What a day for Indian Chess! Gukesh will play his final game for the world champion title, and Arjun Erigaisi is one win away from likely qualifying for Candidates 2026 in the qatar masters! This day could either be historic or heartbreaking, but no matter what this is a day to remember. 🥹🙌 1 0 replies
People are underestimating Gukesh in rapid tiebreaks We know that Gukesh true strength lies in classical chess. The rapid and blitz games are not a strong suite for him. But he has not played rapid tournaments quite sometime. If there was any other player who has regularly played rapid tournaments, Gukesh would have less chances. But we have to consider, Ding also hasn't played much rapid too in recent years. Now we know that Gukesh style is calculation and he burns time calculating the moves. But he is also someone who is prepared in the opening... 2 0 replies
Other Sports Viswanathan Anand column: Enterprising Gukesh and resilient Ding battle on as wait for breakthrough continues 2 0 replies
Oh this makes me sick. I missed the winning play in an OTB tournament against someone 500 points higher than me. Can you find it? 3 0 replies
Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi has regained the world number 2 spot in the Live Chess Rankings on 7 November! He now trails only the great Magnus Carlsen. 1 1 replies
Why didn't the top players take part in the Indian National Championship in August? Huge missed opportunity for FIDE Circuit and FIDE World Cup. The 61st National Championship (Gurugram, August 17–27, 2024) was important from the perspective of both the FIDE Circuit 2024 and the FIDE World Cup 2025 Qualification (with 7 qualification spots!). As this reddit post attests, the knowledge that there would be 7 qualifying spots for the World Cup was known several months in advance of the championship. There's no point in blaming FIDE for this, since this is clearly an oversight from the Indian Chess scene. Also, being a 50+ player tournament, the national championship would also count as... 3 0 replies