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Chess: Garry Kasparov still has it at 61 as he holds his own against the US elite

The former world champion scored 4.5/9 in the 9LX tournament and also revealed new details about his 1997 match with the IBM Deep Blue supercomputer

The Guardian - UK

After 20 years at the top of chess, Magnus Carlsen is making his next move

Few chess players have produced the magic commodity which separates Norway’s Magnus Carlsen from any of his peers: celebrity

The Independent UK

Chess: Fabiano Caruana, world No 2, wins fourth US Championship title

Caruana showed his clear superiority in the open event at St Louis, while Carissa Yip won her first eight games in the women’s championship

The Guardian - UK

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What’s brown, shiny and boasts a sexy sheen of scandal? Welcome to the world of conkers

Sports fans love the drama of cheating accusations but perhaps event organisers love the resulting media attention even more

The Guardian - UK

Ding will come to the match with right spirit: Gukesh

PUNE: D Gukesh, 18, talks fondly about witnessing the World Chess Championship match between V Anand and Magnus Carlsen in his hometown of Chennai in 2013.

The Times of India

Carlsen struggles amid controversy at $1m Global Chess League in London

The world No 1 lost to Firouzja in round two and although he won the return game, his team failed to reach the final, in which Triveni Continental Kings face PBG Alaskan Knights

The Guardian - UK

Anish downs Anand, Nihal wins again as Knights inch closer to Global Chess League title

NAGPUR: Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura, and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave spearheaded the PBG Alaskan Knights, American Gambits and Mumba Masters to resounding victories as the black pieces prevailed in the seventh round of the Global Chess League in London on Tuesday.

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Carlsen's Pipers hand Knights first defeat, Anand's Ganges get second win in Global Chess League

NAGPUR: A day after PBG Alaskan Knights vanquished Alpine SG Pipers, the Magnus Carlsen-led outfit turned the tables on the sole leaders with a similar 9-7 margin in a rematch of the double round-robin Global Chess League in London on Monday.

The Times of India

Magnus Carlsen: ‘Play chess against Mo Salah? I would love that’

The football-mad world No 1 is in London playing for a $1m prize fund and despite dominating the chess world says he has never played the perfect game

The Guardian - UK

Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and the chess elite now playing in London

Eight of the world top 12 are competing in the Global Chess League at Friends House, Euston, from 3-12 October, with spectator tickets bookable online

The Guardian - UK

Global Chess League 2024: Indians in action, teams, format, scoring system, time

The second edition of the Global Chess League, a six-team franchise tournament, will be held in London from 3-12 October.

The Times of India

Chess: India win double gold as new generation dominates at Olympiad

India won the Open and Women’s Olympiads in Budapest, while for the first time in history no European team reached the podium in either event

The Guardian - UK

In Olympic year, India's big gold

TOI looks at some of the takeaways from the Chess Olympiad

The Times of India

Chess: India win every match at Olympiad as US and England trail

With three rounds to go, India have won all eight of their matches in Budapest without loss of a game, while the top seeded US team is fifth and England 17th

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Chess Olympiad: Arjun Erigaisi act helps India dominate Serbia

Arjun Erigaisi once again displayed his great form and scored his fourth win on the trot to give second seeds India a decisive advantage in the fourth round clash against Serbia in the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday.

The Guardian - UK

Chess: England seeded eighth as Carlsen targets gold at Budapest Olympiad

The world No 1 will lead Norway at the event in Hungary shortly after defeating Hans Niemann and Alireza Firouzja at the speed championship finals in Paris

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Ethan Pang, nine, beats three grandmasters but misses 2300 rating

The London schoolboy defeated three GMs in successive games in Budapest and narrowly failed to achieve a world age record 2300 and a Fide Master title

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Alireza Firouzja wins Sinquefield Cup unbeaten and jumps to world No 5

The Iran-born Frenchman, 21, scored 6/9 to win in St Louis, half a point clear of the US champion and world No 3, Fabiano Caruana

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The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen and Niemann impress as Paris grudge rematch approaches

The pair will meet early next month for the first time across the board since the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, where their game sparked cheating allegations and a $100 million lawsuit

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Hans Niemann closes on world top 20 as US star impresses in London

The ambitious American led narrowly after six games in his five-day match against the England No 1, Nikita Vitiugov, which includes classical, rapid and blitz sections

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen loses in 23 moves but beats Ding and wins Titled Tuesday

The world No 1 arrived at the World Team Rapid and Blitz jetlagged and lost to Richard Rapport but then beat the world champion before scoring 11/11 in the weekly event

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Yagiz Erdogmus, 13, on the verge of 2600 and closing on world age record

The Turkish teen is poised to achieve the landmark rating at September’s 193-nation chess Olympiad in Budapest

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Vachier-Lagrave wins $300,000 event while Firouzja loses in nine moves

The 33-year-old won the online CrunchLabs Masters, defeating Firouzja in the final, after previously eliminating the world No 1, Magnus Carlsen

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Caruana equals Carlsen’s record as Kasparov criticises world title match

Fabiano Caruana, the world No 3 and US champion, won the Zagreb Rapid/Blitz with a record-equalling total of 27/36, and was sure of first prize with five rounds to spare

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen and Nakamura dominate in Stavanger, while Ding falters again

Magnus Carlsen continued his winning streak in Norway as Hikaru Nakamura gained the No 2 ranking, but China’s world champion finished a poor last of six

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