The Vidit Chess Tour Finals start Thursday with Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and Raunak Sadhwani, who all became grandmasters before the age of 14, among those fighting it out for 8 places in the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Indian qualifier later this year. The 16 players in the knockout, to be played here on chess24, have already had to win their places through a series of 8 Swiss Opens that featured over 600 players. Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi will commentate on the knockout for the chess24 India YouTube channel.
An Indian journalist in the post-game press conference began his question to World Champion Vishy Anand, "you played e4 to thunderous applause from the young chess fans in Chennai", but in terms of excitement it was downhill from...
The event of the year is finally underway after reigning World Champion Vishy Anand held Magnus Carlsen to a quick draw with the black pieces in the first game in Chennai
When Vishy Anand was in our studios in Hamburg I had the opportunity to ask him a question that had been going round in my head for some time: “Do you manage to enjoy yourself when you’re playing for the World Championship?” His re...
Chess24 author Peter Svidler has been named as the organiser’s nominee for the 8-player Candidates Tournament in March 2014. That event in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia will determine the challenger for the next World Championship match...
Rustam Kasimdzhanov was a key member of Vishy Anand’s team over the course of three victorious World Championship matches. With Anand’s greatest challenge yet against Magnus Carlsen fast approaching we look back to an interview Kasi...
The European Chess Club Cup was held in Rhodes from the 20-26th October, with the Czech team of Novy Bor pulling off a sensational victory ahead of the big favourites from Azerbaijan and Russia
The 66th Russian Championship came to an end on the 14th October 2013 - a red letter day for Peter Svidler. The Chess24 author won the world’s toughest national championship for a record-breaking 7th time, surpassing the six USSR...
The FIDE Grand Prix series of tournaments ended not with a bang but a whimper on Friday as draws were agreed on all boards. Chess24 takes a look back at the event in near the French capital and asks who can pat themselves on...
Our first look at the chess Twittersphere features everyone's favourite chess villain, Najdorf's mobile phone sacrifice back in the 1950s and some non-chess reflections on Peter Svidler's performance at the Russian Championship Supe...
Dmitry Andreikin is no stranger to computer games. He first shot to prominence as an internet blitz phenomenon and has only recently converted that potential into success in "over-the-board" chess. In a recent profile/interview h...
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