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…

‘Ambitious’ Pragg says Gukesh and Arjun’s success made him hungrier

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay Maxim Vachier-Lagrave had a faint smile on his face, when he extended his hand…

Upwardly mobile Pragg reclaiming lost ground

Atreyo Mukhopadhyay A prodigy at 10, international chess sensation by 17-18 and then classmates — so…

Nihal Sarin: If my contemporaries can do it, why shouldn’t I

It’s not easy to be Nihal Sarin. He was among the superstars of the new generation…

Pragg and Aravindh keep Indian chess flag flying in Prague

With the cricket team bouncing back after hiccups in the longest format, the chess contingent has…