Thipsay agreed and said that the debate would continue till the best player in the world kept away from it and also because a few players that had won the World Championship title did not earn the respect of the chess community.
Grandmaster Levon Aronian of the United States registered a resounding victory over GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France to close the gap on table-topper GM Arjun Erigaisi
World No four Indian chess grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi, playing for the first time in India after crossing the historic 2800 ELO ranking mark, will open his Chennai Grand Masters campaign against compatriot Vidit Gujarathi in the opening round on Tuesday at the Anna Centenary Library.
Atharv Soni of Maharashtra registered a calculative win against compatriot Om Gada and with 5.5 points shares, the lead with IM Vikramaditya Kulkarni, Yash Watarkar, Arnav Kherdekar, all Maharashtra and Delhi’s AIM Saikath Nath at the end of the sixth round of the SMCA Chess School organised 1st All India FIDE Rating Open Chess Tournament 2024, played here at the Russian House on Tuesday.
Viswanathan Anand has seen the Indian chess grow from no-Grandmaster to 85 GMs and counting.
Vantika was part of the women's team comprising Harika Dronavalli, R Vaishali, Divya Deshmukh, and Tania Sachdev, which won gold at the 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad .
With less than a month left before the second season of the Global Chess League, legendary grandmaster Viswanathan Anand expressed his excitement for the upcoming tournament.
With the Chess Olympiad starting in Budapest this month and the much-awaited Global Chess League starting in London on October 3, Arjun exuded confidence and excitement as he prepares for a busy chess season.
The All India Chess Federation (AICF) has shortlisted two persons for the post of AICF Head of Operations -- Arbind Kumar Singh and Ajeet Kumar Verma.
While Nakamura will play for the newest team American Gambits, Giri will make his debut in the second season with PBG Alaskan Knights.
