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I started playing chess in 2012 and since then I have played regularly. I primarily play on chess.com and lichess.org. I also play in real life once in a while.

Anyone into chess here?
 
Back in 2003, I used to play Chess at yahoo games. Now I play at lichess android app. With casual approach my ratings at lichess hover around 1750 and with better concentration it reaches upto 1850+ which is my upper limit. My ratings have never gone beyond 1900 :))

Haven't played a game in 4 months because it needs full concentration and consumes alot of time which I don't get these days.
 
last_knight said:
Back in 2003, I used to play Chess at yahoo games. Now I play at lichess android app. With casual approach my ratings at lichess hover around 1750 and with better concentration it reaches upto 1850+ which is my upper limit. My ratings have never gone beyond 1900 :))

Haven't played a game in 4 months because it needs full concentration and consumes alot of time which I don't get these days.
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I see.

I generally play Blitz chess. It is faster and I can finish 3-4 games in 30 minutes.
 
How's this for a story :)))

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Chess Olympiad: India and Russia both get gold after controversial final

India and Russia have been declared joint winners of a major international chess tournament after two Indian players lost their internet connection during the final round.

An online version of the Chess Olympiad contest is being held for the first time this year because of coronavirus.

India appealed after two of its players lost connection to their games and forfeited on time.

Officials said these were "unprecedented circumstances".

"The Online Chess Olympiad has been impacted by a global internet outage, that severely affected several countries, including India. Two of the Indian players have been affected and lost connection, when the outcome of the match was still unclear," Arkady Dvorkovich, president of the International Chess Federation, said in a statement.

He said he decided to award both teams gold medals in the "absence of a unanimous decision" from the body's appeals committee.

Teams from more than 160 countries have participated in this year's online event, which began in July.

But the final is not the first time the tournament has come under scrutiny.

Armenia on Friday said one of its players was disconnected from the server during its quarterfinal match against India, and lost on time. Its appeal was rejected and the country withdrew from the competition in protest.

The 44th Chess Olympiad was scheduled to take place in Russia this month but was postponed until next year because of the pandemic.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53965748
 
Firebat said:
How's this for a story :)))

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Chess Olympiad: India and Russia both get gold after controversial final

India and Russia have been declared joint winners of a major international chess tournament after two Indian players lost their internet connection during the final round.

An online version of the Chess Olympiad contest is being held for the first time this year because of coronavirus.

India appealed after two of its players lost connection to their games and forfeited on time.

Officials said these were "unprecedented circumstances".

"The Online Chess Olympiad has been impacted by a global internet outage, that severely affected several countries, including India. Two of the Indian players have been affected and lost connection, when the outcome of the match was still unclear," Arkady Dvorkovich, president of the International Chess Federation, said in a statement.

He said he decided to award both teams gold medals in the "absence of a unanimous decision" from the body's appeals committee.

Teams from more than 160 countries have participated in this year's online event, which began in July.

But the final is not the first time the tournament has come under scrutiny.

Armenia on Friday said one of its players was disconnected from the server during its quarterfinal match against India, and lost on time. Its appeal was rejected and the country withdrew from the competition in protest.

The 44th Chess Olympiad was scheduled to take place in Russia this month but was postponed until next year because of the pandemic.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-53965748
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This is stupid. They should've played again.
 
last_knight said:
Interestingly they hadn't applied this rule for Quarter Final :)))
btw 06 Games of Blitz seems equivalent to Super Over.
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Blitz is very fast. Yes.

I like classical chess more than blitz chess but I play Blitz chess more (to save time).

There is even a faster version of chess than Blitz. It is called Bullet.
 
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Im a chess lover. prefer blitz in the real life though as most people just take enormous amount of time in playing. Online i prefer classic.
 
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Im a chess lover. prefer blitz in the real life though as most people just take enormous amount of time in playing. Online i prefer classic.
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Yes. That's one issue with chess. Many people take too long. Some probably take too long because they haven't played in a long time.

I play mostly online but I play in real life occasionally.
 
Divya was winning her game, Nihal was drawing his, Humpy would probably not have lost if she hadn't lost so much time. I would have preferred the matches to be replayed but maybe the Russian controlled FIDE didn't want to take chances. India was the only team pressing for victory in the first round as well.

Anyway I don't take online chess or faster time controls too seriously. This was more like an exhibition tournament with 170 countries participating. Happy that India was co-champion and that our kids did well, delighted that we beat China (among other top teams) on the way and went undefeated to the final, but would prefer to win a real Olympiad in classical time control and played OTB.
 
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Anyway I don't take online chess or faster time controls too seriously.
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Faster chess is indeed not proper chess but they have championships for Bullet chess and Blitz chess.

I personally think Blitz chess is fine but Bullet chess is just ridiculous.
 
sweep_shot said:
Faster chess is indeed not proper chess but they have championships for Bullet chess and Blitz chess.

I personally think Blitz chess is fine but Bullet chess is just ridiculous.
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Rapid chess of 25 minutes per side is actually quite good, perfect balance like ODI cricket. Blitz with increment is fine, without increment is mostly about flagging your opponent. Your assessment about bullet is spot on, call that anything else apart from chess! Bullet is an insult to the beautiful game.
 
Best player of all time?

Hard to argue w/ Kasparov but I love Tal and Fischer.

Casablanca and Morphy also genuinely entertaining to watch.
 
anyone watch the queens gambit? thought it was a good show.

started playing on mobile a few months ago, am not very good tho.
 
ElRaja said:
anyone watch the queens gambit? thought it was a good show.

started playing on mobile a few months ago, am not very good tho.
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It was a very weird serial.
Over dramatized and perhaps very bad acting by all characters. There seemed nothing natural about the atmosphere and poor acting. Weird facial expression and uncanny dialogues. Nothing looked natural. Very poorly directed in my opinion.

And to make it worse, they hardly showed full games. Just a few endings copied from a few former games.


I think the only solid appearance was by Marcin Dorocinski (Vasily Borgov).
 
Colorblind Genius said:
And to make it worse, they hardly showed full games. Just a few endings copied from a few former games.


I think the only solid appearance was by Marcin Dorocinski (Vasily Borgov).
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think they wanted to make it accessible to non chess people, i mean if they showed more of the games i would have found it difficult to appreciate the relevance of it without someone explaining the strategies.
 
A California judge refused on Thursday to dismiss court proceedings filed against Netflix series The Queen's Gambit by Soviet and Georgian chess champion Nona Gaprindashvili. She accused the series of having defamed her in an episode.

Gaprindashvili rose to fame as a chess champion in the Soviet Union in the 1960s. Last year, she approached a federal court in the US to question the series that had portrayed her character and dialogue falsely — that the fifth women's world chess champion "never faced men", according to Deadline. The 80-year-old chess player believes the line was "sexist" and "belittling," and said she had faced approximately 59 male competitors by 1968. This is the same year the series is set in.

In response, Netflix had sought to get the $5 million suit dismissed claiming that the show categorises itself as a work of fiction. But a district judge disagreed with the streaming giant, according to Variety.

The judge found that Gaprindashvilli made a plausible argument that she was defamed in the show. She also argued that if a fiction show depicts real people, then even imaginary scripts aren't safe from defamation suits.

“Netflix does not cite, and the Court is not aware, of any cases precluding defamation claims for the portrayal of real persons in otherwise fictional works. The fact that the Series was a fictional work does not insulate Netflix from liability for defamation if all the elements of defamation are otherwise present," wrote the judge.

Hit drama series The Queen's Gambit is based on a novel written by Walter Tevis in 1983. It follows the story of fictional character named Beth Harmon who becomes an international sensation and a chess champion in the 1960s. In its seventh and last episode, Beth competes with male competitors in Moscow and defeats them. The chess announcer says, "Elizabeth Harmon’s not at all an important player by their standards. The only unusual thing about her, really, is her sex. And even that’s not unique in Russia. There’s Nona Gaprindashvili, but she’s the female world champion and has never faced men.”

The streaming service argued that the display was to show two chess experts in an effort to deliver the information correctly and that they didn't mean to hurt Gaprindashvili. One of many arguments given by the streaming service's lawyer was that the show always displayed a disclaimer that revealed all show characters were fictional. The judge, on the other hand, dismissed that argument and said it's not enough to dispel the factual claim made by the chess player.

The Queen's Gambit was released in October 2020 with seven episodes. It starred Anya Taylor-Joy in the lead role along with Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Harry Melling, Marielle Heller, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd and Moses Ingram.

DAWN
 
Chess grandmaster suspended from worldwide competitions after showing support for Putin

Russian chess grandmaster Sergey Karjakin has been suspended from competing in tournaments for six months due to his public support of the war in Ukraine, the International Chess Federation has announced.

The organisation said in a statement: "Sergey Karjakin is found guilty of breach of article 2.2.10 of the FIDE Code of Ethics, and is sanctioned to a worldwide ban of six months from participating as a player in any FIDE rated chess competition, taking effect from the date of this decision, 21 March 2022.

It added that the 32-year-old's comments on the "ongoing military conflict in Ukraine" have led to a "considerable number of reactions on social media and elsewhere".

"The likelihood that these statements will damage the reputation of Sergey Karjakin personally is also considerable," it concluded.
 
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has withdrawn from the world’s biggest international chess tournament in protest at hosts India holding a torch relay for the event through the disputed Kashmir valley, officials said Thursday.

The 44th Chess Olympiad will see over 1,700 players from 188 nations compete in Chen*nai from now until August 10.

The last two competitions were played virtually because of the pandemic.

By passing the torch relay through India-held Kashmir, “India has committed a travesty that the international community cannot accept under any circumstances,” Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement.

It said the matter would also be raised with the International Chess Federation and condemned the “mischievous attempt to mix politics with sports”.

A spokesman for India’s foreign ministry called the decision “surprising” and in turn accused Pakistan of politicising the event.

“I was told the team was already here,” Arindam Bagchi said.

Published in Dawn, July 29th, 2022
 
One of the biggest events in my city, it was always sad we lost the Chennai Open, but hopefully this can be huge!
 
Pakistan team returns after boycotting Chess Olympiad in India
Islamabad boycotted international tournament in protest as hosts India holding a torch relay through IIOJK, says FO

ISLAMABAD:
The Pakistani team which went to India to participate in the 44th Chess Olympiad, returned home on Friday via Wagah border, after boycotting the event.

The Pakistani team was invited to the event in Chennai, India, by the International Chess Federation. However, Pakistan boycotted the event in protest against the passing the event torch through the areas of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan's Foreign Office strongly condemned India's attempt to politicise sports. It said that the purpose of relaying the torch through the internationally-recognised disputed territory was an Indian ploy to deceive the international community.

The Foreign Office spokesperson said that India should know that such actions could legitimise India’s illegal occupation of Kashmir. Pakistan has also decided to raise this issue with the International Chess Federation.

Express Tribune
 
When Magnus Carlsen and Hans Niemann sat down to play each other earlier this month in the third round of chess's Sinquefield Cup, few could have predicted the chaos that would unfold.

Niemann, a 19-year-old American and the lowest-ranked player in the tournament, was facing a man who had dominated chess for more than a decade.

Carlsen, 31 and from Norway, was undefeated in 53 games in classical chess, and had the advantage of playing white - thereby moving first.

But if Niemann appeared daunted, he didn't show it. After confidently nullifying the advantage of the first move, he gradually took over the game. Facing a difficult defence in the endgame, Carlsen faltered and soon resigned in a hopeless position.

The result was shocking - but nothing compared to what was to follow.

Soon after the game, Carlsen withdrew from the tournament without explanation, despite there being another six rounds left - a virtually unprecedented move at the top level of chess.

As commentators, players and fans tried to understand why he had quit, Carlsen posted a tweet that included a video of football manager Jose Mourinho saying: "If I speak I am in big trouble."

The message was widely seen as raising suspicions of cheating. No evidence was provided, nor had Niemann been named, but the inference seemed clear.

Then on 8 September, Chess.com, the game's biggest online platform, confirmed it had removed Niemann for cheating on the site.

As allegations swirled, Niemann admitted to cheating online on two separate occasions aged 12 and 16 by using computer assistance, but denied ever cheating over the board - widely regarded as a much more serious offence - saying he was even prepared to play naked to prove his innocence.

He went on to accuse Carlsen, Chess.com and the world's most followed chess streamer, Hikaru Nakamura, of trying to ruin his career.

"If they want me to strip fully naked, I will do it," said Niemann.

"I don't care, because I know I am clean. You want me to play in a closed box with zero electronic transmission, I don't care. I'm here to win and that is my goal regardless."

The idea of cheating in chess is not new - but the invention of the smartphone has made it much easier.

The best chess apps, many of them available for free, are now significantly stronger than even the top players.

By inputting games into an app, the computer will quickly show near-perfect moves. For that reason the use of phones in over-the-board games is banned.

But there have been cases of players finding clandestine ways to cheat, including one who was caught with phones strapped to his leg and a micro earpiece telling him moves.

Grandmaster Susan Polgar, one of the strongest women players ever, told the BBC the issue of cheating in chess had been a "serious problem" for many years, including at scholastic level, where parents and coaches have sometimes been banned from watching.

"Even when I do some simuls (playing against multiple opponents in one go) once in a while - an unimportant, unrated event - I've seen a friend stood there with a phone and the position, and then as I move away they discuss what the engine suggests."

While cheating is much less likely at the highest levels of the game - in part because of much more stringent anti-cheating measures - she notes that it's still possible.

"At the GM (grandmaster) level, they don't need a computer to tell them every single move… there are a few critical moments in the game."

Still, it's highly unusual for a top player like Niemann to be accused of cheating.

Not since 2006's "Toiletgate" has elite chess faced a comparable scandal. Back then, world championship challenger Veselin Topalov's team accused the champion Vladimir Kramnik of cheating during his "strange, if not suspicious" trips to the bathroom.

A statistical analysis by Prof Kenneth Regan, widely regarded as the world's leading expert on cheating in chess, found no evidence Kramnik had cheated.

At other times allegations have bordered on the absurd.

In 1978, world championship challenger Viktor Korchnoi's entourage accused champion Anatoly Karpov's team of cheating by sending their player a blueberry yoghurt. Team Korchnoi argued it could have been a signal to make a particular move.

The match was notable for the hostility and paranoia between both sides. Karpov's team included a hypnotist seated in the front rows staring at Korchnoi, who in turn wore mirrored sunglasses, apparently to protect himself.

In the absence of any concrete allegations from Carlsen, the chess world has pored over games and interviews of Niemann for evidence of any cheating over the board.

Some have pointed to Niemann's meteoric rise over the last 20 months, during which he surged from the relative obscurity of being ranked roughly 800 in the world to inside the top 50.

Nakamura has described the rise as "unprecedented", though others have argued that Niemann's progress, while fast, is comparable to other top junior players.

Still, for many in the chess world there is sympathy for the teenage Niemann - whose reputation has been tarnished despite no evidence of cheating in over-the-board games being presented.

Prof Regan, who is also an international master, analysed Niemann's games and found no evidence of cheating.

Grandmaster Nigel Short, the only British player to compete in the final of the world championships, is also sceptical, saying there was no evidence Niemann cheated in his victory over Carlsen.

He told the BBC: "I think in the absence of any evidence, statement or anything, then this is a very unfortunate way to go about things. It's death by innuendo."

Short said another reason cheating at the top levels of chess was rare was that a proven allegation could end a player's career. Cheating was more typical among players who were struggling to make a living competing in lesser tournaments with smaller prizes, he said.

For Short, Carlsen's actions may be a reflection of the pressure he has been under as the world's best player.

The Norwegian has been world champion since 2013 and has topped the world rankings for even longer. Earlier this year, he shocked the chess world when he said he would not defend his world championship crown again, citing a lack of motivation.

The move was all the more surprising because at 31, Carlsen is still in his prime and could have been expected to defend the championship many times more.

"It's not a decision that most people would make," Short said. "You normally go on, you fight, you take the money, eventually somebody is going to beat you."

He added: "My feeling is that there's some sort of inner turmoil with Magnus, maybe I'm wrong, but that is my impression looking from the outside… maybe it is altering his judgement."

But while Susan Polgar said she wouldn't speculate on the claims against Niemann, she said it was out of character for Carlsen to throw around accusations.

"He is not the kind of guy who will do some random thing. I'm sure he was aware before he said what he said and did what he did that this will stir a big commotion in the chess world."

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The saga took another turn on Monday, when the pair were re-matched in a major online tournament, which have become more common since the Covid pandemic.

Any thoughts that the issue of cheating might be put to bed were quickly dashed when Carlsen resigned after making only one move - an apparent protest at Niemann's participation.

Despite taking the loss, Carlsen easily topped the qualifying group and revealed in an interview that he plans to issue a fuller statement on the scandal after the tournament ends. Niemann was knocked out in the quarter-finals.

For Polgar, the scandal is an unwelcome form of attention, detracting from the spirit of competition. Short, meanwhile, said Carlsen's actions have arguably brought the game into disrepute.

But he sees an upside in the affair, which has been picked up by the world's media, including US presenters Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert.

"So the old adage that there's no such thing as bad publicity," he said. "Well, I don't subscribe to it 100% - but there is always something in that."

BBC
 
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has promised to say more "very soon" on the cheating scandal rocking the game.

Carlsen has made veiled accusations against Hans Niemann, who defeated him this month in a major upset, but has provided no evidence of cheating.

But on Sunday, the Norwegian said he would release a statement on the saga gripping the chess world within days.

Niemann, 19, has denied cheating in competitive chess and has accused Carlsen of trying to ruin his career.

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The scandal began earlier this month after Carlsen, who is considered by many to be the greatest player of all time, was defeated by Niemann at the prestigious Sinquefield Cup - a shock result that ended the champion's 53-game undefeated run in classical chess.

In response, Carlsen quit the tournament without explanation - despite there being six rounds to go - and published a cryptic tweet widely seen as raising suspicions of cheating against the American.


The saga took another turn on Monday, when the pair were re-matched in the Julius Baer Generation Cup and Carlsen resigned after making only one move - an apparent protest at Niemann's participation.

Carlsen went on to win the tournament, while Niemann was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Speaking after his tournament victory, Carlsen said he would say more about the scandal "whether it will be tomorrow or one of the days after", adding that he wanted "cheating in chess to be dealt with seriously".

"I'll certainly put out the statement very soon and that will also not be all you hear from me on that," he added.

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Niemann has admitted to cheating online in informal games when he was younger but has strenuously denied ever cheating over the board - widely regarded as a much more serious offence - saying he was even prepared to play naked to prove his innocence.

Chess.com, the biggest online platform, put out a statement earlier this month confirming it had removed Niemann for cheating on the site.

In the absence of any concrete allegations from Carlsen, the chess world has pored over games and interviews of Niemann for evidence of any cheating over the board.

Some have pointed to Niemann's meteoric rise over the last 20 months, during which he surged from the relative obscurity of being ranked roughly 800 in the world to inside the top 50.

But grandmaster Nigel Short, the only British player to compete in the final of the world championships, is sceptical of suggestions Niemann has cheated, saying there was no evidence of him doing so in his victory over Carlsen.

And a statistical analysis of Niemann's games by Prof Kenneth Regan, the world's leading chess cheating expert, found no evidence of cheating.

Not since 2006's "Toiletgate" has chess faced a cheating scandal at the elite levels of the game.

Back then, world championship challenger Veselin Topalov's team accused the champion Vladimir Kramnik of cheating during his "strange, if not suspicious" trips to the bathroom.

Prof Regan found no evidence Kramnik had cheated.

BBC
 
Currently rated 900 on Lichess :(

How to get better at it? Quite addicted to it.
 
Saurav said:
Currently rated 900 on Lichess :(

How to get better at it? Quite addicted to it.
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I am on Lichess too. But, this is my newer account.

What type of chess do you play? Classical? Blitz?

As someone who plays on Lichess since 2012, I say just keep on playing. You are supposed to get better.
 
sweep_shot said:
I am on Lichess too. But, this is my newer account.

What type of chess do you play? Classical? Blitz?

As someone who plays on Lichess since 2012, I say just keep on playing. You are supposed to get better.
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Currently Rapid (10+5) or 10+0

Mostly puzzles, where I oscillate between 1200 and 1400.

Wanna improve this before I play faster versions
 
A chess player at the centre of a cheating row gripping the game "likely" cheated in more than 100 games online, according to an investigation.

Hans Niemann has been accused by world champion Magnus Carlsen of cheating, though no evidence has been presented.

Now an investigation by Chess.com says it is likely Niemann has cheated "much more often" than he has acknowledged.

But it found no evidence he had cheated in his game against Carlsen or in any "over-the-board" games.

The American has admitted cheating in informal games when he was younger but denies doing so in competitive games.

The 19-year-old, who has been approached by the BBC for comment, has previously accused Carlsen and Chess.com of trying to ruin his career.
 
A top chess player accused of cheating has insisted he is "not going to back down" after making his first comments on the scandal in nearly a month.

On Tuesday, a Chess.com investigation claimed it was "likely" Hans Niemann cheated in more than 100 games online.

The 19-year-old American rising star had already been accused of cheating by world champion Magnus Carlsen.

Speaking on Wednesday after winning his US Championship game, Niemann said his victory was "a message to everyone".

In a news conference following a convincing win against 15-year-old grandmaster Christopher Yoo, Niemann was asked about the "elephant in the room" - a reference to the cheating scandal that has gripped the chess world.

Without addressing the allegations directly, Niemann said: "This game is a message to everyone. This entire thing started with me saying 'chess speaks for itself' and I think this game spoke for itself and showed the chess player I am.

"It also showed I'm not going to back down and I'm going to play my best chess here regardless of the pressure."

Niemann then cut the interview short after less than 60 seconds.

BBC
 
Chess cheating row: Hans Niemann sues accusers Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com for libel

US chess grandmaster Hans Niemann is suing rival player Magnus Carlsen for at least $100m after the Norwegian world champion accused him of cheating.

In the latest move in a scandal that has rocked the chess world, Niemann is also suing website Chess.com, which published a report saying he likely cheated in more than 100 online games.

Niemann says the defendants colluded to destroy his reputation and livelihood.

Lawyers for Chess.com said there was "no merit" to Niemann's allegations.

In his filing, Niemann, 19, accuses Carlsen of launching a smear campaign against him in collaboration with Carlsen's online chess company Play Magnus, and Chess.com, which has agreed to buy Play Magnus.

He is seeking compensation "to recover from the devastating damages that defendants have inflicted upon his reputation, career, and life by egregiously defaming him and unlawfully colluding to blacklist him from the profession to which he has dedicated his life," the lawsuit said.

Lawyers for Chess.com dismissed the allegations, and said the company "looks forward to setting the record straight on behalf of its team and all honest chess players."

Carlsen did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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Niemann is also suing grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura for repeating the accusations while streaming video content on Chess.com. While streaming, Nakamura said he had no comment.

Carlsen is considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time, but lost to Niemann in an in-person game in September.

The 31-year-old accused Niemann of cheating, and suggested his rise to prominence in the chess world has been too rapid to be believable.

But Niemann has said Carlsen was just unable to cope with defeat, and wanted to ruin the teenage player's reputation and ensure Niemann would not beat him again.

Neither Carlsen nor Chess.com produced concrete evidence for their cheating accusations.

In a 72-page investigation published on the site, Chess.com concluded that Niemann likely cheated in more than 100 online games, including some for prize money.

Its analysis compared his moves to those suggested by computers - which are better than human players - and the probability of his results, among other factors.

Niemann had previously admitted to cheating in informal games on the site when he was 12 and 16, but said he had never done so in competitive games.

Following the accusations, Niemann was banned from playing on Chess.com and from in-person tournaments it sponsors.

Niemann's lawsuit suggested that the move was made under pressure from Carlsen, whose Play Magnus company is being bought for $83m (£74m) by Chess.com.

"Carlsen, having solidified his position as the 'King of Chess,' believes that when it comes to chess, he can do whatever he wants and get away with it," the lawsuit said.

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An eight-year-old British chess prodigy has been named best female player at a European championship after a stunning performance which saw her outrank several grandmasters.

Bodhana Sivanandan astonished the chess world at The European Blitz Chess Championship in Zagreb, Croatia this weekend.

The primary school pupil from Harrow was up against some of the best players in the world.

In her penultimate round, she defeated international master and England women's coach Lorin D'Costa, who is more than 30 years her senior, before going on to take the first prize for women at the event.

Announcing the result, the European Chess Union said the "super-talented" eight-year-old had achieved an "astonishing result".

Meanwhile, professional chess player Irina Bulmaga heralded her "unbelievable" performance, saying Miss Sivanandan had taken first prize "ahead of me a bunch of other experienced players".

"What a phenomenon she is," she posted on social media.

Source: Sky News

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British chess 'phenomenon' Bodhana Sivanandan, 8, named best female player at European championship

A primary school pupil from Harrow has astonished the chess world after an "unbelievable" performance at a European championship.
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Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa blundered for the second day running and lost to Richard Rapport of Romania in the third round of the Prague Masters Chess tournament underway in Prague. After briefly going ahead of Viswanthan Anand and attaining the top Indian status in the live rating list, this double blow cost the Indian dearly, and now a lot of hard-work remains in the last six rounds of the 10-player round-robin contest.

It was drama all over, as Praggnanandhaa was not the only one to blow away his chances. Nodirbek Abdusattarov of Uzbekistan turned the tables on local star David Navara from a nearly hopeless position when the latter failed to keep his nerves under pressure after attaining a winning position.

The all-Indian duel between Vidit Gujrathi and D Gukesh ended in a stalemate with neither player able to force matters, while overnight sole leader Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran was held to a draw by top German Vincent Keymer.

In the other game of the day, Nguyen Than Dai Van of Czech Republic defeated Mateusz Bartel of Poland from what was a complicated endgame.

Meanwhile, in another news coming in from Shenzen in China, Arjun Erigaisi become the new India number one defeating Xiangyu Yu of China in the first round of the Shenzen Masters.

As things stand here, Abdusattarov joined Maghsoodloo in the lead on 2.5 points out of a possible three and the two are now trailed by Gukesh and Rapport with 2 points apiece. Gujrathi stands at fifth spot with 1.5 points, a half point ahead of Praggnanandhaa, Navara, Dai Van and Keymer. Bartel, with just a half point, is at the bottom of the table.

It was simply not Praggnanandhaa's day. The Indian did everything right except going past the finish line in his game against Rapport. The Hungarian-turned-Romanian is known for his uncompromising style and off-beat openings. The King's Indian was no exception as Rapport chose something uncommon at this level and Praggnanandhaa made rapid progress in the centre before launching a king-side attack.

Rapport was looking quite lost at one point in the middle game but hung in there till the Indian faltered. The game changed quickly thereafter as Rapport found some study-like defense and romped home.

Gukesh could not make much headway with his white pieces against Gujrathi out of a Berlin defense game. The middle game saw routine exchanges and the players quickly arrived at a minor pieces endgame that was just level.

Results round 3 (Indians unless stated): Vincent Keymer (Ger, 1) drew with Parham Maghsoodloo (Iri, 2.5); R Praggnanandhaa (1) lost to Richard Rapport (Rou, 2); Nodirbek Abdusattarov (Uzb, 2.5) beat David Navara (Cze, 1); Mateusz Bartel (Pol, 0.5) lost to Nguyen Thai Dai Van (Cze, 1); D Gukesh (2) drew with Vidit Gujrathi (1.5).

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I’m so glad India now takes Chess seriously, I remember in school we used to be excited when some state #86 was in our school. Good old days.

We are suited to Chess, Badminton, Table tennis, Squash, Wrestling.

Long way to go for Tennis.
 
Yagiz Erdogmus, 13, on the verge of 2600 and closing on world age record

Yagiz Erdogmus is not yet a name in the same league as the quartet of Indian and Uzbek teenagers who have stormed into chess’s world top 10 during 2024, but the 13-year-old Turk is still among the most promising international talents, increasingly gaining plaudits for his dynamic classical style. He is also on a career path of early records which follows in the footsteps of Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana and others.

Erdogmus is already the youngest current grandmaster and the fourth youngest GM in history. He reached the verge of another significant milestone last week, when a strong performance in the Turkish League in Ankara advanced his Fide world rating to 2599, just below the 2600 level which traditionally marks a high class GM and which is roughly equivalent to a place in the world top 200 players.

The current record for youngest 2600 was set at 14 years two months in 2015 by John M Burke of the US, an unknown name for many chess fans. Burke got there by exploiting a glitch in the Fide regulations, jumped from under 2300 to 2603 between lists, then dropped back below 2600 for the next eight years.

Hence, many consider that the real previous record holder is China’s Wei Yi, who reached 2600 at 14 years four months, went on to become the youngest ever 2700 at 15, and is now, after an academic career break of several years, firmly established in the world top 10.

The formality of the 2600 age record will be there for Erdogmus to take when he plays on third board for Turkey in next month’s 193-nation Olympiad in Budapest, where he could be a contender for an individual board performance gold medal. Erdogmus has a relaxed approach. His father said: “Yagiz has a hobby that he really likes. He is just enjoying it and not focusing on the records that much.”

The file of Erdogmus’s latest games shows that he is sharp and tactically devastating against lower rated opponents, halves with many strong rivals, and loses only to those in or near the elite. Watch out for further Erdogmus achievements in the next few years.

Before Budapest, Erdogmus is playing for the Chessy team, third seeds in the current World Rapid and Blitz Team championship, which starts on Friday in Astana, Kazakhstan, and continues until 6 August.

Carlsen, the world No 1, and Ding Liren, the reigning world champion, will both be there and will very likely meet across the board.

Carlsen heads WR Chess, which won the event in 2023. Its team includes the world No 1 woman, Hou Yifan, the two-time title challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi, and rising stars from India, Uzbekistan and Germany. The rules stipulate that one team member must be a non-professional player who has never been rated above 2000, and that category includes Wadim Rosenstein, the sponsor of WR Chess. Ding leads an all-Chinese team which also contains Wei Yi, Yu Yangyi, and the world woman champion, Ju Wenjun.

After six of the nine rounds in the 2024 British Championship at Hull, there was a logjam of 11 leaders, with a trio on 5/6 followed by another eight on 4.5/6. GM Gawain Jones, IM Ameet Ghasi, and IM Matthew Wadsworth were the front runners, with the top seed, David Howell, the holder and eight-time champion, Michael Adams, and the No 4 seed, GM Luke McShane, all in the group half a point behind.

Shreyas Royal is also in that chasing group, and the leaderboard could have been very different had the 15-year-old converted his large advantage against Jones in round five instead of agreeing a draw. As it was, Wadsworth defeated Royal in the key round six matchup.

Royal at 15 is still in the hunt for his third and final grandmaster norm, as well as for two important English age records. Howell in 2007 became a grandmaster at 16, while in 1989 at Plymouth Adams won the first of his eight British titles at 17.

All the British Championship games can be followed live on lichess (2.30pm start Friday and Saturday, 10am Sunday) with move by move Stockfish computer commentary.

Adams has conceded three draws, but is lurking just behind the leaders and will surely make a bid for his ninth British title, one short of the late Jonathan Penrose’s record, in this weekend’s final rounds.

Bodhana Sivanandan, nine, has scored 3/6, including hard-fought draws with the grandmasters Nigel Davies and Paul Motwani. Against Motwani in Thursday’s sixth round, she missed a win of a piece and the game at move 41 which would have made her the youngest female ever to defeat a GM, a record currently held by Carissa Yip, the reigning US woman champion. A decade ago at 10 years old in August 2014, Yip defeated GM Alexander Ivanov at the New England Open.

Supratit Banerjee v Jack Rudd, Scandinavian Defence: 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qa5 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nf3 c6 6 Ne5 Be6 7 Bc4 Bxc4 8 Nxc4 Qa6 9 Qe2 Nd7?? 10 Nd6+ 1-0 Black loses a rook after 10...Kd8 11 Nxf7+

The world’s top men and women grandmasters will be coming to London in October for the franchise-based Tech Mahindra Global Chess League, now in its second year and already established as one of the major international competitions. Friends House, Euston, will host the event from 3-12 October.

Six icons to lead the teams were announced earlier, led by the world top two, Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura. All teams of six will also include two male elite grandmasters and two women.

The complete roster of elite GMs includes seven of the current world top 12: Carlsen, Nakamura, Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and the former world champion Vishy Anand (all India), Yi (China) and Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan).

The 12 women are led by the global top pair, Hou and Ju. Other elite names include India’s rising star Vaishali Rameshbabu, the world title challenger Tan Zhongyi of China, and the “chess queen” Alexandra Kosteniuk of Switzerland.

It is an impressive array of talents which should attract many interested spectators. Disappointingly, though, for a London event, no English player has yet been listed among the participants. Six junior names have yet to be announced, and hopefully these will include Royal.

3931: 1....Rxd5! 2 Qxd5 Qf6+ 3 Kg1 Qxf1+! 4 Kxf1 Nxe3+ and Nxd5 put Black a knight ahead with a won endgame.

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Chess: Carlsen loses in 23 moves but beats Ding and wins Titled Tuesday

Since abdicating his world crown last year, Norway’s world champion, Magnus Carlsen, has appeared at a variety of over-the-board events, and also competes frequently online.

Carlsen’s often crowded schedule caught up with him last week when he flew across several time zones to the World Team Rapid and Blitz in Astana, Kazakhstan, missed the early rounds, and was then beaten in 23 moves by Hungary’s Richard Rapport. The No 1’s king was caught uncastled and, down to two minutes on his clock, he resigned in the face of a forced mate.

Carlsen then recovered, and scored an important win when he faced China’s Ding Liren, his successor as world champion, in a patchy game with errors on both sides. Ding himself was in much better form than earlier this year, and his happy mood during an impromptu football match suggests that he has recovered from his well-documented battle with depression. Ding’s $2.5m world title defence against the 18-year-old Indian Gukesh Dommaraju starts in Singapore in mid-November.

Some teams in the World Rapid/Blitz were, like China, national squads. Others, such as Carlsen’s WR Chess Team, were selected individuals. The bottom board needed to be an amateur who had never attained a 2000+ Fide rating, and for WR Chess this was its sponsor, Wadim Rosenstein, who held his own when the WR team won Rapid in 2023 but totalled a catastrophic 1/12 this time. The amateur board rule invited a ringer, and China’s amateur, Pang Bo, won all his 11 games.

The Rapid team winners were Al-Ain UAE, whose name indicates an Emirates origin. However, more than half of their players were Russian grandmasters, competing under the neutral Fide flag. Fide currently bans Russian teams.

Carlsen and WR Chess did win the Blitz. Another team in both events was GMHanscom, with Hans Niemann on top board. GMHanscom were paired with WR Chess three times, but Carlsen took a time out on each occasion. Carlsen and Niemann have not met over the board since their notorious game in the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, when Carlsen’s defeat set off a chain of cheating allegations and a $1m lawsuit.

Immediately following Astana, Carlsen scored 11/11 in Chess.com’s Titled Tuesday. He and Nakamura are the only players ever to reach 11/11 in this competitive online event.

There will be another occasion for Carlsen v Niemann in Paris on 6 September, when the semi-finals and final of the Chess.com Speed Championship will be played live. Niemann defeated Wesley So in their quarter-finals on Wednesday, while Carlsen knocked out the world No 4, Arjun Erigaisi, on Thursday evening. Niemann gave an interview after his match with So in which he described Chess.com, Fide, Carlsen and Nakamura as “the chess establishment which conspired to ruin my career”.

Asked afterwards about his coming match with Niemann, Carlsen replied that he would prefer a different opponent, but “he’s playing quite well. I think if I have a decent day I’ll probably win without too many issues.”

Next week, on 14-18 August, Niemann will play a five-day, $20,000 match against England’s No 1 rated grandmaster, the former Russian Nikita Vitiugov, at London’s Gem Fitzrovia Hotel. Their series will be a mixture of classical, rapid, and blitz games.

Gawain Jones won his third British Championship last weekend as the Yorkshireman, 36, squeezed through a tie-break against top-seeded David Howell to win the £10,000 first prize. Jones’s two previous British titles also came after playoffs, as did his victory at this year’s English Championship in June.

Jones and Howell played five games in a single day as they were paired together in round nine and then met at rapid and blitz in the playoff. There was little between them, and Howell had chances to win the match before Jones finally triumphed in a knight v bishop endgame.

Top of Form

Shreyas Royal, 15, broke Howell’s longstanding record as the youngest English grandmaster, set at age 16 in 2007, by more than six months. England has nearly 40 GMs, but Royal is the first of them to be born in the 2000s, and he has long been the heir apparent to the elite of English chess. His GM title is a historic achievement, yet to have real national significance it needs to be just the start of a journey to a 2600 rating, to the world top 100 (around Fide 2650), and if possible to the elite top 30-40 rated 2700+. His combative win against Howell was among the best games of the tournament.

Matthew Wadsworth secured his second GM norm after the Cambridge economics graduate, 24, shared third prize, losing only to Jones. Wadsworth has been unlucky so far with his norm quest, but the title now looks close. He won a fine and original game against Royal, where White scored with rooks on the seventh.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport support for elite chess enabled the English Chess Foundation to make this the strongest British championship for many years. The first two prizes at Hull were £10,000 and £5,000, with £2,500 for the women’s championship, which Lan Yao won for the third successive year, this time in a tie with Ireland’s Trisha Kanyamarala. Bodhana Sivanandan, nine, drew with two grandmasters but missed a winning move which would have made her the youngest female ever to defeat a GM.

One award has sparked some critical comments. The £150 Alexander prize for the best game went to Howell against Ameet Ghasi for what seemed a good advertisement for the Carlsen/Howell book Grind like a Grandmaster. The award did not name the judge(s) nor whether any other games were considered.

3932: 1 Ne7+! Qxe7 2 Qh7+! Kf7 (if Kxh7 3 g8=Q mate) 3 g8=Q+ Kf6 4 Qgg6+ Nxg6 5 Qxg6 mate.

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Hans Niemann closes on world top 20 as US star impresses in London

Hans Niemann, the controversial US 21-year-old, is in London this week as his “Niemann v the World” series against European grandmasters continues with a match against the England No 1 and former Russian, Nikita Vitiugov.

Niemann won their first classical game on Wednesday morning in 48 moves, playing an impressive Anatoly Karpov style strategic attack. But in game two, after creating a winning position, he missed two easy tactical shots and had to settle for a drawn rook ending. Games three and four on Thursday were also drawn after level play.

The $20,000 match has six classical games on Wednesday to Friday (10am and 4pm starts), six rapid games on Saturday (6pm start) and 12 blitz games on Sunday (6pm start). The match at the Gem Fitzrovia Hotel, Bolsover Street is free for spectators, and is also live on lichess, where several hundred view the games daily.

Guardian reader Mike Gunn went to watch, and was enlisted as Deputy Arbiter (he is a qualified Fide National Arbiter). He writes: “The playing room is an air-conditioned basement meeting room in the hotel, with 40 seats for spectators. There are no viewing screens or wallboards. Spectators had a mainly side view, and you had to stand up to get a proper view of the board.

The first game had to be scored on Dutch scoresheets, but I bought some English ones from the nearby Chess and Bridge shop in time for game two. Most of the few spectators were young, and did not play in leagues or tournaments, but followed Niemann on X.

Vitiugov arrived five or 10 minutes before the start, Niemann only a minute. Both players were scanned before the game using a hand scanner, and were accompanied to the toilet by the Dutch chief arbiter, Frans Peeters, who took the scanner with him.

Vitiugov sat in a still, symmetric pose and continually studied the board. Niemann, in contrast, was a real fidget. He crossed and recrossed his legs, ran his hands through his hair, stretched, shielded his eyes with his hand, and glanced at his opponent and sometimes round the room. Some would find him annoying, but I don’t think Vitiugov noticed. Generally Niemann had an advantage on the clock, and Vitiugov lost the first game on time in a lost position.”

Niemann became famous after the 2022 Sinquefield Cup in St Louis, where he defeated the then world champion Magnus Carlsen and triggered cheating allegations, a $100m lawsuit, and an enduring hostility between the pair which remains unresolved. It is now generally accepted that there was no cheating, and certainly no **** beads, involved.

Now Niemann, who has jumped up to world No 21 after being outside the top 40 a year or so ago, is making a push for a place in major invitation tournaments, for which he has had few opportunities due to his relatively low ranking, difficult personality, and a widely publicised incident of trashing his hotel room.

Earlier this month Niemann defeated Anish Giri, the Netherlands No 1 and one of the best players in Western Europe, in a $50,000 series in Utrecht. Niemann’s victory was by 24-18 in a mixed series where the scoring was 3 points for classical games, 2 for rapid and 1 for blitz Niemann won at classical and blitz, and drew at rapid. After his match with Vitiugov, he will go to Paris for a $30,000 series against France’s No 3, Étienne Bacrot. He could reach the world top 15 with further strong performances.

Niemann’s concept, individual matches to offset a lack of top quality tournament invitations, has a precedent more than a century ago when José Raúl Capablanca toured multiple cities, also including London and Paris, and in master play scored +19=5-2.

Capablanca’s tour was highly successful, and comparable to the legendary Paul Morphy’s European tour of 1858. It established the Cuban firmly as the pre-eminent challenger to the reigning world champion, Emanuel Lasker.

Realistically, Niemann should have more modest ambitions. To reach the world top 15-20 by the end of his tour, and then to deprive Carlsen of his No 1 blitz rating, would be a maximalist outcome.

There will be a Carlsen v Niemann rematch in Paris on 6 September, when the semi-finals and final of the chess.com Speed Championship will be played live. To reach the semi-final, Niemann defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Wesley So, while Carlsen knocked out the world No 4, Arjun Erigaisi. Niemann gave an interview after his match with So in which he lashed out at “the chess establishment which conspired to ruin my career.”

The rematch will be in an unusual format. Previous rounds of the speed championship were played exclusively online, but Paris will be a hybrid event, where the opponents will sit opposite each other but play on separate computers. There will be 90 minutes of 5+1 blitz, 60 minutes of 3+1 blitz, and 30 minutes of 1+1 bullet. Carlsen said that he would prefer a different opponent but “if I have a decent day I’ll probably win without too many issues.” The other semi-final will be Hikaru Nakamura v Alireza Firouzja.

It was the 2022 Sinquefield Cup which began the Carlsen v Niemann imbroglio. The 2024 Sinquefield Cup, the climax of the St Louis-based Grand Chess Tour, starts on Monday. Its centre of interest will be Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju, the participants in the 14-game, $2.5m world title match scheduled to start in Singapore on 23 November, playing together. Ding will be hoping to continue his recent improved form.

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Vikram1989 said:
Where are u planning to watch ? Chessbaseindia or chess.com ?. Some times I feel chess.com commentators are quite biased
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I personally choose chessbaseindia for coverage of events, Sagar is doing an amazing job with his tournament vlogs and interviews.

But for commentary, I am fine with chess.com or chesscomindia. CBI's OP OP chants get really annoying during the
game. 🤣
 
Hikaru said:
But for commentary, I am fine with chess.com or chesscomindia. CBI's OP OP chants get really annoying during the
game. 🤣
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Especially cbi gets a second , am not sure that guys name. He is so irritating with absurd jokes.Last time in world championship , fabi was completely biased against nepo for any of his mistakes but later I found Fabi never won against nepo in classical game.Few will display professional rivalries while commenting.
 
Vikram1989 said:
Especially cbi gets a second , am not sure that guys name. He is so irritating with absurd jokes.Last time in world championship , fabi was completely biased against nepo for any of his mistakes but later I found Fabi never won against nepo in classical game.Few will display professional rivalries while commenting.
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That's where it's good to have options. I keep hopping tbh depending on what games are being covered.
 
@Hikaru today is the big day for us in both sections . we are playing against georgia in ladies and china in men's categories. Both are tough opponents. It's interesting to see who will play ding
 
Vikram1989 said:
@Hikaru today is the big day for us in both sections . we are playing against georgia in ladies and china in men's categories. Both are tough opponents. It's interesting to see who will play ding
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Who do you want to play Ding? Erigaisi for me, this guy needs spotlight more than anyone else in the team. Right now his role has been Babar Azamish snacking on 2600s. It's important he gets some good challenge.
 
Hikaru said:
Who do you want to play Ding? Erigaisi for me, this guy needs spotlight more than anyone else in the team. Right now his role has been Babar Azamish snacking on 2600s. It's important he gets some good challenge.
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But I don't think we should throw him in to luons den when gold medal is at stake.He himself said team and coach decided that he does not have much experience with elite players and they kept him at 3rd board strategically. If he doesn't wants to improve after this tournament too,it's different issue.Chess is an individual game at the end so he can't hide forever
 
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I no longer play chess as much as I used to before. But, I still try to play a handful of games every month.

I think I have played approximately 15,000 chess games on platforms like Lichess and Chess.com (overall).
 
Hikaru said:
Who do you want to play Ding? Erigaisi for me, this guy needs spotlight more than anyone else in the team. Right now his role has been Babar Azamish snacking on 2600s. It's important he gets some good challenge.
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Ding seems to have chickened out today.
I think he is fully prepping for the World Championship match not revealing anything at all.
True Sun Tzu strategy!
 
Hikaru said:
Who do you want to play Ding? Erigaisi for me, this guy needs spotlight more than anyone else in the team. Right now his role has been Babar Azamish snacking on 2600s. It's important he gets some good challenge.
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Arjun has paved his own path but Gukesh and Pragg have shown higher peaks. Arjun will be crazily lucky to cross 2800 but I expect him to fall back once he gets invitations in Super GM tournaments tournaments.
Pragg is facing issue of consistency as he his gameplay is being studied since the last two years.
Gukesh is the cool headed among the 3.
 
Never expected any one can beat a Gm with still to play 20 moves and having 1 minute in hand .Vantika did a great job. Gukesh was amazing to find almost 15 accurate steps in 30 seconds for each step.

Today again one more round of fire with Iran in men's.
 
Final Day of the Olympiad,
gold confirmed in Men's unless we crap big time against Slovenia and China spank US.
Women's we have a decent chance at Gold too, just need a good win against Azerbaijan while Kazakh face a tough US.
Arjun might get ultra close to 2800 today, a couple of draws hurt his hunt for 2800.
 
Hikaru said:
This guy's next assignment is World Championship match against Ding, right? Becoming a world champion and hitting 2800 at 18 years old will be something unheard of in Chess. If that doesn't give Magnus motivation to fight for championship again, nothing will.
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Magnus is not playing Chess championship in the current format ever. He is the undisputed GOAT and has nothing to prove or disprove. Prepping for the Championship is very tedious and draining.
 
FearlessRoar said:
The Indian Chess team has done something historic but none of the mainstream Indian media is covering them.
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I think its being covered everywhere with congratulations pouring from Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi to Aditynath.
What mainstream Indian media do you usually go to?? :unsure:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1837889135371342207

https://twitter.com/x/status/1837854011371708542

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India Script History By Winning Rare Double Gold At Chess Olympiad 2024 | Chess News

India achieved a massive feat after winning a rare double gold at the Chess Olympiad 2024.
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Chess Olympiad 2024 Round 11 LIVE: Indians make history with two gold medals in Budapest

Chess Olympiad Round 11 LIVE Updates: India register 3.5-0.5 victories to win historic gold medals in the Open as well as Women’s categories, defeating Slovenia and Azerbaijan respectively.
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India script history with maiden Chess Olympiad title | Chess News - Times of India

Chess News: India's men’s and women’s chess teams secured their first-ever gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. The men triumphed over Slovenia wit
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