Ian Nepomniachtchi

IMAGE: A day after a stunning victory over World No.1 Magnus Carlsen, 16-year old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa registered wins against fellow Grandmasters Andrey Esipenko and Alexandra Kosteniuk in rounds 10 and 12 of the Airthings Masters.…

IMAGE: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa won with black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation game on Monday to halt Magnus Carlsen's run of three straight wins. Photograph: International Chess Federation/Twitter Young Indian Grandmaster…

Carlsen possesses the classical, rapid and blitz crowns, having crushed all comers. He has also played a significant role in the recent chess boom, both driving it as the sport’s biggest star and profiting from it as a businessman. Where…

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 with the Norwegian defending champion in the early games.The…

Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen retained his classical World Chess Championship title on Friday after defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi in Dubai. In doing so, he acquired an unassailable 7.5-3.5 lead in the best-of-14-game showdown to…

The champion’s fourth victory — second with black — left the final score reading 7.5-3.5 As anticipated, Magnus Carlsen ended Ian Nepomniachtchi’s agony with three games to spare after winning the 11th game of their best-of-14 game…

In what turned out to be the quickest game of the ongoing World chess championship title match, Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi needed only 125 minutes to draw Game 10 in 41 moves in Dubai on Wednesday.With four games to go, Carlsen…

After a day’s rest, a new look and a new opening choice did not change Ian Nepomniachtchi’s fortunes.His reputation of being prone to committing blunders in the least expected stage of a game came true as he crashed to another…

An uncharacteristic blunder on the 21st move from Ian Nepomniachtchi was enough for Magnus Carlsen to find a sound winning plan in Game 8 for a 5-3 lead in the World chess championship in Dubai on Sunday.Two victories for Carlsen, with…

Magnus Carlsen won the longest game in the history of the World Chess Championship. (Twitter)With this win, Magnus Carlsen has now taken a 3.5-2.5 lead in the best-of-14-contest match with eight more games to go.Norwegian Chess grandmaster…