D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi lead the field at the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 in Samarkand (Sept 3–16). Top two finishers in Open and Women’s events qualify for the 2026 Candidates Tournament.

Former world champion and the current vice-president of FIDE, Viswanathan Anand has shared his view on Indian GM Gukesh’s ...

Before the tournament began, the Grand Chess Tour carried out 15,000 tournament simulations to predict who would win the event after five days. Gukesh was given a 0.3 percent chance of winning the ...

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Anand, when giving a six-month assessment of Gukesh before the Norway Chess tournament, had given the world champion a "C minus". He had also observed: "The fact that you have such defensive skills ...