Koneru Humpy has flagged the situation as being not ideal to play the game peacefully or safely since Cyprus, with its British airbase, is surrounded by risks of bomb or missile sirens
Viswanathan Anand said while R Praggnanandhaa has slowed down a bit in the last few months, the 20-year-old will be mentally ready for the FIDE Candidates tournament.
Meanwhile, Divya's father Jitendra told The Indian Express: "As of today we have decided that Divya will play in the Candidates. But we don't know what could happen in the future."
A drone had hit a UK RAF airbase in Cyprus earlier this month. Cyprus, where the Candidates tournament will be held in two weeks' time, is a Mediterranean island flanked by Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Israel.
On Saturday, not only did he become a grandmaster, but he also did it by winning the Hotel Stockholm North by First Hotels Young Talents event in Sweden.
In an interview with The Indian Express, Polgar opens up about the documentary, her rivalry with top players like Garry Kasparov and the lessons she hopes today’s generation takes from her career.
In contrast to Gukesh’s campaign, Divya lost just once (to fellow Candidates contender Zhu Jiner) over nine boards while winning twice. Divya’s tournament was remarkable because seven of the 10 players in the Challengers were rated higher than her.
Talking about India's top 3 players of the current generation, Caruana said: "Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, and Arjun, I think, will be top players for many years or decades to come, so I don't read too much into it."
His latest bid at a comeback ended in failure, but the boy who changed citizenship to fulfill his destiny has found other avenues for his ambition as a member of the Russian-controlled Crimean parliament
At Prague, which is Gukesh’s second classical tournament of 2026, after five rounds, Gukesh is yet to win a game, having lost twice and drawing the other three.
Defeat to Dutch grandmaster Jorden Van Foreest pushed Gukesh, the reigning world champion, to world no 13. He is now one spot below his mentor, the semi-retired Viswanathan Anand, in the FIDE live ratings list.
While comparing online cheating with cheating in over-the-board events, Caruana pointed out how in online chess, instances of wrongdoing were “swept under the rug” with the perpetrators never outed openly but banned secretly.
Netflix has revealed that after nearly two years of following both players in the middle of the controversy the documentary will be releasing on April 7, with a trailer coming out on March 10.
Fabiano Caruana names Praggnanandhaa and Hikaru Nakamura among the favourites for the Candidates tournament in Cyprus, calling the race a close affair.
