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FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky reminded chess fans that he hasn’t forgotten about the jeans controversy, and took another dig at ...
The 19-year-old took Grenke Freestyle Chess Open 2025 by storm, finishing 10th among 297 players, beating Ian Nepomniachtchi ...
Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz ...
World number four Arjun Erigaisi was outplayed by Ian Nepomniachtchi in the opening game of the 5-9 place tiebreaker at the ...
Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana head to Game 2 of their semi-final meeting in Paris with half-a-point to their name after playing out a thrilling draw on Friday. Arjun Erigaisi, meanwhile, trails ...
Ding Liren became China’s first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tiebreak victory over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan. Ding, 30, takes over as winner of the World ...
Hikaru Nakamura commits a late blunder to allow Magnus Carlsen to win Game 1 of their blockbuster final after putting up a solid fight for a majority of the game. Arjun Erigaisi, meanwhile, defeats ...
Leon Luke Mendonca ended 10th at Grenke Freestyle Chess Open 2025 despite 31 players having a better rating than him. He ...
Ivan Syrovy, a chess arbiter, penalized Russian players Ian Nepomniachtchi and Daniil Dubov. The penalty was for a ...
Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and Vidit finish outside top-8 to be ruled out of the battle for the $200,000 top prize ...
Carlsen walked away with the sole quarter-final win of the day against Abdusattorov; Gukesh loses to Rapport in 9-12th place match ...
TASS/. Chinese chess player Ding Liren defeated Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in the fourth tie break game of the World Chess Championship in Astana. The 14 games with standard time control ...