Magnus Carlsen proved that even the very best chess players in the world can sometimes have an off day. The Norwegian grandmaster suffered a surprising defeat against Vladislav Artemiev at the ...

R Praggnanandhaa suffered a shock defeat to Fabiano Caruana in Round 7 of the 2026 Superbet Chess Classic Romania, slipping in the title race. The Indian GM was playing with white pieces and was in ...

World champion D Gukesh drew a game he was winning. Then lost a game which was ambling towards a draw. The 29-year-old finally ended his day by winning a game where he was under significant pressure.

With a dramatic victory Thursday in a deciding match, 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest person to be crowned chess’s world champion. Dommaraju broke a record set by Russia’s Garry ...

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IMAGE: Indian GM Gukesh blundered almost with a blind-eye and had to resign immediately. Photograph: Tata Steel Chess/X Key Points Gukesh blunders in a rare chess blindspot, losing to Nodirbek ...

The fortunes of World Champion D Gukesh did not change for the fifth day running as the Indian blundered from a position of strength to lose to nemesis Nodirbek Abdusattorov at Prague International ...

The fortunes of World Champion D Gukesh did not change for the fifth day running as the Indian blundered from a position of strength to lose to nemesis Nodirbek Abdusattorov at Prague International ...

Magnus Carlsen had mere seconds left on the clock of the final game he would play as World Chess Champion. He was near the end of the tie-breaking game in a format so dramatic it’s called Armageddon.

The fortunes of World Champion D Gukesh did not change for the fifth day running as the Indian blundered from a position of strength to lose to nemesis Nodirbek Abdusattorov at Prague International ...