The top two in both the Open and the Women’s competition will qualify for the Candidates 2026, which will decide the ...

Anish Giri criticized Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura over their protest at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Teams event ...

Ding prevailed in a rapid-play tiebreaker against Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. He is the first Chinese man to hold the world title. By Dylan Loeb McClain Chess is considered the ultimate game of ...

Ian Nepomniachtchi (R) and Ding Liren (L) at the 2022 FIDE Chess Candidates Tournament closing ceremony. Miguel Pereira/Getty Images. The World Championship match will consist of 14 classical games.

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz ...

Magnus Carlsen says he will not defend his world championship title next year against Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi because he has no motivation to play the match.. The Norwegian grandmaster ...

Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have been accused of match-fixing after a viral video from the World Blitz ...

Ian Nepomniachtchi, of Russia, competes against Richard Rapport, of Hungary, in round 12 of the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament at the Santoña Palace on July 3, 2022, in Madrid, Spain.

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz Championship title earlier this week.. Tuesday’s final in New York was ...

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz Championship title earlier this week ...