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The chess calendar of 2026 is stacked with championships – five separate players may be crowned ‘world champion’.
World Champion D Gukesh has withdrawn from the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz tournament, scheduled to be held in Kolkata from January 7 to 11. While there has not been any communication from Gukesh...
The blunder came on move 70 when Gukesh, who was playing with black pieces, had just eight seconds left on his clock while his opponent had 13 seconds. Gukesh was a pawn down at the stage.
The results for Gukesh from Friday evening in Doha vindicate the theory that the teenager from Chennai has improved a lot in the rapid time control. Classical chess has always been the teenager's forte. It's the format where he became the youngest world champion last year.
Besides Gukesh, India's R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, P Harikrishna, Vidit Gujrathi and a whole brigade of young players, both in Open and Women's section, are in attendance
World champion Gukesh Dommaraju and chess legend Viswanathan Anand discuss after their match in the Global Chess League. (Photo: GCL)World champion Gukesh finally ended his Global Chess League campaign with...
