E lon Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink livestreamed on Wednesday its first patient implanted with a chip playing online chess. Noland Arbaugh, the 29-year-old patient who was paralyzed below the shoulder after a diving accident, was playing chess on his laptop and moving the cursor using the Neuralink device. He had received an implant from the … Read more
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Indian GMs (L-R) Arjun Erigaisi, R Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh, Vidit Gujrathi and Pentala Harikrishna show their silver medals at the presentation ceremony of the Men’s Chess Team event at the 19th Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China. | Photo Credit: PTI The year 2023 was yet another good one for Indian chess. Two chess stalwarts — … Read more
12.26pm GMT12:26 Both players addressed the elephant in the room after Tuesday’s contest. Specifically, the active streak of 16 consecutive draws in classical world championship games. Carlsen drew the final two games with Sergey Karjakin in 2016, all 12 against Fabiano Caruana in 2018, then four straight to open this year’s tie with Nepomniachtchi. Carlsen, … Read more
1.10pm GMT13:10 Carlsen chooses 15. … Nc6 and Nepomniachtchi settles in for his longest think of the game so far. After more than five minutes, he goes with 16. Rc1. The engines say a5 is the best response for the champion, who’s been inspecting the position for the last six minutes (and counting). Updated at … Read more
Carlsen will push for an early lead. “As a reigning champion you have a good chance to strike at the start,” he said. “That’s definitely something I am going to try.” Previous cases of first-time challengers who froze include Tigran Petrosian’s disastrous game one in 1963 against Mikhail Botvinnik and Bobby Fischer’s poisoned pawn capture … Read more
NEW DELHI: “If you control the center, you can control the game.” Well, we are not discussing an opening strategy in chess, but a trading strategy in the stock market! Whether its trading or investing, market participants often draw inspiration from different subjects, sometimes completely unrelated to the world of stocks. For Nikhil Kamath, co-founder … Read more
Nihal Sarin won the 2020 Junior Speed Online Chess Championship after beating Russia’s world junior No. 6 Alexey Sarana 18-7 in the final. Nihal Sarin won Junior Speed Chess Championship. (Twitter Photo) HIGHLIGHTS Nihal is one of the world’s fastest juniors: Viswanathan Anand Nihal Sarin defeated Russia’s world junior No. 6 Alexey Sarana 18-7 in … Read more