began the day strongly at Wijk aan Zee, following his draw in the inaugural round on Saturday.Inside…
Grandmaster R. Vaishali was class apart on Tuesday as she qualified for the knockout stage of the Women’s World Blitz Championship 2024 after finishing on top of the leaderboard. She remained unbeaten, finishing with 9.5 points, one full point ahead of the second place. She drew three while pocketing as many as eight wins. Vaishali…
World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE, D Gukesh vs Ding Liren© AFP D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren, FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE Updates: It is a winner takes all in the 14th and final round of the World Chess Championship 2024 between India’s G Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren. Both finalists have won…
D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, FIDE World Chess Championship Game 12, Live© X (Twitter) D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, FIDE World Chess Championship Game 12, Live Updates: D Gukesh will be looking to extend his lead against the defending champion Ding Liren in Game 12 of the ongoing FIDE World Chess Championship on…
