Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen was first fined and then disqualified from the World Rapid and Blitz Chess ...

India had the chance of having champions in both men's and women's categories as Arjun Erigaisi had been in joint-lead on the ...

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Koneru Humpy won the women's world rapid title for the second time; Arjun Erigaisi fell a point short in the open section ...

Russians Volodar Murzin and Alexander Grischuk along with Duda Jan-Kryzstof of Poland share the lead with Arjun on seven ...

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi’s Candidates 2026 qualification hopes ended after Russia’s 18-year-old sensation Volodar ...

Humpy had won the event back in 2019 at Georgia and the Indian No. 1 is only the second player after China’s Ju Wenjun to ...

Arjun Erigaisi, with seven points, shared the lead with three others - Volodar Murzin and Alexander Grischuk of Russia and Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland – at the end of the ninth round. Two Indians, ...

He will face his idol, Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand, as well as Magnus Carlsen and Arjun Erigaisi in several ...

Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships on Friday after being confronted over a dress code violation.