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“Magnus has dark-square domination. His king is super safe next to the knight here at the edge of the board (on the h6 square),” British grandmaster David Howell was saying on the Take Take Take app’s live commentary just seconds before Carlsen's blunder.
India’s top money earner when it came to prize money was Arjun Erigaisi, who pocketed a whopping $431,214 (approximately Rs 3.8 crore) in 2025. This put Arjun 8th in the 2025 list while Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh were behind him.
With only two seconds left on his clock, Magnus Carlsen paused the game after inadvertently scattering the pieces into disarray without completely rearranging them to the original position. The move was...
Magnus Carlsen defeated Hans Niemann at World Rapid Championship. (PHOTO: FIDE/Lennart Ootes)18-time World Chess Champion across all formats, Magnus Carlsen is in line to win his 19th World title as he leads...
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.
Magnus Carlsen looking at his position on the board during a Tata Steel India Rapid and Blitz Championship. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)Former world champion Magnus Carlsen believes that R Praggnanandhaa,...
