Magnus Carlsen: ‘I just want to win one more tournament!’
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen hasn’t won a tournament since Altibox Norway Chess in mid-October, and even then a last-round loss to Levon Aronian took some of the gloss off the win. In the aftermath of losing the final of the Opera Euro Rapid to Wesley So, Magnus talked to Ilya Levitov about his motivation, how he feels the World Championship should be decided and much more. Magnus explained that when he was young he was “spooked” when he played Russians, since he thought they knew everything!
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Eyewitness on catching a chess cheater red-handed
Patrycja Waszczuk’s 2-year ban for cheating was based on multiple pieces of evidence, but the strongest – and where it all began – was that another Polish player, Katarzyna Dwilewicz, caught Patrycja using a mobile phone in the t...
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Navara on the Candidates & reluctantly playing in Spain
Czech no. 1 David Navara played in the Spanish League in Linares last month despite trying to pull out over coronavirus concerns. He felt compelled to play since his team were unable to find a late replacement, with the experienc...
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Vladimir Kramnik: "It's ok to lose!"
In the run-up to the chess24 Legends of Chess, 14th World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik gave a Question and Answer session where he talked about his matches against Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand and Peter Leko, his experience wor...
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Levon Aronian: I haven't slept since war started
Chess, by reputation, is a game of war played out in the mind. But at the forefront of one chess grandmaster's thoughts right now is a very real war. Levon Aronian, one of Armenia’s top sports stars, has revealed he is ready to figh...
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Grischuk ready to play in a "garage, basement, zoo or station"
Alexander Grischuk says he's willing to play the Candidates Tournament "in a garage, basement, zoo or train station" but doubts whether the event can be completed at all, pointing out that the World Chess Federation FIDE is trying ...
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Do the math! John Urschel on how #ImpactChess adds up
Saying John Urschel has an unusual combination of talents would be a massive understatement. What else is there left to achieve for the chess-playing former NFL linesman turned mathematician?
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Tani Adewumi on Magnus Carlsen, #ImpactChess and... Curly-Wurly candy
Chess changes lives - and none more so than nine-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi. Tani, who readers may remember hit the headlines last year, is a shining example of how our game is capable of transforming fortunes in every sense. His c...
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Daniil Dubov on Carlsen, Kasparov & much more
24-year-old Russian Grandmaster Daniil Dubov has been on fire since chess moved online. He beat Sergey Karjakin, Ding Liren and Hikaru Nakamura in knockout matches to win the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge, and has beaten Magnus ...
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Ennio Morricone: “If not a composer, I would have wanted to be a chess player”
Ennio Morricone (1928-2020), the Italian composer of music for dozens of top films and TV series, died today in Rome at the age of 91. As well as being one of the most influential film soundtrack writers of the last 60 years he wa...
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Quick chat with... David Kramaley, chess entrepreneur
He's no Grandmaster, he's not even a Candidate Master and David Kramaley hasn't even written a chess book (yet). But here is a man who, at the age of 32, has still managed to have a profound influence on the game.
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