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Gukesh, Humpy complete Candidates’ fields, join Pragg, Vidit and Vaishali

Five Indians qualify for Candidates Tournament, with D. Gukesh and K. Humpy taking the final spots.

The Hindu

Chess: Magnus Carlsen World Rapid champion again and targets Blitz

Carlsen won his fifth World Rapid crown at Samarkand on Thursday with an unbeaten 10/13 total, and now goes for his seventh Blitz title over 21 rounds

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan, eight, sets new records with victory in Zagreb

The Harrow schoolgirl, who won the women’s prize in the European open blitz championship, plays at Hastings next week in the chess world’s longest running congress

The Guardian - UK

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Chess: Adams wins in London at 52 while Royal, 14, aims for GM in Hastings

The eight-time British champion called the London Classic “my best ever result” while the young talent will be close to a new English age record if he scores his third and final GM norm

The Guardian - UK

Hans Niemann competes in London Classic after stunning success in Zagreb

The controversial US 20-year-old won first prize in Croatia with 8/9 and a career-best performance rating of 2946, then flew to London for the traditional Classic

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Adams and Nunn score golden double in world senior championships

The eight-time British champion, 51, and the eminent author, 68, edged to tiebreak victories with strong final-round performances at the world over-50 and over-65 championships

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Magnus Carlsen blames opponent’s watch for shock defeat

The Norwegian said he lost his concentration when he saw his opponent was wearing a timepiece at the Qatar Masters

The Guardian - UK

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Chess: Kasparov subsides at St Louis while Sam Sevian scores career best

The former world champion, 60, led the Champions Showdown 9LX unbeaten with 3/4, then collapsed to 3/9, while the 22-year-old finished ahead of the US elite

The Guardian - UK

Tata Steel tournament — a solid platform that takes Indian chess forward

European women in sarees, equal prize money, top stars, passionate fans: Tata Steel Chess India has it all. Tata Steel Chess India has it all: European women in sarees, equal prize money, top stars, passionate fans. It's India's only elite chess event, with the world's top talents, and has seen…

The Hindu

Chess: Caruana leads at Stavanger after beating Carlsen in opening round

The US champion beat the Norwegian for the first time in eight years, then scored in his next two games to lead the 10-player event

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen loses to a Pole in Poland with Polish Defence before winning run

The world No 1 chose 1 d4 b5 as Black against Radoslaw Wojtaszek and was in trouble by move nine before resigning at move 38, but later won seven games in a row to take first prize in Warsaw

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Hikaru Nakamura traps a queen and wins $60,000 in St Louis

The five-time US champion, whose main career is as a streamer with more than a million followers, defeated fellow world top-10 player Wesley So in a bruising final

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen set for challenge from US quartet online and over-the-board

The world No 1 faces encounters with Caruana, So, Nakamura and Aronian in the online Champions Tour starting 3 April, then over-the-board at Stavanger in late May

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen and Nakamura outwit young guns in offbeat Airthings Masters

In the opening event of the online Tour, the world champion and the US speed specialist showed their skills, while Alireza Firouzja lost five games in a row, and the event’s format sparked criticism

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Chess: Anish Giri wins at Wijk aan Zee as Carlsen misses out by just half a point

The Netherlands world No 5 got a final-round gift, while a ‘backbreaker’ in the penultimate round cost the world champion his chance of forcing a playoff

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Magnus Carlsen jumps back into contention as final rounds loom at Wijk

The world champion has recovered from his two early losses and is one point behind the leader as the ‘chess Wimbledon’ nears climax

The Times of India

US GM So foresees Arjun, Gukesh in World top 10 soon

KOLKATA: Like most others, American Grandmaster Wesley So too is impressed with the young crop of Indian chess players and believes they can make it big very soon.

The Times of India

Meltwater Chess: Praggnanandhaa beats Arjun Erigaisi in final round, finishes 5th

SAN FRANCISCO: Teenaged Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated compatriot Arjun Erigaisi 2.5-0.5 in the seventh and final round to finish fifth in the Meltwater Champions Tour Finals on Monday.

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen faces his nemesis in final round of Meltwater tour

The world No 1 is favourite to win the $210,000 event going into the weekend matches, but still has to meet Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who has twice defeated the Norwegian in prestige events

The Times of India

Meltwater Champions Tour Finals: Arjun Erigaisi posts first win; R Praggnanandhaa loses

SAN FRANCISCO: Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi posted his first win while compatriot R Praggnanandhaa lost in the fourth round of the Meltwater Champions Tour Finals on Friday.

The Times of India

Meltwater Champions Tour Finals: Praggnanandhaa secures first win; another loss for Erigaisi

SAN FRANCISCO: Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa posted his first win while compatriot Arjun Erigaisi suffered a third straight defeat in the Meltwater Champions Tour Finals here on Thursday.

The Times of India

Meltwater Champions Tour Finals: R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi lose again

SAN FRANCISCO: Young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa went down to Dutch GM Anish Giri 2.5-3.5 in the second round of the Meltwater Champions Tour Finals here on Wednesday.

The Times of India

Meltwater Champions Tour: Indian GMs Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi lose in opening round

SAN FRANCISCO: Indian Grandmasters R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi suffered defeats in the opening round of the Meltwater Champions Tour Finals early on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Shreyas Royal, 13, leads Bavarian Open as records beckon

The London teenager has a chance to become the youngest English player ever to score a grandmaster result

The Times of India

Magnus Carlsen withdraws from Sinquefield Cup, raises eyebrows

CHENNAI: World no. 1 Magnus Carlsen caused a major drama late on Monday night as he withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup, a classical format tournament being held at St Louis, Missouri.

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