The reigning world chess champion, GM Magnus Carlsen, from Norway, and his Russian challenger, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi, faced each other today in the second game of their FIDE World Championship 2021 match in Dubai. After some trickery in the openin...
World Champion Magnus Carlsen and challenger GM Ian Nepomniachtchi started their FIDE World Championship match on Friday in Dubai with a draw. Nepomniachtchi had a slight opening advantage but got under some pressure soon after, and then impressed...
Starting from this upcoming Friday, GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi will be enemies at the board—but they remained friends at today's opening press conference. The players expressed mutual respect and made jokes, while eagerly aw...
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Two quarterfinal matches in the 2021 Speed Chess Championship Main Event occurred on December 6. In the first match, GM Ding Liren defeated GM Levon Aronian by a 15-11 score. You can read the full report for the Ding-Aronian match here.
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