Baku (Azerbaijan), June 12 (Ians) Young Indian Grandmasters Gukesh Dommaraju and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and top woman star Koneru Humpy along with World No.1 Magnus Carlsen and reigning Women’s World Classical Champion Ju Wenjen will line-up in a top-class field and for enhanced prize-fund in the Fide World Cup set to be held here from July 30-August 24, 2023.
The 17-year-old Gukesh is the 10th seed and leads the pack of up-and-coming young prodigies, which includes Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa, and Vincent Keymer.
The knock-out chess extravaganza, held every two years, will celebrate its 10th edition at Baku and will have a combined prize pool boosted to a whopping Usd 2.5 million, the single largest amount at any chess event in the world.
In all 146 of the 206 participants in the 2023 Baku World Cup, and 71 of the 103 Women’s World Cup participants, have already been confirmed. The field will be completed between June 15-30, after the conclusion of the Zonal tournaments,...
The 17-year-old Gukesh is the 10th seed and leads the pack of up-and-coming young prodigies, which includes Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa, and Vincent Keymer.
The knock-out chess extravaganza, held every two years, will celebrate its 10th edition at Baku and will have a combined prize pool boosted to a whopping Usd 2.5 million, the single largest amount at any chess event in the world.
In all 146 of the 206 participants in the 2023 Baku World Cup, and 71 of the 103 Women’s World Cup participants, have already been confirmed. The field will be completed between June 15-30, after the conclusion of the Zonal tournaments,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Agency News Desk
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Warsaw (Poland), May 26 (Ians) Five-time World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen won the 2023 Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland, the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour (Gct), here at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
The Norwegian Grandmaster, the World No.1, finished with a score of 24/36, taking home the $40,000 1st place prize on Thursday night.
Placed second was local favourite and defending champion Jan-Krzyzstof Duda, who led until the final day and ended just a point behind with 23/36, after nearly winning a final game against Carlsen that would have forced a playoff.
Tied for third were Wesley So of the United States and France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, each with 21.5 points, with Levon Aronian finishing in clear fifth place with 20.5.
Carlsen’s day started with a victory against Vachier-Lagrave, extending his fantastic win streak from the end of the previous day to seven.
He was then held to a draw by...
The Norwegian Grandmaster, the World No.1, finished with a score of 24/36, taking home the $40,000 1st place prize on Thursday night.
Placed second was local favourite and defending champion Jan-Krzyzstof Duda, who led until the final day and ended just a point behind with 23/36, after nearly winning a final game against Carlsen that would have forced a playoff.
Tied for third were Wesley So of the United States and France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, each with 21.5 points, with Levon Aronian finishing in clear fifth place with 20.5.
Carlsen’s day started with a victory against Vachier-Lagrave, extending his fantastic win streak from the end of the previous day to seven.
He was then held to a draw by...
- 5/26/2023
- by Agency News Desk
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San Francisco, Nov 20 (Ians) Magnus Carlsen showed his near complete dominance in online chess once again as he marched to victory in the 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals with a round to spare.
The World champion blew away 17-year-old sensation Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of India to seal the final event of the season held at the SHACK15 venue in San Francisco on Saturday.
Going into Sunday’s Round 6 matches, only Poland’s World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda stood any real chance of overtaking Carlsen on the tournament leaderboard.
But having lost on Saturday to surrender the lead to Carlsen, despite the champ dropping a point himself, Duda lost again to US star Wesley So.
Carlsen has won five of the nine events on the 11-month Tour with Duda in second place winning two. In this event, he has so far won 14 of his 16 games and is undefeated in his six matches.
The World champion blew away 17-year-old sensation Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of India to seal the final event of the season held at the SHACK15 venue in San Francisco on Saturday.
Going into Sunday’s Round 6 matches, only Poland’s World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda stood any real chance of overtaking Carlsen on the tournament leaderboard.
But having lost on Saturday to surrender the lead to Carlsen, despite the champ dropping a point himself, Duda lost again to US star Wesley So.
Carlsen has won five of the nine events on the 11-month Tour with Duda in second place winning two. In this event, he has so far won 14 of his 16 games and is undefeated in his six matches.
- 11/20/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
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San Francisco, Nov 19 (Ians) Norwegian Magnus Carlsen racked up his seventh straight rapid game win to snatch the sole lead at the half-way point of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals in San Francisco.
The World chess champion put on another sparkling display in Round 4 of 7 as he thrashed Dutch No.1 Anish Giri 3-0 to march on towards victory in the USD1.6 million Tour’s end-of-season hybrid event.
Meanwhile, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Carlsen’s biggest rival in this tournament and throughout the 2022 Tour, lost a catastrophic match to Vietnam’s Liem Quang Le that puts a huge hole in his hopes.
Duda and Liem played out two long draws before Liem broke through to win in 46 moves in the third. On screen, Duda looked devastated. Liem then turned the screw with 29…e5! in the fourth to win 3-1.
He climbs to third position with seven points, behind Carlsen on 12/15 and Duda...
The World chess champion put on another sparkling display in Round 4 of 7 as he thrashed Dutch No.1 Anish Giri 3-0 to march on towards victory in the USD1.6 million Tour’s end-of-season hybrid event.
Meanwhile, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Carlsen’s biggest rival in this tournament and throughout the 2022 Tour, lost a catastrophic match to Vietnam’s Liem Quang Le that puts a huge hole in his hopes.
Duda and Liem played out two long draws before Liem broke through to win in 46 moves in the third. On screen, Duda looked devastated. Liem then turned the screw with 29…e5! in the fourth to win 3-1.
He climbs to third position with seven points, behind Carlsen on 12/15 and Duda...
- 11/19/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
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San Francisco (USA), Nov 15 (Ians) World champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway edged American star Wesley So as the final stage of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour got off to a dramatic start here on Tuesday (Ist).
Carlsen and So, the two big rivals from the 2021 Tour, went head-to-head on Day 1 of the 2022 Tour Finals in a clash seen by the experts as a potential tournament decider.
Playing in his first Tour event of the year, So battled hard but it was the Norwegian world champion who came out on top, despite a series of blunders.
The opener started with the notoriously drawish Berlin opening but it did reach an interesting game with Carlsen, with the white pieces, having a slight edge before it ended in a draw by repetition.
Wesley So, the newly-crowned Chess.com Global Speed Chess Championship winner, then had Carlsen on the ropes in Game 2, having been...
Carlsen and So, the two big rivals from the 2021 Tour, went head-to-head on Day 1 of the 2022 Tour Finals in a clash seen by the experts as a potential tournament decider.
Playing in his first Tour event of the year, So battled hard but it was the Norwegian world champion who came out on top, despite a series of blunders.
The opener started with the notoriously drawish Berlin opening but it did reach an interesting game with Carlsen, with the white pieces, having a slight edge before it ended in a draw by repetition.
Wesley So, the newly-crowned Chess.com Global Speed Chess Championship winner, then had Carlsen on the ropes in Game 2, having been...
- 11/15/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
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New York, Oct 18 (Ians) A nerve-wracking final three rounds of the Aimchess Rapid prelim stage saw Polish ace Jan-Krzysztof Duda sail through to the quarterfinals in first place while Anish Giri was sensationally knocked out.
Duda, the World Cup winner, sealed his spot and USD7,000 in game winnings with an impressive 28/45 points. The 24-year-old also goes into the next phase having moved up to second in the overall Meltwater Champions Chess Tour rankings. He is now the only player left who can catch world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway.
In typically understated fashion, Duda — the only player left capable of catching Carlsen — said afterwards, “I’m fairly satisfied.”
Meanwhile, Dutch No.1 Giri suffered the heartbreak of a last-gasp loss that killed his chances of making the cut. Giri went into the final preliminary round needing just a draw to secure his passage. Only India’s No.2 Vidit Gujrathi could stop...
Duda, the World Cup winner, sealed his spot and USD7,000 in game winnings with an impressive 28/45 points. The 24-year-old also goes into the next phase having moved up to second in the overall Meltwater Champions Chess Tour rankings. He is now the only player left who can catch world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway.
In typically understated fashion, Duda — the only player left capable of catching Carlsen — said afterwards, “I’m fairly satisfied.”
Meanwhile, Dutch No.1 Giri suffered the heartbreak of a last-gasp loss that killed his chances of making the cut. Giri went into the final preliminary round needing just a draw to secure his passage. Only India’s No.2 Vidit Gujrathi could stop...
- 10/18/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
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New York, Oct 17 (Ians) Indian teenager Donnarumma Gukesh made chess history in the Aimchess Rapid on Sunday evening as he became the youngest player ever to beat Norway’s Magnus Carlsen as world champion.
The 16-year-old’s win was Carlsen’s second loss in two days against one of India’s new crop of talented teenagers in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. Carlsen went down on Saturday to 19-year-old Arjun Erigaisi.
“What a monumental day in history,” International Master Jovanka Houska said. “It was just an incredible, incredible performance by Gukesh.”
The key moment in the Round 9 game was after Gukesh played 25.Rc7 in a position that looked good for Carlsen. The champion’s reply 25…Re8? turned out to be a blunder and after 26.Qb6! putting Carlsen’s queen in peril, Gukesh was suddenly winning.
Carlsen, playing from a log cabin in northern Sweden, spent five minutes thinking about his move after realising his mistake.
The 16-year-old’s win was Carlsen’s second loss in two days against one of India’s new crop of talented teenagers in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. Carlsen went down on Saturday to 19-year-old Arjun Erigaisi.
“What a monumental day in history,” International Master Jovanka Houska said. “It was just an incredible, incredible performance by Gukesh.”
The key moment in the Round 9 game was after Gukesh played 25.Rc7 in a position that looked good for Carlsen. The champion’s reply 25…Re8? turned out to be a blunder and after 26.Qb6! putting Carlsen’s queen in peril, Gukesh was suddenly winning.
Carlsen, playing from a log cabin in northern Sweden, spent five minutes thinking about his move after realising his mistake.
- 10/17/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
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New York, Oct 16 (Ians) Indian young gun, 19-year-old Arjun Erigaisi inflicted a crushing defeat on world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in Round 7, leaving the Norwegian in a spot of bother in the Usd 150,000 Aimchess Rapid — round five of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
It was sweet revenge for Erigaisi who had lost to Carlsen in the Julius Baer Generation Cup final, and earned his first victory against the world No. 1 on Saturday.
The shock defeat happened in Round 7 with Erigaisi breaking through with the brilliant 27.Qf7+ counter-attack, bravely ignoring Carlsen’s apparent queen and rook threat down the b-file. The young Indian star went on to close out the win.
Contrary to the anti-climactic Julius Baer Generation Cup final where Erigaisi virtually collapsed against the world champion, the Indian stayed cool and calm on Saturday.
Erigaisi said afterward, “That (the win) felt really good, I was really happy with the game.
It was sweet revenge for Erigaisi who had lost to Carlsen in the Julius Baer Generation Cup final, and earned his first victory against the world No. 1 on Saturday.
The shock defeat happened in Round 7 with Erigaisi breaking through with the brilliant 27.Qf7+ counter-attack, bravely ignoring Carlsen’s apparent queen and rook threat down the b-file. The young Indian star went on to close out the win.
Contrary to the anti-climactic Julius Baer Generation Cup final where Erigaisi virtually collapsed against the world champion, the Indian stayed cool and calm on Saturday.
Erigaisi said afterward, “That (the win) felt really good, I was really happy with the game.
- 10/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
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New York, Sep 21 (Ians) A day after he courted controversy, sensationally quitting his game with American star Hans Niemann after playing just one move, world champion Magnus Carlsen let his chess do the talking in the Julius Baer Generation Cup — the seventh leg of the USD1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour — wresting back the lead on an entertaining day of chess.
Ahead of the final day of the preliminary stage, the Norwegian overhauled Indian youngster Arjun Erigaisi on the leaderboard with three wins and a draw to finish with 25 out of a maximum 36 points so far on Wednesday (Ist).
Carlsen managed to emerge leader despite having controversially thrown his Round 6 game against Hans Niemann, seemingly in protest over alleged cheating.
Meanwhile, Erigaisi, who hails from Warangal in the south Indian state of Telangana, has been on fire in the ongoing event but lost only his second game on Tuesday and...
Ahead of the final day of the preliminary stage, the Norwegian overhauled Indian youngster Arjun Erigaisi on the leaderboard with three wins and a draw to finish with 25 out of a maximum 36 points so far on Wednesday (Ist).
Carlsen managed to emerge leader despite having controversially thrown his Round 6 game against Hans Niemann, seemingly in protest over alleged cheating.
Meanwhile, Erigaisi, who hails from Warangal in the south Indian state of Telangana, has been on fire in the ongoing event but lost only his second game on Tuesday and...
- 9/21/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
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New York, Sep 19 (Ians) An intriguing first-round game between 17-year-old R. Praggnanandhaa and 53-year-old chess legend Vasyl Ivanchuk ended with the Indian getting three points against the Ukrainian in the Julius Baer Generation Cup, the star-studded seventh leg of the USD1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
Ivanchuk was dominating his teenage opponent and looked set to strike the first blow for the older generation but first dropped a rook and then left a bishop hanging in time trouble. However, the Ukrainian quickly shook off the loss in the next round with a win over Serb Ivan Saric to pick up his first three.
In Round 3, Ivanchuk’s genius shone through as the former world No.2 left Anish Giri stunned with the crushing 34. Bxf6+, which forced the Dutchman to instantly resign.
Then, Ivanchuk showed again he was still on top of his game with a Round 4 win over Poland’s World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
Ivanchuk was dominating his teenage opponent and looked set to strike the first blow for the older generation but first dropped a rook and then left a bishop hanging in time trouble. However, the Ukrainian quickly shook off the loss in the next round with a win over Serb Ivan Saric to pick up his first three.
In Round 3, Ivanchuk’s genius shone through as the former world No.2 left Anish Giri stunned with the crushing 34. Bxf6+, which forced the Dutchman to instantly resign.
Then, Ivanchuk showed again he was still on top of his game with a Round 4 win over Poland’s World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
- 9/19/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
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Maimi, Aug 22 (Ians) India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa came back strongly from a game deficit to stun world champion Magnus Carlsen in tiebreaks in the seventh and final round thus finishing runner-up in the Ftx Crypto Cup, the second major on the Champions Chess Tour.
Starting the round two points behind the Norwegian Carlsen, the 17-year-old Pragg was looking down and out after losing the third of the four rapid games. But Carlsen, who was steering the fourth game to a draw, blundered in the endgame and the Indian capitalised on it to take the match into blitz tiebreaks.
In the four rapid games, Praggnanandhaa created a number of chances in the drawn first game, defended superbly in the second — another draw –, went down in a tense third encounter before capitalising on Carlsen’s mistake to win the fourth.
He dominated the blitz games to win two points, taking his total...
Starting the round two points behind the Norwegian Carlsen, the 17-year-old Pragg was looking down and out after losing the third of the four rapid games. But Carlsen, who was steering the fourth game to a draw, blundered in the endgame and the Indian capitalised on it to take the match into blitz tiebreaks.
In the four rapid games, Praggnanandhaa created a number of chances in the drawn first game, defended superbly in the second — another draw –, went down in a tense third encounter before capitalising on Carlsen’s mistake to win the fourth.
He dominated the blitz games to win two points, taking his total...
- 8/22/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
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Miami, Aug 21 (Ians) India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa fought back from the brink of defeat and took his sixth round match to the blitz tiebreaks but could not get the better of World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland in the Ftx Crypto Cup, the second major event of Champions Chess Tour.
Norway’s world champion Magnus Carlsen too had to fight all the way to the wire but managed to beat Alireza Firouzja in the tirbreaks.
Their contrasting fortunes fetched Carlsen two points while Pragg bagged one, thus leaving them neck-and-neck, the Norwegian in the lead with 15 points and the Indian second with 13. For losing to Carlsen in tiebreak, Firouzja got one point and was placed a close third with 12 points.
The exciting action on the sixth day of the event on Saturday left the Ftx Crypto Cup set for a blockbuster finale on Sunday night (Ist time) as Carlsen...
Norway’s world champion Magnus Carlsen too had to fight all the way to the wire but managed to beat Alireza Firouzja in the tirbreaks.
Their contrasting fortunes fetched Carlsen two points while Pragg bagged one, thus leaving them neck-and-neck, the Norwegian in the lead with 15 points and the Indian second with 13. For losing to Carlsen in tiebreak, Firouzja got one point and was placed a close third with 12 points.
The exciting action on the sixth day of the event on Saturday left the Ftx Crypto Cup set for a blockbuster finale on Sunday night (Ist time) as Carlsen...
- 8/21/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Miami, Aug 21 (Ians) India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa fought back from a deficit and took his sixth round match to the blitz tiebreaks but could not get the better of World Cup winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland in the Ftx Crypto Cup, the second major event of Champions Chess Tour.
Norway’s world champion Magnus Carlsen too had to fight all the way to the wire but managed to beat Alireza Firouzja in the tirbreaks.
Their contrasting fortunes fetched Carlsen two points while Pragg bagged one, thus leaving them neck-and-neck, the Norwegian in the lead with 15 points and the Indian student in second position with 12. For losing to Carlsen in tiebreak, Firouzja got one point and was placed a close third with 12 points.
The exciting action on the sixth day of the event on Saturday left the Ftx Crypto Cup set for a blockbuster finale on Sunday night (Ist time) as...
Norway’s world champion Magnus Carlsen too had to fight all the way to the wire but managed to beat Alireza Firouzja in the tirbreaks.
Their contrasting fortunes fetched Carlsen two points while Pragg bagged one, thus leaving them neck-and-neck, the Norwegian in the lead with 15 points and the Indian student in second position with 12. For losing to Carlsen in tiebreak, Firouzja got one point and was placed a close third with 12 points.
The exciting action on the sixth day of the event on Saturday left the Ftx Crypto Cup set for a blockbuster finale on Sunday night (Ist time) as...
- 8/21/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Miami, Aug 20 (Ians) The brilliant winning spree of Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in the Ftx Crypto Cup came to a halt after four perfect rounds as he slumped to a 0.5-2.5 defeat against Vietnam’s Liem Quang Le, ending his chances of taking sole lead in the event.
With world champion Magnus Carlsen losing the fifth round to Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland in tiebreak, Praggnanandhaa had an opportunity to take sole lead.
The Indian wonderkid Pragg, who has looked so impressive in this event and was in a neck-and-neck battle with Carlsen, finally cracked under pressure after four straight match wins. He went down in three games 2.5-0.5 to Vietnam’s Liem Quang Le, ending his hopes of taking the sole lead.
It was Pragg’s (12) first defeat of the tournament and it leaves him one point behind Carlsen, who clawed his way into a narrow lead with a point...
With world champion Magnus Carlsen losing the fifth round to Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland in tiebreak, Praggnanandhaa had an opportunity to take sole lead.
The Indian wonderkid Pragg, who has looked so impressive in this event and was in a neck-and-neck battle with Carlsen, finally cracked under pressure after four straight match wins. He went down in three games 2.5-0.5 to Vietnam’s Liem Quang Le, ending his hopes of taking the sole lead.
It was Pragg’s (12) first defeat of the tournament and it leaves him one point behind Carlsen, who clawed his way into a narrow lead with a point...
- 8/20/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
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Miami, Aug 19 (Ians) The Ftx Crypto Cup seems to be heading towards a tense two-horse race as Indian teenager Praggnanandhaa and Norway’s World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen both crushed their opponents in the fourth round here and remained in joint lead.
The two front-runners look increasingly impossible to catch up with as they stretched their lead over the pack with three points each on Thursday, that took them to perfect 12/12 scores.
Pragg defeated American Levin Aronian 3-1 while Carlsen handed a similar verdict to Vietnam’s Liem Quang Le in the fourth round.
The second Major of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour season may now go down to the final round on Sunday when Carlsen, the world champion, and 17-year-old Pragg face each other.
With three rounds to go, Carlsen and Pragg aren’t completely in the clear yet though. The exciting teenager Alireza Firouzja is still in the hunt...
The two front-runners look increasingly impossible to catch up with as they stretched their lead over the pack with three points each on Thursday, that took them to perfect 12/12 scores.
Pragg defeated American Levin Aronian 3-1 while Carlsen handed a similar verdict to Vietnam’s Liem Quang Le in the fourth round.
The second Major of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour season may now go down to the final round on Sunday when Carlsen, the world champion, and 17-year-old Pragg face each other.
With three rounds to go, Carlsen and Pragg aren’t completely in the clear yet though. The exciting teenager Alireza Firouzja is still in the hunt...
- 8/19/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Miami, Aug 18 (Ians) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa earned a hard-fought win in the third round as the Indian star and World No 1 Magnus Carlsen remained are neck-and-neck on a perfect 9/9 score after both won their matches in the Ftx Crypto Cup.
Pragg, bidding for his first Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title, wasn’t at his best against an aggressive opponent in Hans Niemann but still ground out 3 points with a final game win on Wednesday.
Niemann had shown he meant business as he got off to a winning start against the 17-year-old joint-leader.
But Pragg struck back with a game Grandmaster Peter Leko called a “fantastic positional masterpiece”. Niemann, as he did on Tuesday day against Carlsen, surrendered a hard-fought lead immediately, the organisers if the event Play Magnus Group informed in a release.
A draw in the third left the match hanging on the final game which could have gone either...
Pragg, bidding for his first Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title, wasn’t at his best against an aggressive opponent in Hans Niemann but still ground out 3 points with a final game win on Wednesday.
Niemann had shown he meant business as he got off to a winning start against the 17-year-old joint-leader.
But Pragg struck back with a game Grandmaster Peter Leko called a “fantastic positional masterpiece”. Niemann, as he did on Tuesday day against Carlsen, surrendered a hard-fought lead immediately, the organisers if the event Play Magnus Group informed in a release.
A draw in the third left the match hanging on the final game which could have gone either...
- 8/18/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Miami, Aug 17 (Ians) India’s chess star Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and world champion Magnus Carlsen made it two wins out of two as the Ftx Crypto Cup favourites powered into an early lead.
On Tuesday night, Praggnanandhaa narrowly beat Anish Giri in the four-game match to avenge a costly defeat the Dutch number 1 inflicted on him earlier this year in the Oslo Esports Cup. Pragg and Giri played out three draws before the India struck in the final game.
The youngster sits alongside Carlsen at the top of the leaderboard on 6/6 points. On Wednesday, Praggnanandhaa will play American teenager Hans Niemann, while Giri, still yet to get off the mark, will face French-registered Alireza Firouzja.
World champion Carlsen recovered from a shock loss against Niemann to march into Round 3 of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour round-robin. Carlsen’s day started badly as he was blown away by Niemann, the lowest rated player in the tournament.
On Tuesday night, Praggnanandhaa narrowly beat Anish Giri in the four-game match to avenge a costly defeat the Dutch number 1 inflicted on him earlier this year in the Oslo Esports Cup. Pragg and Giri played out three draws before the India struck in the final game.
The youngster sits alongside Carlsen at the top of the leaderboard on 6/6 points. On Wednesday, Praggnanandhaa will play American teenager Hans Niemann, while Giri, still yet to get off the mark, will face French-registered Alireza Firouzja.
World champion Carlsen recovered from a shock loss against Niemann to march into Round 3 of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour round-robin. Carlsen’s day started badly as he was blown away by Niemann, the lowest rated player in the tournament.
- 8/17/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Miami, Aug 16 (Ians) Indian prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa came back strongly from a disadvantageous position to beat World’s No. 1 junior player, Alireza Firouzja, in the third encounter of their four-game match as the Ftx Crypto Cup, the American finale of Champions Chess Tour, which got off to a thrilling start here.
The 2.5-1.5 win in the first-round encounter on Sunday night in Miami, the first offline event of the tour, put Praggnanandhaa in the top spot along with World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland and Kevin Aronian in the eight-player all-play-all field.
With USD7,500 at stake for each match win at the Eden Roc Miami Beach Hotel, the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Major started with plenty of fire and fighting chess.
Carlsen defeated Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri. Duda got the better of Hans Niemann of the United States while Aronian beat Liem Quang Le of Vietnam. Each match...
The 2.5-1.5 win in the first-round encounter on Sunday night in Miami, the first offline event of the tour, put Praggnanandhaa in the top spot along with World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland and Kevin Aronian in the eight-player all-play-all field.
With USD7,500 at stake for each match win at the Eden Roc Miami Beach Hotel, the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Major started with plenty of fire and fighting chess.
Carlsen defeated Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri. Duda got the better of Hans Niemann of the United States while Aronian beat Liem Quang Le of Vietnam. Each match...
- 8/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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