Rappler

Wesley So yields to MVL; Firouzja leads Superbet Chess Classic

After falling to French rival Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So hopes to regain traction in the chase for the $100,000 champion's purse in Bucharest MANILA, Philippines – Wesley So yielded to Maxime ...
Indiatimes

Chess kings go casual: Many GMs swap formals for jeans in Goa

Several GMs were quick to play the Comfort Gambit – French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, better known as MVL, among them. “I think it’s better that jeans are allowed, not all jeans of course, but normal ...
The Financial Times

Chess: find Dutchman Anish Giri’s surprise winning move against the US’s Wesley So

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, widely known as MVL, is a contemporary of Magnus Carlsen, born like Norway’s world ...
The Hindu

When the stars align: how the chess revolution is being televised

A couple of months after leading upGrad Mumba Masters to the final of the inaugural edition of the Global Chess League in Dubai last year, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was in Kolkata for the Tata Steel ...