TASS

Chinese chess player Ding Liren to replace Russia’s Karjakin at 2022 Candidates Tournament

MOSCOW, May 6. /TASS/. Chinese Chess Grandmaster Ding Liren will replace Russia’s suspended player Sergey Karjakin at the 2022 Candidates Tournament this summer, a spokesman for the press office of ...
insidethegames.biz

Combined World Chess Championship green-lighted

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) approved a new global competition that will include three formats and four events ...
TASS

Five-time World Champ Magnus Carlsen decides against defending his world’s chess crown

MOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. Norwegian Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen decided against defending his world champion’s title in a match for the world chess crown against Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, ...
The New York Times

The Next Winner of the World Chess Championship Could Be the Youngest Ever

Dommaraju Gukesh, a 17-year-old grandmaster from India, is the youngest player ever to win the Candidates Tournament. By Dylan Loeb McClain Dommaraju Gukesh, a 17-year-old Indian grandmaster, made ...
Reuters

Chess-Indian teenager Gukesh wins Candidates, sets up Ding showdown

April 22 (Reuters) - Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest player to win the men's Candidates chess tournament after a draw against Hikaru Nakamura on a nail-biting final day of the double round robin ...
The New York Times

The Winding Climb to Play in the World Chess Championship

A scramble at the end of last year for the last two slots in the Candidates Tournament led to changes in the rules for qualification. By Dylan Loeb McClain The Candidates Tournament to select a ...
Reuters

Chess-Indian teenagers out to make mark at Candidates tournament as Carlsen skips event again

PARIS, April 2 (Reuters) - With Magnus Carlsen skipping the event, the next world champion will always be regarded as second best to the all-time great, but two Indian teenagers will be eager to make ...