Baer

MAX BAER was one of the most colourful of all heavyweight champions. He was a devastating puncher and his rise to the title during the years 1930 to 1934 showed him at his best. In 1935 he lost out to Jimmy Braddock in a huge upset in a…

IMAGE: Arjun Erigaisi was beaten by world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the final of the Julius Baer Generation Cup online rapid chess tournament. Photograph: FIDE/Riga Mark Livshitz Teenaged Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi went down against…

PTI New York, September 26Teenaged Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi went down against World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the final of the Julius Baer…

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Teenaged Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi went down against world no.1 Magnus Carlsen in the final of the Julius Baer Generation Cup online rapid chess tournament, losing the second match 0-2. Having won the first match,…

IMAGE: Arjun Erigiasi did well to hold the rampaging Magnus Carlsen to a draw in the third game but that did not stop the World No 1 from closing out match one of the final comprehensively. Photograph: FIDE/Lennart Ootes World No 1 Magnus…

Carlsen was in imperious form in the first match and won in 40 moves with white pieces. Carlsen was in imperious form in the first match and won in 40 moves with white pieces. World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen underlined his superiority, winning…

World champion Magnus Carlsen will face off against talented Indian teenager Arjun Erigaisi in the final of the Julius Baer Generation Cup — the seventh leg of the USD1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour — after both players came…

PTI New York, September 23Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi edged out fellow teenager Christopher Yoo of the USA in the quarterfinals via tie-breaker…

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