Karthikeyan Murali Triumphs Over Magnus Carlsen in Chess
Indian chess prodigy Karthikeyan Murali stuns world champion Magnus Carlsen at Qatar Masters, marking a historic win in classical chess.
Indian chess prodigy Karthikeyan Murali stuns world champion Magnus Carlsen at Qatar Masters, marking a historic win in classical chess.
After a span of three days and four gripping matches that spanned two formats, Magnus Carlsen achieved his inaugural victory…
Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana to reach the final of the FIDE World Cup in…
Indian Grandmaster Vidit Santosh Gujrathi stunned world no. 1 Norwegian Magnus Carlsen in a Pro Chess League (PCL) match to earn his maiden victory over the five-time world champion.
Norway's world No. 1, going for a hat-trick of tournament wins in the Tour's penultimate event, took a USD50,000 prize on top of his overall winnings so far of USD192,500 and the title of 2022 Tour champion.
Indian young gun, 19-year-old Arjun Erigaisi inflicted a crushing defeat on world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in Round 7, leaving the Norwegian in a spot of bother in the USD 150,000 Aimchess Rapid -- round five of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
After dropping the third of the four rapid games, the 17-year-old Pragg found himself two points behind the Norwegian Carlsen at the start of the round.
Magnus Carlsen, the world champion from Norway, had to battle to the very end but prevailed over Alireza Firouzja in the tiebreaks.
Pragg, bidding for his first Meltwater Champions Chess Tour title, wasn't at his best against an aggressive opponent in Hans Niemann but still ground out 3 points with a final game win on Wednesday.
On Tuesday night, Praggnanandhaa narrowly beat Anish Giri in the four-game match to avenge a costly defeat the Dutch number 1 inflicted on him earlier this year in the Oslo Esports Cup.
