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From Bobby Fischer to Magnus Carlsen: 22 of the most famous world chess championship games

The 138-year history of the world chess championship is filled with games of rare precision, imagination and brilliance. Go move by move through 22 of them below

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How India’s Chennai mints world-beating chess champions, one move at a time

As Gukesh Dommaraju aims to win the world championships starting Monday, a city of chess stars cheers him on.

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World Chess Championship 2024: Ding Liren v Gukesh Dommaraju pre-match questions, answered

Not sure when the world chess championship starts, who’s tipped to win, and why Magnus Carlsen isn’t playing? We (mostly) have the answers

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World Chess Championship final 2024: Schedule, format, prize money, players

All the details about the biggest two weeks in chess as a young Indian grandmaster takes on the Chinese world champion.

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Champion Ding and challenger Gukesh prepare for world title battle

China’s world champion Ding Liren, 32, will face his Indian rival Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, on Monday.

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Carlsen struggles amid controversy at $1m Global Chess League in London

The world No 1 lost to Firouzja in round two and although he won the return game, his team failed to reach the final, in which Triveni Continental Kings face PBG Alaskan Knights

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Magnus Carlsen: ‘Play chess against Mo Salah? I would love that’

The football-mad world No 1 is in London playing for a $1m prize fund and despite dominating the chess world says he has never played the perfect game

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Chess: India win double gold as new generation dominates at Olympiad

India won the Open and Women’s Olympiads in Budapest, while for the first time in history no European team reached the podium in either event

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India wins historic double team gold at FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024

India’s two team and four individual gold medals are hailed as the beginning of its reign as the ‘best chess nation’.

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Chess: India win every match at Olympiad as US and England trail

With three rounds to go, India have won all eight of their matches in Budapest without loss of a game, while the top seeded US team is fifth and England 17th

The Guardian - UK

Chess Olympiad: Gukesh gets 4-on-4, Arjun makes it perfect 5

India down tricky Azerbaijan in open group; women beat Kazakhstan

The Times of India

Chess: Alireza Firouzja wins Sinquefield Cup unbeaten and jumps to world No 5

The Iran-born Frenchman, 21, scored 6/9 to win in St Louis, half a point clear of the US champion and world No 3, Fabiano Caruana

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England reveal strong Olympiad squads as seniors campaign for gold in Krakow

Top five English grandmasters will feature in Budapest – as will nine-year-old prodigy Bodhana Sivanandan

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Chess: Britain’s 4NCL national league has closest ever three-way finish

Wood Green edge out Manx Liberty and The Sharks on game points after a triple tie on match points

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen calls Ding Liren ‘broken’ as teenage star Gukesh emerges

The former world champion fears for the current holder, who is out of form before title defence against 17-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju

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Teenage Indian Chess Prodigy Gukesh D Wins Candidates Tournament

Seventeen-year-old Gukesh D's historic win at the Candidates Tournament sets the stage for a potential clash with world champion Ding Liren at the 2024 Wor...

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India unveils Chennai's 17-year-old Gukesh as its youngest challenger in chess history

NAGPUR: Gukesh Dommaraju announced his arrival with a masterstroke. The Indian prince overtook elite players to create history by becoming the youngest ever challenger for the World chess title.

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Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest challenger for world chess title

Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest player to win the men’s Candidates chess tournament after a draw against Hikaru Nakamura on a nailbiting final day

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Indian teenager Gukesh to challenge China’s Ding for world chess title

Seventeen-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju sets up world title showdown after winning the 2024 Candidates Tournament.

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Four in close contention as Candidates reaches weekend climax

With just the final two rounds to come, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura and Gukesh Dommaraju share the lead while the world No 2, Fabiano Caruana, is half a point behind

The Times of India

Candidates Tournament: 'Praggnanandhaa will do well; Vidit, Gukesh will struggle'

NAGPUR: For the first time in 74 years since the Candidates chess tournament was first played in Budapest in 1950, the event will feature a rare mix of youngsters and battle-hardened pros over the next 20 days at the Great Hall in Toronto, Canada.

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