Keymer wins the first Freestyle leg
Vincent Keymer won the Freestyle Grand Slam in Weissenhaus — the opening leg of the 2025 tour.
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Praggnanandhaa wins Tata Steel
19-year-old Praggnanandhaa beat Gukesh in the blitz playoff to win Tata Steel 2025.
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Carlsen — player of the year 2024
Norway Chess (6th), Superbet Poland, World Blitz — Carlsen remained the strongest in 2024.
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Carlsen — the blitz king
Magnus Carlsen won the World Blitz in New York, beating Hans Niemann along the way.
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2024: the year of Gukesh
Chess 2024 in review: Gukesh won the Candidates, the Olympiad and became world champion.
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Jeans cost the title
Carlsen was defaulted in round 9 of the rapid for wearing jeans — he refused to change and left.
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Humpy Koneru wins rapid gold
Humpy Koneru claimed the women’s World Rapid title in New York.
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Murzin — the rapid sensation
18-year-old Russian Volodar Murzin, seeded 59th, won the World Rapid with an undefeated 10/13.
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India — the new chess powerhouse
2024 confirmed India as the new chess powerhouse: Gukesh, the Olympiad double, the young generation.
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