Amit Kamath
Sports Writer at The Indian Express
Cover sports @ Indian Express. Ex-News9, Firstpost, HT, mid-day Robert Bosch Media Ambassador. Red Ink awardee. Covered Tokyo2020, Birmingham2022. Liver donor.
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1 day ago |
indianexpress.com | Amit Kamath
Norway Chess will see a Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen battle once again! The reigning world champion from India and the world no 1 from Norway will battle for the top spot at Norway Chess tournament in the final game on Friday after both players won their classical games on Thursday.
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1 day ago |
indianexpress.com | Amit Kamath
The world of chess has been left pondering about what would happen if stars like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura call it a day and stop playing classical chess, as indicated by the Norwegian world no 1 recently.
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2 days ago |
indianexpress.com | Amit Kamath
It was on the first rest day of the Norway Chess tournament that Koneru Humpy couldn’t stop grinning. She had tried her hand at rifle shooting among other things at a ranch during the Norway Chess Games, and had managed to hit a bullseye. Humpy was so chuffed at that shot that she had asked for the paper target as a keepsake. In two days, Humpy just might leave Norway’s Stavanger with something more precious: the women’s title at the super-elite championship.
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2 days ago |
indianexpress.com | Amit Kamath
When a frustrated Magnus Carlsen slammed his fist on the table after a blunder against world champion Gukesh Dommaraju during a match at Norway Chess, the sound was heard across the world. While many in the chess fraternity were a little taken aback by that display of emotion, that moment has prompted plenty of people who would otherwise not follow the sport to track the drama keenly. Now FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich has said that what Carlsen did was “a bit unusual” but “not disrespectful”.
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3 days ago |
indianexpress.com | Amit Kamath
“This tournament could have very easily been over,” declared Hikaru Nakamura on the Norway Chess broadcast with an undisguised smile on his face as he watched his ashen-faced compatriot Fabiano Caruana extend his hand in resignation to Arjun Erigaisi in round 8 of the strongest invitational tournament of the year. But with two rounds remaining at Norway Chess, the tournament is anything but over.
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