World newsfromwww.theguardian.com1 week agoChess outsiders triumph at World Cup in Goa and battle for Candidates spotsEstablished chess stars were humbled and eliminated by younger or lesser-known players at the $2 million World Cup in Goa.
World newsfromwww.theguardian.com3 weeks agoChess: Russian star and top Americans fall in World Cup but Adams wins 10-game epicThe Goa World Cup’s brutal format—two classical games, escalating rapid/blitz tiebreaks and Armageddon—produces shock eliminations, top players knocked out early.