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Spectator
25-06-2025
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No. 856
White to play. Maroroa Jones-Aronian, World Rapid Team Championship, London 2025. Aronian's last move Nf6-e4 was a blunder. Which response prompted immediate resignation? Email answers to chess@ by Monday 30 June. There is a prize of £20 for the first correct answer out of a hat. Please include a postal address. Last week's solution 1 Rh8+! If 1…Kxh8 2 Qg8 is mate. The game ended in a draw by repetition after 1…Qxh8 2 Qxe7+ Kh6 3 Qg5+ Kh7 4 Qe7+ etc. Last week's winner Ted Ditchburn, Monkseaton, Tyne and Wear
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16-06-2025
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Hikaru Nakamura's WR Chess wins World Blitz Team Championship in controversial fashion: 'This whole appeal thing was a mess'
Hikaru Nakamura's WR Chess won the World Blitz Team Championship for second time in the row but their victory came after an appeal drama which saw one of the ties in the quarter-finals being replayed. read more World No.2 Hikaru Nakamura's WR Chess won the FIDE World Blitz Team Championship on Sunday for a second time in a row. However, their victory didn't come without a controversy as Vincent Keymer's Germany and Friends defeated WR Chess 4-2 in the quarter-finals, with Ian Nepomniachtchi, Alireza Firouzja and Nakamura all losing, but the result was later annulled after an appeal. WR Chess's appeal was regarding some of their players coming late to the matches, as the organisers forgot to announce the start time. In fact, some of the players from the WR Chess team were almost two minutes late for the three-minute blitz games. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'They always put the start time in this captains' admin group that we have, and this time the last communication was that 15:17 is when the line-ups are due, which was written at 15:15, and after that nothing, so we were waiting for the start time to be in the group. Nothing happened, we went, but you can't put the last communication 15:17, line-ups are due, and then start 15:22 without informing us. It's a fairly obvious case, in my opinion,' said WR Chess team captain Jan Gustafsson, while explaining the whole situation. WR Chess' victory leads to controversy Russian Grandmaster Nepomniachtchi, who represented WR Chess, was relieved that the match was replayed, but he wasn't impressed with how the decision was made. 'This whole appeal thing was a mess, to be honest, and I wasn't sure if the appeal would be successful or not. Eventually they allowed us to replay the match, but I don't think there was a good decision.' Germany and Friends' player Bohdan Lobkin believed the decision would have been different if his team had been the one making the appeal. After Germany and Friends accepted the annulment, WR Chess won 4.5-1.5 and 4-2. They then defeated Hexamind Chess Team in the semi-finals and KazChess in the final to win the FIDE World Blitz Team Championship 2025. Arjun Erigaisi's Team MGD1, who won the World Rapid Team Championship, lost to Hexamind in the quarter-finals. After a 3-3 draw, Hexamind clinched a 4-2 victory in the next round.
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14-06-2025
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Lesser-known Indian chess players Atharvaa, Pranav help Erigaisi's Team MGD1 win World Rapid Team Championship 2025
It was double joy for India as Viswanathan Anand's Freedom won the bronze medal besides Arjun Erigaisi's Team MGD1 clinching the 2025 World Rapid Teams title. read more Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi's Team MGD1 has won the 2025 World Rapid Teams title after a perfect four match wins on the final day in London. While Team MGD1 won gold, Levon Aronian's Hexamind clinched silver and legendary Viswanathan Anand's Freedom were bronze medal winner. The tournament favourites WR Chess missed out on a medal after Alireza Firouzja lost to Nodirbek Abdusattorov on the last day. The Blitz starts from Saturday. Atharvaa, Pranav inspire Team MGD1 to World Rapid Team Championship title MGD1 and Hexamind were the co-leaders of the World Rapid Team Championship before the start of the final day. However, MGD1 won the gold medal after clinching their final match 3.5-2.5 against KazChess, while Hexamind were held to a 3-3 draw by bronze medal winner Freedom. For MGD1, Erigaisi won his match against Richard Rapport, Bengaluru's Pranav V defeated Aldiyar Ansat and Atharvaa P Tayade thumped Islam Aiten. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD This crucial win allowed MGD1 to take the sole lead in the standings and they went onto win the World Rapid Team Championship 2025 by winning their next three matches. Besides Erigaisi, who is the second Indian to cross 2800 Elo rating after Anand, lesser-known Pranav and Atharvaa emerged as the biggest match-winners for MGD1 in the World Rapid Team Championship 2025. The 18-year-old GM Pranav, who scored 7.5/8 in total, won the gold medal on board five. Amateur chess player Atharvaa had a mind-boggling score of 11/12 and earned high praise from Erigaisi. 'Yes, clearly. I actually didn't know him, but funny thing is that back in the day, in a tournament in 2012, we played a game and he beat me there," Erigaisi told Take Take Take recalling a match against Atharvaa. 'And I did not remember about that game, but yes, it was a bit funny to do that. And, Srinath did a great job of finding him. And also, he's done IIT and he's doing IIM. So it's like, two of the toughest ones in education in India.'
