Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Ian Nepomniachtchi

Chess: Ding misses wins and his prep leaks as Nepomniachtchi keeps the lead

China’s world No 3 had a dominant position in game eight but missed several good chances before he drew in 45 moves with the Russian, who leads 5-4 with five games left

The Guardian - UK

Ding Liren strikes back hard after poor start against Ian Nepomniachtchi

Following a crushing 29-move victory in game two of the world title match in Astana Ding Liren’s decisive rook-for-knight sacrifice won game four in 47 move to level at 2-2 in the 14-game contest

The Guardian - UK

Ian Nepomniachtchi draws with Ding Liren in Game 1 of World Chess Championship – as it happened

As it happened: Ian Nepomniachtchi drew with Ding Liren in Game 1 of the World Chess Championship in Astana. Bryan Armen Graham was watching

The Guardian - US

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Carlsen’s spectre looms as Ding and Nepomniachtchi launch title match

Two of the world’s top three have descended on Astana for the most prestigious title in chess, but the absence of the third has largely neutered the stakes of the sport’s showcase event

The Guardian - US

Contenders face off for world chess title without top-ranked Carlsen

Astana (Kazakhstan) (AFP) - Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi and China's Ding Liren begin battling it out Sunday to become chess world champion after top-ranked Magnus Carlsen, considered one of the best players of all time, opted not to defend his title.

AFP

Chess: World title match gets under way in Astana without Magnus Carlsen

The Norwegian has abdicated so Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren will compete for the crown in 14-game series

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Hikaru Nakamura traps a queen and wins $60,000 in St Louis

The five-time US champion, whose main career is as a streamer with more than a million followers, defeated fellow world top-10 player Wesley So in a bruising final

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Chess: Garry Kasparov calls April’s world title match ‘amputated event’

Kasparov says ‘the world championship match should include the strongest player on the planet, and this match [Ian Nepomniachtchi v Ding Liren] doesn’t’

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen set for challenge from US quartet online and over-the-board

The world No 1 faces encounters with Caruana, So, Nakamura and Aronian in the online Champions Tour starting 3 April, then over-the-board at Stavanger in late May

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen draws final classical game as world champion against Howell

The 32-year-old, who is abdicating his world crown, chose the Norwegian League for his last three classical games and will not play the format again until late May

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Magnus Carlsen stimulus missed as Levon Aronian wins in Düsseldorf

The 40-year-old seemed to be cruising but took the €40,000 first prize only after winning tiebreaks against Ian Nepomniachtchi and Dommaraju Gukesh

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Magnus Carlsen makes historic blunder after seven straight victories

The world champion is representing Canada Chessbrahs as the chess.com professional league is revived after a four-year break, but his streak will be overshadowed by this week’s puzzle

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Britain’s Four Nations league fosters potential grandmaster talents

Generation Z young masters are in contention for GM performances this season, while the revamped chess.com Tour prize fund offers new incentives for the world top 200

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Anish Giri wins at Wijk aan Zee as Carlsen misses out by just half a point

The Netherlands world No 5 got a final-round gift, while a ‘backbreaker’ in the penultimate round cost the world champion his chance of forcing a playoff

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

International Chess Federation prepares to announce chess world championship host city

The world's most prestigious chess match has been under a cloud of uncertainty for months since reigning champion Magnus Carlsen announced he would not defend his title.

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Hikaru Nakamura follows Fischer’s footsteps to win in Reykjavik

The five-time US champion beat Ian Nepomniachtchi to win the Fischer Random world championship, half a century after Fischer beat Boris Spassky

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Hans Niemann chosen to lead USA at World Team Championship

The 19-year-old will play at Jerusalem in his first event since he launched his $100m lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen and others

The Guardian - UK

Niemann v Carlsen chess cheating controversy is ‘tragedy’ for both sides

Chess world is divided between those who think Carlsen was right to speak out about an existential threat – and others who believe he was reckless

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Firouzja sweeps Grand Tour while Carlsen v Niemann saga continues

The 19-year-old won the Sinquefield Cup and the Grand Tour in St Louis, while fresh cheating allegations form the backdrop to next Monday’s game between the world champion and the US teen

The Hindu

The consequences of Carlsen’s abdication

The reigning World champion has decided not to defend his crown. How will this affect competitive chess?

Financial Times

Enter the inner sanctum of elite chess

Eight of the game’s grandmasters gathered in Madrid this month for an international summit of sorts. They were playing for the future of chess

The Guardian - UK

Chess: five-times champion Magnus Carlsen aims high after abdicating title

The 31-year-old Norwegian will target a 2900 rating after announcing he will not play Ian Nepomniachtchi in 2023. The Russian and Ding Liren, world Nos 3 and 2, will meet for the vacant crown

ABC News

Five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen won't defend title, doesn't 'have a lot to gain'

Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is the highest-ranked chess player in the world, but says he's no longer motivated to compete.

WEKU

Five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen says he will not defend his title

Carlsen, a 31-year-old Norwegian native, was expected to have a rematch next year with Ian Nepomniachtchi, the Russian who he defeated in the 2021 world championship.

The Hindu

Carlsen not to defend his World title

Magnus Carlsen has kept his word. He will not defend his World title.

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.