Carlsen and Nakamura advance to semifinals

GM Magnus Carlsen defeated GM Vladislav Artemiev 13.5-9.5 whereas GM Hikaru Nakamura dispatched GM Vladimir Fedoseev 21.5-5.5 in Thursday’s quarterfinals of the Speed Chess Championship. Carlsen will now face GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the semifinals; Nakamura will now face GM Wesley So. Before this Speed Chess match, Carlsen and Artemiev had played four games at fast time control, with the Norwegian winning two besides two draws. However, […]

Where there’s a will, there’s a way

In conversation with CM Samarth J Rao and his father, Jagadish Rao Basrur Shankar Written by Dora Martinez (dora@lensethics.org)Contributor: Seçkin SerpilPhoto courtesy of Jagadish Rao There is a way. We can plan out our lives as much as we’d like but, life more often than not, alters our path. As a parent of a son with […]