Saturday's 10th game ended in just 36 moves in just two and a half hours, one of the shortest games of this 14-game match in which the first player to reach 7.5 points will pocket the major chunk of the total prize fund of US$2.5 million.
India’s young star D Gukesh and defending World Champion China’s Ding Liren played out a dramatic draw in their ninth-round clash at the Resort World Sentosa, here on Thursday.
Ashwin along with former chess player Prachura PP and Venkat K Narayana (KVN) will own the American Gambits in the second edition of the Global Chess League, a joint venture between Tech Mahindra and FIDE, the sport's world governing body.
The 17-year-old Gukesh is just one win away from winning this year's tournament. He defeated the French GM in Round 13.
Gukesh scored 9/14 points to clinch the honour and become only the second Indian after Vishwanathan Anand to win the Candidates Tournament.
GCL is the world’s largest and first-ever league-styled chess tournament is scheduled to take place from 21 June to 2nd July .
Aleksandra Goryachkina sealed the top spot after nail-biting finish.
India will be hosting prestigious chess tournament FIDE Women's Grand Prix early next year, a top official of the All India Chess Federation (AICF) said on Monday.
The 52-year-old five-time World Champion insisted that he has already told the FIDE's top officials that he will not stop playing chess.
Anand, currently at the 15th spot at the FIDE rankings, picked the likes of Pentala Harikrishna and Vidit Gujarathi as the players expected to be among the top-10 in the coming years.
