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How Gukesh won 1st game as chess world champion after finding escape route vs Anish Giri

How Gukesh won 1st game as chess world champion after finding escape route vs Anish Giri

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Anish Giri slumped on the backrest of his chair and stayed there for a while. Then, he hunched over and planted a palm on his forehead in a universally accepted sign of anguish. He’d just spent most of the first round game at the Tata Steel chess tournament forcing his opponent, the newly-minted world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, into a corner. Just when checkmate seemed inevitable, with Gukesh running out of options — and out of time on the clock to think — Anish Giri made a blunder that will haunt the attic of his mind for years to come. In one hasty move of the wrist, Anish Giri had handed his 18-year-old opponent a get-out-of-jail-free card. Gukesh, who won the world championship last month on a similar blunder from his opponent Ding Liren, is not one to refuse gifts across the board. The 18-year-old from Chennai only landed in the Dutch city of Wijk aan Zee for the tournament on Saturday morning after receiving the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award from President Droupadi …

How Arjun Erigaisi took down Magnus Carlsen in 20 moves in blitz game

How Arjun Erigaisi took down Magnus Carlsen in 20 moves in blitz game

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In a little less than six minutes and with just 20 moves on the board, Magnus Carlsen, the world’s greatest player of this generation, had waved the white flag of surrender in a blitz game. His conqueror, 21-year-old Arjun Erigaisi, had done the unthinkable: inflict a defeat on the World No.1, the Norwegian’s first at the Tata Steel Chess India tournament in 17 games across the rapid and blitz formats. Not to mention, Arjun Erigaisi was playing with black pieces. In the span of those 20 moves, Arjun Erigaisi had made things deeply uncomfortable for Magnus Carlsen on the board. The World No.1 looked away into the sea of people seated on his left at the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata, muttered things to himself under his breath, shook his head in self-dejected annoyance and probably made a captured piece very nauseous by rapidly turning it over and over in his hand with the vigour of a spin bowler. By the time the end came and a dejected Magnus Carlsen extended his hand across the …

How Magnus Carlsen took down Arjun Erigaisi in 40 moves at Tata Steel India chess tournament | Chess News

How Magnus Carlsen took down Arjun Erigaisi in 40 moves at Tata Steel India chess tournament | Chess News

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Magnus Carlsen imposed a defeat in 40 moves over Arjun Erigaisi, the latest entrant of the 2800-rating club, in Round 6 of the Tata Steel India chess tournament at the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium in Kolkata. Playing with black pieces, Magnus Carlsen opted for a Taimanov variation of the Sicilian Defence. Magnus Carlsen had started to claw out an advantage on the clock as early as the 11th move, when he had nearly 23 minutes while Arjun’s time had trickled down to 15 minutes in the rapid game. The tournament’s live broadcast caught a sight of Magnus Carlsen sitting back in his chair yawning away while his opponent was hunched over the board trying to diffuse the ticking explosive in front of him. A few moves later, as Arjun contemplated another fork in the road, Carlsen leaned over on one side of his chair looking slightly bored. Both players were in an aggressive mood, with all four knights getting slain on the board inside the first 13 moves. By the 21st move, Magnus Carlsen’s queen was …

Indian chess team on cusp of history after beating USA

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Both the Indian chess teams find themselves on the cusp of history-making gold medals in the open section and the women’s sections at the Chess Olympiad, the most prestigious team event in chess for national teams. Heading into Sunday’s final round of matches, both Indian teams are on top of the Olympiad standings, with the team in the open section defeating USA on Saturday, the top seeds heading into the tournament but who have been shaky heading into the home stretch. For India, Gukesh took down World No 2 Fabiano Caruana while Arjun Erigaisi defeated Leinier Dominguez Perez after another long marathon game to offset Praggnanandhaa’s loss to Wesley So. Vidit Gujrathi played out a draw against Levon Aronian. The Indian women’s team, who was in second place in Chess Olympiad standings coming into the 10th round, defeated a depleted version of China, which was missing all their top players like Tan Zhongyi, Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun and Lei Tingjie, who have been women’s world champions or contenders for the women’s world champion’s crown. While …

Indian chess teams on cusp of history

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Both the Indian chess teams find themselves on the cusp of history-making gold medals in the open section and the women’s sections at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, the most prestigious team event in the sport for national teams. Heading into Sunday’s final round of matches, both Indian teams are on top of the Olympiad standings at the time of going to press. In the open section India defeated the USA, the top seeds heading into the tournament but who have been shaky heading into the home stretch. Gukesh took down World No 3 Fabiano Caruana while Arjun Erigaisi defeated Leinier Dominguez Perez after another long marathon game to offset Praggnanandhaa’s loss to Wesley So. Vidit Gujrathi played out a draw against Levon Aronian. The Indian women’s team, who was in second place in Chess Olympiad standings coming into the 10th round, defeated a depleted version of China, which was missing all their top players like Tan Zhongyi, Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun and Lei Tingjie, who have been women’s world champions or contenders for the …