Fabiano Caruana drew a sharp game against Richard Rapport to finish in clear first place in the Superbet Chess Classic, taking the $100,000 top prize and the maximum 13 Grand Chess Tour points. His pursuers could all only draw, though that was a good result for Anish Giri after he stumbled into a lost position against Ian Nepomniachtchi. Ding Liren regained the world no. 3 spot after ending with a fine win over Bogdan-Daniel Deac.
Ian Nepomniachtchi suddenly whipped up a powerful attack midway through Game 9 of the FIDE World Championship match, but Ding Liren took some brave decisions and held on to make a draw after an endgame that stretched to six hours an...
Ding Liren was set to make it a staggering five wins for White in a row, but a combination of missed chances, a semi-bluff, and brilliant defence from Ian Nepomniachtchi saw Game 8 of the World Championship match end in a draw. Ian ...
Ding Liren self-destructed in time trouble in Game 7 of the World Championship match, freezing in a position where he seemed to have done all the hard work and was the one pushing for a win. Ian Nepomniachtchi now leads 4:3, with Di...
Ding Liren found a beautiful finish in Game 6 to wrap up his 2nd win of the 2023 FIDE World Championship and level the scores at 3:3 going into Monday’s rest day. Ian Nepomniachtchi lamented "one of my worst games ever" as he reacte...
Ian Nepomniachtchi has regained the lead in the 2023 FIDE World Championship match after bouncing back to beat Ding Liren in Game 5. “This loss hurt more than the previous one, because I thought I was totally fine,” said Ding, who d...
Ding Liren is truly back after a pawn sacrifice and sustained pressure saw Ian Nepomniachtchi crack in Game 4 of the FIDE World Championship in Astana. “A little hard to believe!” is how Ding Liren described his realisation that his...
Ding Liren looked and sounded like a man transformed as he pressed Ian Nepomniachtchi before making a draw with the black pieces in Game 3 of the World Championship match in Astana. Ian still leads 2:1, but Ding credited his friends...
Ian Nepomniachtchi has won a World Championship game at his 13th attempt to take a 1.5:0.5 lead over Ding Liren. Ding sprung a Richard Rapport-inspired near-novelty on move 4, but his first long think of the game on move 12 gave Nep...
Ding Liren confessed he wondered if “there was something wrong with my mind” as he came under heavy pressure from Ian Nepomniachtchi in Game 1 of the FIDE World Championship match in Astana, Kazakhstan. Ian sprung an opening surpris...
Ian Nepomniachtchi will have the white pieces against Ding Liren when the 2023 World Chess Championship match starts in Astana, Kazakhstan on Sunday. Before the 14-game battle to decide the 17th World Chess Champion, the players fac...
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