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“If R Praggnanandhaa Wins World Cup Around The Time Chandrayaan Lands…”: Viswanathan Anand To NDTV | Chess News

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“If R Praggnanandhaa Wins World Cup Around The Time Chandrayaan Lands…”: Viswanathan Anand To NDTV | Chess News

[ad_1] R Praggnanandhaa takes on Magnus Carlsen in the Chess World Cup final.© TwitterR Praggnanandhaa will be carrying the hopes of a billion in the final of the Chess World Cup against world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. The final will be a two-game affair with the first game being played on Tuesday, while the second game being played on Wednesday. If there is no winner at the end of the two games, then the final will proceed to the tie-breakers. Wednesday is also the day when India's moon mission - Chandrayaan 3 - is expected to land. Chess legend talked to NDTV ahead of Praggnanandhaa's final and said it would be momentous if the Indian 18-year-old wins the global event when Chandrayaan 3 lands on the moon."He is going to play Magnus Carlsen. Just so much happening. Personally D Gukesh cross...

Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi Shocks World Champion Magnus Carlsen In Aimchess Rapid Tournament | Chess News

[ad_1] Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi on Sunday hogged the spotlight, beating world champion Magnus Carlsen in round seven of the preliminaries of the Aimchess Rapid online chess tournament. The 19-year-old Erigaisi, who had gone down to compatriot Vidit Santosh Gujrathi to make a losing start in the event, is currently in fifth place after eight rounds. The win over Norwegian superstar Carlsen in the seventh round early on Sunday was the Indian's first over the world champion.Erigaisi won three straight games, beating Nils Grandelius (Sweden), Daniel Naroditsky (USA) and Carlsen before settling for a draw against Jan-Krzyszstof Duda (Poland).He has 15 points and is in fifth place behind Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov (17 points), Shahkriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) and Carlsen (bo...

Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Accuses Hans Niemann Of Recent Cheating | Chess News

[ad_1] Chess superstar Magnus Carlsen for the first time openly accused American Hans Niemann of cheating Monday, saying the rising star had done so more recently and more often than he previously admitted. The chess world has been shaken for three weeks by the Carlsen-Niemann controversy, since the 31-year-old five-time world champion withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup in the US after losing to Niemann, 19.Last week, the Norwegian's abrupt withdrawal from a match against Niemann in the Julius Baer Generation Cup online tournament reignited the furore.In a letter published on Twitter and addressed "Dear Chess World," Carlsen said: "I believe that Niemann has cheated more -- and more recently -- than he has publicly admitted."His over-the-board progress has been unusual."He did not specify...