Caruana favourite as Candidates begins while Carlsen wins sixth event in a row

Candidates Fabiano Caruana (US ... First, he drew both his games with Carlsen in their first meeting at classical chess since the world title changed hands; second, he confirmed that he will ... Read More

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

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

Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest challenger for the World chess title, breaking the 40-year-old record set by legendary Garry Kasparov in 1984. He will face China's world champion Ding Liren ... Read More

Chess Candidates 2024 Highlights: 17-year-old Gukesh takes sole lead after defeating Alireza; Vaishali wins 4th in a row

Gukesh, the 17-year-old from Chennai, is hoping to become the youngest ever World Chess Championship contender. 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

'If Gukesh, Pragg, Vidit or Abasov win, it would be a shock': Magnus Carlsen

World No. 1 Carlsen expects the older, more experienced players to do well in the Candidates tournament which begins in April 4. Magnus Carlsen believes Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura are the ... Read More

Candidates Chess: Here’s Where To Bet With DraftKings

Chess fans can ... life probabilities. Caruana won the Candidates in 2018 and faced Carlsen in the world championship, but he lost in tiebreaks after a thrilling 14-game stalemate. Read More

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

The Chennai-born chess prodigy, who has defeated World No 1 Magnus Carlsen twice already ... prodigy from Chennai won the Asian School Chess Championship in the U-9 category in 2015 and the ... Read More

Who is R Praggnanandhaa? Meet India's teenage chess sensation

The Indian prodigy managed to beat world #3 Fabiano Caruana ... Continental Chess Championship. He will now be looking to add the World Cup to his trophy case, with Magnus Carlsen standing in ... Read More

D Gukesh drops to joint 2nd after a draw against Fabiano Caruana in Candidates chess tournament

Grandmaster D Gukesh secured a draw against top seed Fabiano Caruana in the 11th round of the Candidates Chess Tournament. Gukesh though dropped to joint second position. R Praggnanandhaa and ... Read More

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