Indian top guns go to tie-breakers in FIDE World Cup

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay in Goa It was by and large a flat day for Indians at the…

All five Indians settle for draws on day of stalemates

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay in Goa On a day dominated by draws, all five Indians settled for the…

Gukesh and Pragg held, Erigaisi and Harikrishna post wins

  Atreyo Mukhopadhyay in Goa It was a mixed day with more good than bad for…

Hope there are two Indians in World Cup final: Pragg’s coach RB Ramesh

Every success story has silent heroes. In Indian chess, RB Ramesh is one of them. After…

FIDE World Cup – Arjun Erigaisi’s best chance to make Candidates cut

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Can Arjun Erigaisi qualify for Candidates 2026? He couldn’t make it in 2024, when…

FIDE World Cup the witness of India’s journey in top-level chess

Tracking the FIDE World Cup is a good way to study the evolution of Indian chess…

Gukesh Out of Top 10: More of a blip than a pattern

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay There appears to be something called the world champion’s syndrome in chess. In the…

Caught Gukesh, bowled Pragg? Well, almost

Not every success story ends in victory. R Praggnanandhaa came within a handshaking distance of his…

Pragg on course in Mission Candidates

When the year started, all eyes in chess were on D Gukesh. The world champion was…

Second victory in three days for Praggnanandhaa against Magnus Carlsen

India’s chess grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa recorded his second win over World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen within…