The 2021 World Chess Championship ended last week with Magnus Carlen of Norway, the world No. 1, defending his title against challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. It was Carlsen’s fifth ...

Ian Nepomniachtchi took off his blazer on the third move, a record-fast time, and he played with a captured chess piece like it was a fidget spinner. Across the table from him in a glass box in ...

Before Ian Nepomniachtchi rose to become the world No. 1’s challenger, he was Magnus Carlsen’s second—the elite players who moonlight as study companions around the biggest matches.

Ding prevailed in a rapid-play tiebreaker against Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. He is the first Chinese man to hold the world title. By Dylan Loeb McClain Chess is considered the ultimate game of ...

[1/4]Chess - FIDE World Championship Match 2023 - Game 8 - Astana, Kazakhstan - April 20, 2023. Ding Liren of China competes against Ian Nepomniachtchi of International Chess Federation.

(Reuters) – Norway’s Magnus Carlsen claimed his fifth world chess crown in Dubai on Friday with a crushing 7.5-3.5 victory against Ian Nepomniachtchi, who faded badly after going toe-to-toe ...

Magnus Carlsen just casually destroyed his opponent for another world chess championship. But an 18-year-old phenom is waiting to take on the king.

China's Ding Liren was crowned on Sunday as the 17th world chess champion in a tense match against Russian-born Ian Nepomniachtchi in Astana, Kazakhstan, in the last chapter of an odds-defying ...

Ian Nepomniachtchi, of Russia, competes against Richard Rapport, of Hungary, in round 12 of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament at the Santoña Palace on July 3, 2022, in Madrid, Spain.

Norway's grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, right, faces Russia's grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi during game five in the FIDE World Chess Championship Dubai 2021, at the Dubai Expo 2020 in the Gulf ...

Ian Nepomniachtchi, left, and Magnus Carlsen cogitated at the world chess championship in Dubai on Wednesday. Giuseppe Cacace/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...

Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi square off for chess crown this week Euwe-Alekhine after 30…f6. more > Print By David R. Sands - The Washington Times - Tuesday, November 23, 2021 ...