This isn't just another chess tournament though, with a public spat between Carlsen and the promoters of the FCGT with FIDE ...

The ongoing FIDE vs Freestyle Chess controversy has created much furore lately. The first week of February saw FIDE release ...

chose to withdraw following Carlsen's criticism of his position with FIDE R Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi had participated in the qualifying tournament, with Pragg defeating Vidit but ...

Tata Steel Chess champion R Praggnanandhaa won't be competing in Germany for the first round of the Freestyle Tour.

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa won the Tata Steel Masters 2025, beating world champion D Gukesh in a thrilling tiebreak in Wijk ...

This had caused a big furore in chess world, with Carlsen then having to defend himself as people started accusing him of impropriety. For Pragg, the title was hard-earned. He first ground it out for ...

In the tie-breaker between two Chennai players played in the blitz format, Pragg was the underdog because of exhaustion.

With world no.1 Magnus Carlsen losing interest in classical chess and Hikaru ... There, Gukesh won the first game but Pragg fought back to force sudden death. In the third game of their tiebreak, ...

Pragg, as he is popularly known ... The 19-year-old had a superb run last year, defeating Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess before helping the Indian ‘Open’ team bulldoze their way to gold along with ...