World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen announced Wednesday that he won’t defend his title against Ian Nepomniachtchi next year, ending a run of four successful championship defenses. The 31-year-old Carlsen cited a lack of motivation as the key factor in his decision not to defend the title again. Nepomniachtchi to face […]
For the second consecutive World Championship cycle, Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi has won the Candidates Tournament with a round to spare, easily securing his position as the challenger to Magnus Carlsen’s title. Nepomniachtchi secured a draw in his final game against Jan-Krzysztof Duda to finish with five wins and nine […]
Ian Nepomniachtchi held on to a critical draw against Fabiano Caruana with the black pieces in Round 9 of the Candidates Tournament on Monday, inching him closer to a second straight berth in the Chess World Championship. Unibet now lists Nepomniachtchi as an overwhelming -10000 favorite to win the Candidates […]
Eight of the world’s top grandmasters will meet in Madrid starting on Thursday with a trip to the Chess World Championship on the line as they compete in the 2022 Candidates Tournament. The winner of the double round-robin event will potentially take on Magnus Carlsen for the World Chess Championship […]
Magnus Carlsen can already make a strong case that he’s the best chess player of all time. And while the Norwegian grandmaster has no intentions of leaving the game anytime soon, he may be about to voluntarily give up his World Chess Championship. On Monday, Carlsen told Norwegian newspaper VG […]
One of the world’s most popular chess streamers and one of the game’s brightest young stars will each have a chance to play for the World Chess Championship later this year as Hikaru Nakamura and Richard Rapport have qualified for the 2022 Candidates Tournament. The winner of the 2022 Candidates […]
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