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Another day, another statement victory for Gukesh in rapid chess

Another day, another statement victory for Gukesh in rapid chess

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4 min readMumbaiMay 8, 2026 12:06 AM IST Three days, nine games of rapid chess, three statement victories. That’s been the story of world champion D Gukesh’s foray in the rapid section of the Super Rapid and Blitz tournament in Warsaw, Poland. After three days of rapid chess, Gukesh heads into the final two days of the blitz event in a commendable tied-fourth place, thanks to his wins over Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Javokhir Sindarov and Fabiano Caruana across three days. On each of the three days so far, Gukesh has put in a topsy-turvy performance. But the three wins he has racked up in Warsaw will boost his confidence in a year where he heads to Oslo next to face the likes of Magnus Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa at the Norway Chess tournament and then, at the end of the year, defends his world championship crown. The third victory came on Thursday when Gukesh took down Caruana, who has been among the world’s top 3 players for the better part of the past half a decade. Playing …

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 …