Ian Nepomniachtchi

Chess Grandmaster and former World champion Viswanathan Anand interacts with chess enthusiasts during International Chess Tournament, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI Indian maestro Viswanathan Anand had a moderate run on day two of the…

China’s Ding Liren smiles while speaking after his victory in the FIDE World Chess Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sunday, April 30, 2023. China’s Ding Liren beat Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in a thrilling finale. He takes over the…

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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 sequence of events. Thirty-year-old Ding won…

The play of chess grandmasters Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren, battling it out for the world title, has oscillated between touches of brilliance and uncharacteristic mistakes which their peers have attributed to flaws in their…

When Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren face off on Sunday in the first game of the world chess championship, their matchup — tinged with politics — will play out in the shadow of an absent rival: Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen, a Norwegian ranked…

Five-time champion Magnus Carlsen on Wednesday said he is not "motivated" to play another…

Citing a lack of motivation, chess world number one Magnus Carlsen on Wednesday announced that he would not defend his world championship title in 2023, but stressed that he was not retiring from chess. "I am not motivated to play another…

IMAGE: Earlier this week, 16-year-old R Praggnanandhaa had stunned world champion, Magnus Carlsen, in the eighth round of the ongoing Airthings Masters. Photograph: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken note of R Praggnanandhaa's…

IMAGE: Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated Russia's Vladislav Artemiev in the 15th and final round of the preliminary phase of the Airthings Masters. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anna Shturman/FIDE Indian Grandmaster…