Before becoming a chess outcast for pro-Putin comments, Sergey Karjakin was the OG prodigy who stopped Magnus Carlsen’s bid at becoming youngest Grandmaster

Last week, a shock name made an appearance on the FIDE ratings list for March 2026. Sergey Karjakin, who had been persona non grata from the chess world for the past four years, was suddenly World no.10. Then, as social media outrage grew with some […]