India’s R. Praggnanandhaa finishes second in the Open category; Vantika Agrawal finishes third in Women's section.

As for Karjakin’s contender, Magnus Carlsen, Putin said he is "Grandmaster of our time". In reply to the question whether chess should be included in the school program this way or the other ...

As in Carlsen's 2016 title defense, against Russia's Sergey Karjakin, Carlsen needed rounds of rapid chess, 25-minutes games. Carlsen is the world's best at this so-called "rapid" chess.

In 2021, he impressed in the Meltwater Champions Tour, scoring victories over top names like Sergey Karjakin, Teimour Radjabov and Jan-Krzystof Duda and drawing Carlsen. In 2022, his stock rose ...