Anish Giri: 'People are taking the World Champion title too seriously'
Dutch no. 1 Anish Giri was in fine form when he played Banter Blitz yesterday, both with his blitz chess – he won all 16 games against chess24 users – and with his banter, where topics ranged from humour in chess to the likely future World Chess Champion and whether the title still matters. It’s “a golden era of Banter Blitz”, as Anish said, and today, to mark chess24’s 7th Birthday, we’ve got Hand and Brain shows with Radjabov & Giri and Nepomniachtchi & Dubov, as well as a special show with chess24’s own Jan Gustafsson and Laurent Fressinet.
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Skilling Open 2: Giri still leads after Karjakin beats Carlsen
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Duda blows Caruana away in bullet chess
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Aronian beats Nepo to set up MVL quarterfinal
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Wesley So brushes aside Abdusattorov 18:10
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Fedoseev shocks Firouzja in Speed Chess
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Carlsen demolishes Maghsoodloo 24:5
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Wesley So wins US Championship with Fischeresque 9 out of 11
Wesley So cruised to a 2nd US Championship title after two quick draws on the final day. Ray Robson could have caught him with a win in their penultimate round game, but had no tricks up his sleeve against the Berlin Defence. Wes...
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US Chess Champs Day 3: Wesley So breaks clear
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