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Chess Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa leads after St Louis Rapid, blitz next

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa leads the St. Louis Rapid section with twelve points. He maintained a one-point lead despite a final round loss to Jorden van Foreest. The tournament continues with eighteen more blitz games for the prize pool. Javokhir Sindarov follows Praggnanandhaa closely, posing a significant challenge. Wesley So…

The Economic Times

Chess: Bodhana Sivanandan, 11, breaks another world age record at Dole Trophy

The Harrow schoolgirl eclipses the legend Judit Polgar as the youngest girl ever to score an international master result

The Guardian - UK

Geneva lands world chess title match as Gukesh and Sindarov set to make history

Geneva will host the world chess championship from 25 November, where Gukesh Dommaraju and Javokhir Sindarov will contest the youngest title match ever

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World rapid and blitz championships in Hong Kong highlights chess boom in Asia

The €500,000 tournament has attracted several strong national teams, plus the favourites, WR Chess, led by the world No 1, Magnus Carlsen

The Guardian - UK

Gukesh is a smart player, don't see any clear weakness in his game: Javokhir Sindarov

Javokhir Sindarov is preparing for his World Championship clash against D Gukesh. Sindarov sees no clear weaknesses in Gukesh's game. He acknowledges his own lack of experience in the 14-game format. Sindarov is increasing his training workload to achieve his goals. He believes his talent gives him a strong foundation…

The Economic Times

Criticisms are justified, I haven't performed well: D Gukesh

Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh acknowledges his recent performances have not met expectations. He is preparing for his World Championship title defense later this year. Gukesh will participate in Norway Chess and the Chess Olympiad before his crucial match against Javokhir Sindarov. He expressed happiness about potentially defending his title…

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Super Chess Classic Romania 2026: R Praggnanandhaa held to draw by Jorden van Foreest as Vincent Keymer takes sole lead

Vincent Keymer moved into the sole lead at the Superbet Classic Chess tournament after securing an important victory, while Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a draw to stay on 2.5 points. Keymer now tops the standings with three points as several other matches ended in draws. Alireza Firouzja missed…

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Chess: England fail to win senior team world medals for first time in five years

USA retained the world 50+ title, while Germany-Lasker SGK won the 65+ equivalent, with England fourth in both events

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Sindarov wins Candidates with record total, while Vaishali takes women’s event

The Uzbek 20-year-old won first prize unbeaten but his girlfriend, Bibisara Assaubayeva, finished second to the lowest seed in the Women’s Candidates

The Guardian - UK

Javokhir Sindarov earns world chess title shot with stunning Candidates win

Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov won the Candidates on Tuesday with a round to spare, setting up a historic under-21 world title match against Gukesh Dommaraju

The Guardian - US

Chess: Sindarov extends Candidates lead and heads for world title challenge

Anish Giri won two games in a row to advance into second place, but has little chance of overhauling the leader

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Sindarov, 20, takes early 1-point lead as Uzbek star stuns Candidates field

The Uzbek grandmaster has scored 3.5/4, including an impressive victory against the world No 3 and Candidates favourite, Fabiano Caruana

The Guardian - UK

Abdusattorov triumphs at Wijk aan Zee as Uzbek pair sweep ‘chess Wimbledon’

The duo from Tashkent took first and second prizes at the traditional Netherlands new year tournament, while the favourites from India ended up near the bottom

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‘Chess Wimbledon’ opens with an environmental protest as Niemann shares lead

The first round at Wijk aan Zee was delayed for over an hour after protesters dumped coal and unveiled a banner reading ‘no chess on a dead planet’

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen wins Freestyle Tour title despite defeat in final event

Norway’s world No 1, 35, lost 0.5-1.5 to the US veteran Levon Aronian, 43, in Cape Town but was already sure of overall victory and a prize of around $500k

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Sindarov, 19, becomes youngest World Cup winner as London Classic begins

The Uzbek won $120,000 and qualified for the 2026 Candidates in Cyprus, which will decide the official challenger for Gukesh Dommaraju’s world crown

The Guardian - UK

Chess outsiders triumph at World Cup in Goa and battle for Candidates spots

The four semi-finalists, led by Wei Yi, will battle for three 2026 Candidates places – none of them has reached this stage before

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Vincent Keymer knocks out Magnus Carlsen in Freestyle Grand Slam

The 20-year-old scored a career-best result by defeating the World No 1 in the Norwegian’s favourite format, then won 1.5-0.5 against the US champion, Fabiano Caruana, in the final

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The Guardian - UK

Chess: Caruana and Nakamura join leaders as Grand Swiss nears finale

The US world Nos 2 and 3 timed their finishing spurts well, but are paired together in Saturday’s penultimate round

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Chess: Checkmate in one decides finale of $1m Global League in Dubai

The final match in the new franchise-based league went down to a single combat blitz tiebreak and Jonas Bjerre caught Javokhir Sindarov with a snap mate

The Hindu

Continental Kings — the dark horses that shone the brightest in Global Chess League

Six teams, six boards, 36 players and 31 matches with rapid time control (15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move) were what the inaugural season of the Global Chess League (GCL) offered in an effort to catch the imagination of the chess world and give a facelift to the…

The Hindu

Triveni Continental Kings crowned Global Chess League champions

Triveni Continental Kings were crowned champions of inaugural Global Chess League after Danish Grandmaster Jonas Bjerre defeated upGrad Mumba Masters’ Javokhir Sindarov in a sudden death match.

The Times of India

Triveni Continental Kings win Global Chess League as Jonas Bjerre does the star turn

Jonas Buhl Bjerre lost four games to Javokhir Sindarov in the title clash of Global Chess League in Dubai on Sunday. But he beat his Uzbek slayer when it mattered most to win the title for Triveni Continental Kings in the fourth sudden death game against U Mumba Masters.

The Times of India

India 'A' crush Kazakhstan in women's event, India 'B' men's team draws with Uzbekistan

MAMALLAPURAM: The top-seeded India 'A' team outclassed Kazakhstan 3.5-0.5 for a crucial win in the 10th and penultimate round of the women's section in the 44th Chess Olympiad here on Monday.

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