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Praggnanandhaa ends tied-fifth at Romania classical event; Vincent Keymer wins

Praggnanandhaa ends tied-fifth at Romania classical event; Vincent Keymer wins

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2 min readMay 24, 2026 08:07 AM IST German grandmaster Vincent Keymer clinched the Super Chess Classic Romania 2026 tournament with a final round victory over Jorden van Foreest on Saturday. Keymer’s win was the only decisive game of the final round at Bucharest, but it ended up being a tournament deciding result on a day where five players had a chance to win the title. R Praggnanandhaa, India’s only contender in the tournament, ended joint-fifth, along with four other players. Praggnanandhaa’s only victory in the nine rounds he played in the tournament came against world championship contender Javokhir Sindarov while the Indian prodigy had lost in the seventh round to Fabiano Caruana. Pragg will now fly to Oslo to compete in the Norway Chess tournament, where he will be pitted against world champion D Gukesh, world no 1 Magnus Carlsen, Keymer, Wesley So and Alireza Firouzja. The Norway Chess tournament starts from Monday. On Saturday, Praggnanandhaa played out a 31-move draw against Dutch grandmaster Anish Giri. Both players were not in contention to claim …

Praggnanandhaa, Keymer produce a masterclass in Bucharest

Praggnanandhaa, Keymer produce a masterclass in Bucharest

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R Praggnanandhaa has fond memories of playing chess in Bucharest. The Romanian capital has witnessed the Chennai Grandmaster dominate its marquee annual classical event ever since he first made his presence felt. Having played the Super Chess Classic Romania twice before – – in 2024 and 2025 – – Praggnanandhaa is yet to lose a single game. He finished on top in both editions: a four-way tie for first place in 2024, followed by a three-way tie in 2025. While it’s still too early for a judgment, the second-highest-ranked Indian in the live ratings looks already on course for a three-peat. After the third round late on Saturday, Praggnanandhaa remains in the leading pack. With 2.0 points from three rounds, he finds himself in a five-way battle for the top spot alongside Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Jorden van Foreest, and Vincent Keymer. Praggnanandhaa played with all his might, trying to squeeze out a win against Keymer in a long-drawn battle, but the German No. 1 came up with the best defences to neutralise all the …

Tamizh Amudhan, 8-year-old from Sivakasi, beats World No 7 Vincent Keymer in candlelight using dying laptop | Chess News

Tamizh Amudhan, 8-year-old from Sivakasi, beats World No 7 Vincent Keymer in candlelight using dying laptop | Chess News

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Sivakasi, the city known for being the firecracker capital of India, jolted the chess world with an almighty bang on Friday night when Tamizh Amudhan, an eight-year-old boy from the Tamil Nadu city, took down Vincent Keymer, the 21-year-old German grandmaster currently ranked seventh in the world, in an online blitz game in the Freestyle Friday tournament. What was even more remarkable was a photo of Tamizh playing the event: the boy can be seen sitting on the floor of his Thiruthangal house (a suburb of Sivakasi), legs outstretched, laptop propped up on a pillow, and the room only lit by the feeble flicker of a candle. Due to thunderstorms in the city, the power had gone off in the area. So Tamizh played on a laptop with around 48 per cent battery powered by his mother’s cell phone’s one-GB-per-day data pack being expended via hotspot to propel the little one’s internet exploits. The laptop’s battery eventually gave way an hour into the tournament, which means Tamizh could play just four games. Sathish Arumugam, Tamizh’s …

Gukesh draws with Vincent Keymer to finish 9th

Gukesh draws with Vincent Keymer to finish 9th

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The dismal performance of India’s top Grandmasters at Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee 2026 concluded on Sunday, with all four failing to secure a top-8 finish. The reigning world champion, GM Gukesh Dommaraju, was the highest-placed Indian, finishing 9th with 6.5 points from 13 games, having 3 wins, 3 losses and 7 draws. On the final matchday, Gukesh survived a tough game and played out a long 57-move draw against Vincent Keymer of Germany with the white pieces. Meanwhile, Arjun Erigaisi’s poor run continued as he faced yet another defeat in his final game against eventual champion Nodirbek Abdusaatorov of Uzbekistan. He finished his tournament in the second last position with just 4.5/13 points and has now dropped outside the world top 10 in live classical ratings. GM Aravindh Chithambaram also finished the tournament with a defeat in the last round against Vladimir Fedoseev of Slovenia, finishing with the same 4.5/13 points. Meanwhile, the defending champion Rameshbabu Praggnandhaa played out a draw against Dutch GM Jordan Van Forrest, finishing with 5.5/13 points in 11th …

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 4 Tiebreaks Highlights: Praggnanandhaa, Vincent Keymer knocked out; Arjun, Harikrishna reach Round 5 | Chess News

FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 4 Tiebreaks Highlights: Praggnanandhaa, Vincent Keymer knocked out; Arjun, Harikrishna reach Round 5 | Chess News

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FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 Round 4 Tiebreaks Highlights: Following the eliminations of Pranav V and Karthik Venkataraman in Round 4, R. Praggnanandhaa became the 22nd Indian to be knocked out of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2025 in Goa, leaving just two Indian players in the title race. Arjun Erigaisi beat Peter Leko, while Pentala Harikrishna went past Nils Grandelius to reach Round 5 on Thursday at Resort Rio Convention Centre. Story continues below this ad Earier, Pranav Venkatesh was handed a defeat by Uzbekistan prodigy Nodirbek Yakubboev in 38 moves with black pieces, while Karthik lost to Vietnam’s Le Quang Leim in Game 2. José Eduardo Martínez Alcántara, Levon Aronian, Alexander Donchenko, Le Quan Liem and Nodirbek Yakubboev have already qualified for the next round, while 11 boards and 22 players will fight it out via tiebreaks. An unprecedented 24 Indian players entered the FIDE World Cup, but over four rounds, 21 have been eliminated. The first round saw seven Indian players knocked out, followed by another seven in the second round. The …

Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, Harikrishna, Vincent Keymer today match result, standings, Live Streaming Latest Updates

Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, Harikrishna, Vincent Keymer today match result, standings, Live Streaming Latest Updates

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FIDE World Cup 2025 LIVE: Arjun Erigaisi and Praggnanandhaa are leading the five Indians in the fourth round of the Chess World Cup. (PHOTOS: FIDE via Michal Walusza) FIDE Chess World Cup 2025, Round 4 Game 1 Results and Standings LIVE Updates: After three brutal rounds, only five Indians from the 24 that entered the fray are left standing at the FIDE World Cup in Arpora, Goa. While some of India’s top stars like world champion D Gukesh, Divya Deshmukh, Nihal Sarin and Aravindh Chitambaram have been eliminated already, R Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Karthik Venkatraman and Pranav V are still left standing. Second seed GM Arjun Erigaisi is now the highest seed in fray and will be up against Hungarian veteran Peter Leko, who was once the youngest Grandmaster back in 1994.

Prague Masters: R Praggnanandhaa Outwits Vincent Keymer To Join Aravindh Chithambaram In Lead

Prague Masters: R Praggnanandhaa Outwits Vincent Keymer To Join Aravindh Chithambaram In Lead

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Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa scored his second victory on the trot, outwitting Vincent Keymer of Germany to join compatriot Aravindh Chithambaram at the top on three points after the end of the fourth round of the Prague Masters. Aravindh survived some initial hiccups before signing peace with Sam Shankland of the United States, while top seed Wei Yi of China finally found his form at the expense of local star David Navara. Anish Giri of Netherlands played out his fourth draw in as many games with Gurel Ediz of Turkey, while Czech GM Nguyen Thai Dai Van also drew with Quang Leim Le of Vietnam in the other two games of the 10-player round-robin tournament. With Praggnanadhaa and Aravindh in front, Shankland, Keymer, Giri and Le share the third spot a full point behind and it looks like the race for the title will be between the two Indians only with five rounds still to come. Almost a month back Keymer had beaten Praggnanandhaa in the Tata Steel Masters and the Indian avenged his …

Chithambaram beats Keymer, Praggnanandhaa settles for a draw

Chithambaram beats Keymer, Praggnanandhaa settles for a draw

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Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa settled for a second consecutive draw against Turkey’s Gurel Ediz in the second round of the Prague Masters on Thursday. Aravindh Chithambaram, on the other hand, registered his first victory as he crashed through the defences of Germany’s Vincent Keymer. Playing with black pieces, Chithambaram, who played out a draw in his first-round game against Czech Grandmaster Nguyen Thai Dai Van, defeated Keymer. He was the lone player to register a win in the second round in the 10-player round-robin format, as the other matches ended in draws. Chithambaram is currently sharing the top spot with Sam Shankland, with 1.5 points out of two games. The duo is followed by Anish Giri, Quang Leim Le, Dai Van, Navara David, Keymer and Praggnanandhaa. The last spot is shared by Gurel Ediz and Wei Yi. Chithambaram’s victory on the day world champion Boris Spassky breathed his last was a fitting tribute from the Indian youngster to the legend. Chithambaram’s style of play resembles the late Russian player’s style. Praggnanandhaa, meanwhile, has demonstrated his ability …

Gukesh beats Vincent Keymer, who helped him become world champion last month

Gukesh beats Vincent Keymer, who helped him become world champion last month

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After an almighty grind of over six hours, Gukesh defeated Vincent Keymer in the fifth round of the Tata Steel chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee on Wednesday. The win makes Gukesh the new India no 1 (and the world no 4) in the live ratings, which are updated in real-time. Keymer was part of Team Gukesh last month as the Indian became the youngest world champion in the history of chess by defeating Ding Liren. At the World Championship in Singapore, Gukesh’s strategy was to tire out his opponent Ding by extending matches as long as possible. That seemed to be the strategy employed by Keymer in the game on Wednesday against Gukesh. The German grandmaster was in an inferior position on the board from the middle game itself, with Gukesh a pawn up, but rather than resigning, he kept playing on until the 72nd move, where Gukesh’s victory was inevitable. When the resignation did come, Keymer’s clock was whittled down to mere seconds and he was pawn up but Gukesh had an additional …

We worked late into the night: Gukesh’s second Vincent Keymer reveals behind-the-scenes preparation that led to World Championship win | Chess News

We worked late into the night: Gukesh’s second Vincent Keymer reveals behind-the-scenes preparation that led to World Championship win | Chess News

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Gukesh D’s opening gambits and match strategies that ended dethroned Ding Liren and crowned him as the youngest-ever chess world champion were prepared at a hotel room in Spain’s coastal town of Manilva. The work behind the scenes often went late into night and was exhaustive, Vincent Keymer, one of Gukesh’s seconds for his World Championship match against Ding Liren, revealed in an interview with German publication Der Spiegel. After he was crowned the world champion on Thursday, Gukesh named Keymer, the German sensation, as one of the players who was a part of his back-room team. “Gukesh asked me during the Grand Chess Tour in Warsaw in June to be part of his team for the World Championship,” Vincent was quoted as saying. It is rare for a young player with his own ambitions to become a world champion someday to be a part of his direct rival’s team. But Keymer couldn’t refuse Gukesh when the Indian teenager approached him after sealing his place in the World Championship tie by winning the Candidates tournament …