Who are the players in the 2024 World Chess Championship? Reigning world champion Ding Liren will face young Indian phenom Gukesh D in Singapore in a fascinating clash of generations. Ding has been an elite-level player of the past decade who has lost some of his shine since ascending to t...
Ding Liren finally crowned himself as the "World Chess Champion", and China's 35-year-old "Four Steps" strategy had finally paid off: first winning the women's individual world championship, then the women's team world championship, followed by the men's team entering the top ranks of the...
At the age of 14, less than two years after he had learned the moves of chess, Botvinnik defeated the then-current world champion, José Raúl Capablanca, in one game of an exhibition in which Capablanca played simultaneously against several opponents. In 1931 Botvinnik won the chess championshi...
The2023 FIDE World Championshipwas the most important over-the-board classical event of the year and decided the next world champion. Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren played a match to take over GMMagnus Carlsen's throne after the former world championabdicatedhis title. ...
I would like to thank all the teams that took part – it was wonderful,” said Zaven Andriasian, the top player for Chessify (and the Junior World Chess Champion in 2006). Andriasian also mentioned that he had a bet with the company’s CEO, Gor Vardanyan, that if they won, both ...
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competition since one of the participants dropped out, and the title of the world champion went to Botvvinik. In this way the interregnum was resolved, and the procedure of selecting the challengers in a three-year cycle was specified: countries which are members of FIDE will send players to...
Ding Liren finally crowned himself as the "World Chess Champion", and China's 35-year-old "Four Steps" strategy had finally paid off: first winning the women's individual world championship, then the women's team world championship, followed by the men's team entering the top ranks of the...
The exhibition begins with the 1886 World Chess Championship, held in New York City, Saint Louis, Mo. and New Orleans, La., and won by Wilhelm Steinitz and goes all the way to the present world chess champion, GM Ding Liren. It also tracks the history of the Women’s World Chess Cham...
Chess world rocked by cheating allegations after 19-year-old beats one of world's top players The real devil behind rise in academic cheating during pandemic isn't online learning: expert “Wow — speechless, yeah?” Leko said. Carlsen, 31, was leading the tournament in the...