Teenager is youngest-ever challenger for World Chess Championship title

At 17 years old, Gukesh Dommaraju is setting records following his win at Candidates Tournament ahead of world championship ... Read More

Young Indian chess phenom pips three legends to the post, wins Candidates Tournament to challenge for world championship title

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Chess Candidates 2024 Live Updates: Gukesh makes history by becoming youngest-ever World Championship contender

India’s 17-year-old phenom D Gukesh is headed towards the World Chess Championship clash against Ding Liren after his game with Hikaru Nakamura ended in a draw. On a dramatic day, Gukesh managed to ... Read More

FIDE Candidates Chess: ‘What A Drama’ As Four Players Alive In Final Round

Trailing by a half point were Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana ... take him to the World Chess Championship in an attempt to become the youngest-ever world champion. Magnus Carlsen was 22 ... Read More

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren: A way-too-early preview for the World Chess Championship

Then Magnus Carlsen decided to, well, not defend his title. That set up a unique championship match: where whoever won would be crowned world champion ... and Fabiano Caruana) were gesturing ... Read More

Magnus Carlsen Net Worth 2024: Life And Fortune Of The Chess Grandmaster

Carlsen won his first FIDE World Championship in 2013, defeating the then-reigning champion Viswanathan Anand in a 12-game ... chess tournament featuring top players. He defeated Fabiano Caruana ... Read More

Chess: Four in close contention as Candidates reaches weekend climax

With just the final two rounds to come, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura and Gukesh Dommaraju share the lead while the world No 2, Fabiano Caruana, is half a point behind ... Read More

TOCA Football Receives Investment from World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen

TOCA Football, Inc. (TOCA) today announced an investment from Norwegian Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen. TOCA is the world's leading tech-enabled soccer training and entertainment company, ... Read More

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Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of Luton, a place long dogged by a ramshackle image and links to extremism. The administration’s top drug ... Read More

Candidates Chess 2024 Highlights: Vidit Gujrathi beats Nakamura; Gukesh vs Pragg ends in draw

Candidates Chess 2024 Round 9 LIVE: 17-year-old D Gukesh is taking on the other teenage prodigy from Chennai, Praggnanandhaa, in a mouthwatering Round 9 clash at the Candidates chess tournament. Read More

Who is Gukesh Dommaraju? Meet the teen sensation who beat Magnus Carlsen

The prodigy from Chennai won the Asian School Chess Championship ... 2-0 to qualify for the third round of the FIDE World Cup 2023. He defeated former world number one Magnus Carlsen at the ... Read More

India unveils Chennai's 17-year-old Gukesh as its youngest challenger in chess history

He will face China's world champion Ding Liren in the championship match later this year, marking his first challenger in the 74-year history of the Candidates chess tournament. The 14-round ... Read More