Can Vishy Anand Challenge Magnus Carlsen Yet Again by Winning 2016 Candidates Chess?
March 5, 2016 R K Gupta
Candidates Chess, Chess, Indian Sport News, Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanathan AnandViswanathan Anand 46 is regarded as one of the best chess players of all time. After earning accolades as India’s first international chess grandmaster in 1988, Anand won his first FIDE World Chess Championships in 2000 at Tehran by beating Russia-born Spanish player Alexei Shirov. In 2007, Vishy Anand stamped his chess authority in being […]
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Anand Finishes Poorly While Carlsen Wins London Chess Classic and the Grand Chess Tour
December 19, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Indian Sport News, Magnus Carlsen, Vishwanathan Anand, World ChessMagnus Carlsen of Norway won the 2015 London Chess Classic in a twist of fate favorable to him on the final day on December 13, 2015. It was Carlsen’s fourth LCC victory and he also finished as the winner of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour comprising of Norway Chess, Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Classic. […]
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Helped By Svidler’s Blunders Karjakin Wins with Blacks to Extend 2015 Baku World Cup
October 4, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Chess World Cup, Sergey Karjakin, World ChessThe 2015 World Chess Cup is not over yet. Despite Peter Svidler playing with White pieces and requiring just a draw, the dramatic third game has made Sergey Karjakin live another day. It was widely expected that the third game on Saturday would be the last at Baku’s Fairmont Hotel but Karjakin struck back to […]
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Svidler Beats Karjakin in Second Game Needs a Draw to Clinch Baku’s 2015 World Chess Cup
October 4, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Chess World Cup, Peter Svidler, World ChessPeter Svidler had Black pieces in the second game and he would have been content to draw with Sergey Karjakin. But to Svidler’s great advantage, Karjakin committed a few avoidable blunders and lost. None of the experts or the commentators could have conjured the outcome, when Svidler opted for the Breyer Ruy Lopez. Svidler didn’t […]
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Peter Svidler Leads Sergey Karjakin 1-0 After First Game of FIDE World Chess Cup Final
October 2, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Chess World Cup, Peter Svidler, Sergey Karjakin, World ChessAzerbaijan used to be a part of USSR until August 1991 and as per a Soviet-time legend, every cab driver played better chess than most of the Western Grand Masters. Azerbaijani capital, Baku is, therefore a chess city and it is apt that the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup is being held there. Now, however, […]
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Svidler Beats Giri Meets Karjakin in the Final of Baku’s 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup
September 30, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Chess World Cup, World ChessThe 2015 FIDE World Cup final has come down to an all-Russian affair with Peter Svidler taking on Sergey Karjakin. Over the course of three days beginning Sunday, the two Russians defeated their opponents in contrasting styles after the return games and rapids. Svidler was already sitting pretty after he beat Netherlands’ Anish Giri on […]
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Anish Giri’s Unexpected Loss in Game-1 Yields Advantage to Peter Svidler in Semifinals
September 29, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Chess World Cup, World ChessNetherlands’ Anish Giri has landed himself on the brink of exiting the 2015 FIDE World Chess Cup at Baku. The Dutch grandmaster played with white and still lost, when he made some tactical errors against the experienced Peter Svidler of Russia. It has put Giri in a must-win situation playing with black on Monday. Until […]
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Svidler Giri Eljanov and Karjakin Enter Semifinals of 2015 Chess World Cup at Baku
September 27, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Chess World Cup, World ChessRussia’s Peter Svidler may have beaten Wei Yi of China in the quarterfinal but the 16-year old Yi fought a tooth-and-nail battle with multiple-time champion Svidler. The Beijing teenager drew with the seasoned Russian in the first two classical games and two rapid rounds of 25 minutes each. Then Svidler couldn’t beat Yi in the […]
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All Quarterfinalists Emerge After Topalov Loses in Round 4 of Baku’s 2015 Chess World Cup
September 24, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, Chess World Cup, Veselin Topalov, World ChessThree of the top-10 players in the World were shown the exit door on Monday September 21, 2015, when they lost their matches in Baku. Russia’s Peter Svidler caused a sensation by defeating Bulgaria’s top seed Vesely Topalov after two games spread over Sunday and Monday. Svidler won the long first game after a hugely […]
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Topalov Looks Solid out of 16 men left in the 2015 World Chess Cup after Round-3
September 20, 2015 R K Gupta
Chess, World ChessOne of the most surprising results of the Baku Chess World Cup was the early exit of Armenia’s Levon Aronian. The Armenian suffered a shock second round 0-2 rapid tiebreak defeat against Ukrainian Grandmaster Alexander Areshchenko. As per Aronian, a one-move blackout ended his tournament. Since then, other fancied players like; Alexander Grischuk, Vassily Ivanchuk […]
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| # | Player | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor AXELSEN | 72,500 |
| 2 | PRANNOY H. S. | 66,730 |
| 3 | CHOU Tien Chen | 61,240 |
| 4 | Jonatan CHRISTIE | 61,110 |
| 5 | Kodai NARAOKA | 55,370 |