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Levon Aronian, the soul of chess, and popular at 42, rediscovers his prime years again
August 19, 2025 5:37 pm
Both Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen are happy to see him win, and the Armenian remains the principled soul of the game, while staying flamboyant.
When Gukesh forced world's top chess streamer, Gotham Chess, to resign in just nine moves
August 11, 2025 12:12 am
Rozman (who goes by the name Gotham Chess) is an International Master, which is only one step below the grandmaster title. Rozman's peak rating has been 2421.
Is chess ready for in-arena audience that cheers and shouts like at other 'spectator sport' events?
August 01, 2025 1:21 pm
At the Las Vegas Freestyle Chess event, presence of live audience with access to live commentary and eval bar didn’t go well despite players wearing noise-cancellation headphones to not get distracted.
Fabiano Caruana's scathing interview slamming Freestyle Chess event rules deleted, then restored, claims player
July 29, 2025 6:22 pm
In the interview, Caruana had expressed his displeasure at the fact that the spectators who were going to be in the playing hall would have access to live commentary and that they could also know via the eval bar. He said he had heart fans shouting during games.
Magnus Carlsen's wife Ella: 'Arjun Erigaisi's very sweet... but on board he's just a maniac, out there hunting and going crazy'
July 23, 2025 2:15 pm
Ella said: "All three (Gukesh, Pragg and Arjun) are very different, but Magnus did say that Pragg plays more similarly to him, the most similar to him." She also opened up about the first time she had interacted with Gukesh
'Not going to win every tournament,' 'I was pretty hard on myself': Carlsen takes pride in fighting back at Las Vegas Freestyle event
July 21, 2025 5:06 pm
Magnus Carlsen finished third at the Las Vegas leg of Freestyle Chess Grand Slam event on Monday.
What did Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa win at Las Vegas for 6th and 7th place finishes at Las Vegas Freestyle Chess event?
July 22, 2025 7:14 pm
Hans Niemann, who lost to Aronian in the final, will go home $1,40,000 richer (approx Rs 1.2 crore) while Magnus Carlsen pockets $1,00,000 (approx Rs 1.2 crore) for ending third in the tournament.
Praggnanandhaa vs Magnus Carlsen: How India's rising chess star eclipsed World No.1 twice in a week at Las Vegas Freestyle event
July 21, 2025 7:45 pm
Carlsen, being the genius he is, fought back, but Praggnanandhaa has emerged as by far the most competent Indian to take the world's best player head-on.
Hilarious blunder as Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura study wrong opening position for 5 minutes
July 20, 2025 5:49 pm
Remarkably, despite the hilarious error, Magnus Carlsen beat Arjun Erigaisi in that game while Hikaru Nakamura drew with Fabiano Caruana.
Quick Analysis: How Praggnanandhaa beat Magnus Carlsen for 2nd time in three days in Las Vegas Freestyle Chess event
July 20, 2025 11:52 am
In the reverse game, Carlsen won, thus pushing the matter into tiebreaks. The Norwegian then won the two tiebreak games against Pragg, in essence winning the tie against the Indian with three wins in a row after losing the first game.
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