With Uzbekistan’s Javokhir Sindarov, China’s Wei Yi, and Russia’s Andrey Esipenko having qualified for the Candidates…
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‘My sympathies are with victims in Ukraine, not Esipenko’: Peter Heine Nielsen tells Susan Polgar after Russian GM’s blunder | Chess News
Andrey Esipenko experienced heartbreak in the semi-finals of the FIDE World Cup on Sunday when he…
Russia’s chess federation boss boasts Russian chess school is ‘strongest in world’ after World Team Championship gold | Chess News
After the Russian women’s team claimed the title at the World Team Championship, Russian Chess Federation…
Wei Yi after reaching FIDE World Cup final: Heart was going ‘boom, boom’ many times | Chess News
China’s Wei Yi secured a spot at the FIDE Candidates tournament at the ongoing FIDE World…
Chess’ human eval bars: How commentators like Sagar Shah, Tania Sachdev became the voice of the sport | Chess News
A swarm of selfie talkers and autograph seekers excitedly surround a man in the orange Hawaiian…
Arjun Erigaisi’s battle with Wei Yi in FIDE Chess World Cup quarterfinal ends in quick draw
Arjun Erigaisi held China’s Wei Yi to a draw with black pieces in their first quarterfinal…
FIDE World Cup: Harikrishna’s loss leaves Arjun Erigaisi as last Indian left standing, but he remains favourite for title | Chess News
And then there was just one Indian left standing. From an unprecedented crop of 24 Indians…
Harikrishna knocked out in Round 5 by Jose Martinez, Arjun Erigaisi lone Indian in FIDE World Cup 2025
Veteran Indian Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna was knocked out of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 on…
Why Peter Leko chose to stay back in Goa despite elimination
It was an awkward afternoon phone call in early October that put veteran Hungarian Grandmaster Peter…