Aravindh Chithambaram won the 6th Stepan Avagyan Memorial in Jermuk, Armenia, on Friday after defeating his fellow Indian GM R Praggnanandhaa. This win helped Aravindh to become ninth in the world rankings and moved up to second place in the 2025 FIDE Circuit. Aravindh became the 4th Indian in top 10 World rankings after Arjun … Read more
Magnus Carlsen beats Arjun Erigaisi in the round 4 of the Norway Chess tournament 2025 here on Thursday. Before this he had defeated the reigning world champion Indian GM D Gukesh in a tough encounter in the round 1 of this tournament. However in round 2 and 3 he had to suffer losses against American … Read more
GM R Praggnanandhaa has won 2025 Superbet Chess Classic event, his first event in the Grand Chess Tour of 2025. This was also the first-ever GCT title in his career. Praggnanandhaa drew comfortably against GM Levon Aronian in his last classical game and then defeated Vachier-Lagrave in blitz playoffs to claim the title. He earns $77,667 (approx … Read more
Carlsen defeats Nakamura in the Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025: GM Magnus Carlsen has won the 2025 Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam after securing a draw and a 1.5-0.5 match victory over GM Hikaru Nakamura. The world number-one takes the $200,000 top prize, Nakamura gets $140,000, and GM Fabiano Caruana takes $100,000 and a spot in the Las Vegas Grand Slam … Read more