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Chess: Firouzja wins in Zagreb as Carlsen passes 15-year milestone at the top

The Frenchman is ranked world No 12, but that is a disappointment after he became the youngest ever 2800-rated player at 18 years and five months

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen heads for Hong Kong while Russia unveils the next Botvinnik

The world No 1’s setback in Oslo and reduced participation coincides with the emergence of a new star

The Guardian - UK

World chess body suspends Russia after legal challenge by Ukraine

Russia was the dominant force in the game for decades

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen wins yet again while British Championship prize fund soars

The world No 1 won his 21st global title by defeating his old rival Fabiano Caruana in Freestyle chess at Weissenhaus in Germany

The Guardian - UK

Russians absent from world chess top 10 for first time since official lists began

A poor outing from Ian Nepomniachtchi brought up an unlikely first but Serjey Karjakin made a strong comeback at Blitz last week

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen scores record nine out of nine at Grenke Freestyle Open

The world No 1 swept the board with a result comparable to the great performances of Bobby Fischer, Anatoly Karpov and Alexander Alekhine, but it won’t count for Fide ratings

The Guardian - UK

Boris Spassky obituary

Russian chess world champion who lost to Bobby Fischer in the sport’s most famous match at the peak of the cold war

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Chess: jeans-clad Carlsen defies critics to share Blitz with Nepomniachtchi

The world No 1 withdrew from the World Rapid then came back for the Blitz, where he shared the title when Fide agreed to stop play after three games of a shootout

The Guardian - UK

Ding hangs on in nerve-shredding Game 13 draw with Gukesh as title tilt nears climax

Ding Liren hung on for a high-wire draw with Gukesh Dommaraju on Wednesday in the 13th game of their world title showdown in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Gukesh Dommaraju in tears after Ding Liren resurrects world title defense with dramatic Game 12 win

Ding Liren scored a dramatic win over Gukesh Dommaraju in the 12th game of their world championship showdown to level the match score at 6-all

The Guardian - US

Shock Ding Liren blunder in Game 11 leaves Gukesh D on verge of world title

Gukesh Dommaraju snapped a streak of seven straight draws by defeating Ding Liren in Sunday’s 11th game of their world title match in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Ding Liren and Gukesh D play to seventh straight draw in taut world title clash

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a seventh straight draw on Saturday in the 10th game of their world championship match in Singapore

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Ding Liren escapes after blunder in wild 72-move draw with Gukesh D in Game 7

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju remain deadlocked through seven games of their $2.5m world title match after a fourth successive draw on Tuesday

The Guardian - US

Another tight draw as Ding Liren and Gukesh D battle for world chess title

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a third successive draw in Game 6 of their $2.5m world championship showdown in Singapore

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Ding Liren lets Gukesh D off hook in Game 5 draw as world title match remains deadlocked

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a 40-move draw in the fifth game of the world chess championship on Saturday in Singapore

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Ding Liren and Gukesh D all square in world title match after 42-move draw in Game 4

Ding Liren, left, and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a draw on Friday in the fourth game of their world title match in Singapore.

The Guardian - US

World Chess Championship 2024: Ding Liren v Gukesh Dommaraju pre-match questions, answered

Not sure when the world chess championship starts, who’s tipped to win, and why Magnus Carlsen isn’t playing? We (mostly) have the answers

The Times of India

World Chess Championship: Has charm of dethroning a world champion reduced?

Gukesh deserving challenger despite Carlsen's absence Ding's problems

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The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen wins in Casablanca as new variant tests historic skills

The world No 1 identified most of the six positions from previous world championships and exploited Vishy Anand’s unfamiliarity with a classic from Havana 1889

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Fischer v Spassky revisited – Reykjavik Open echoes 1972 match

More than 400 players, including several young English talents, are competing in Iceland’s premier event

The Hindu

Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Arjun, Nihal can all become World champions: Boris Gelfand

Boris Gelfand, former World No. 3, is impressed by the respect Indian players give to their coaches. He finds D. Gukesh's depth of calculation, Pragg's feeling for the game, Arjun's creativity and Nihal's technique impressive. He believes they have a chance of becoming World champions. He also credits Netflix series…

The Hindu

Who could dominate world chess? The most promising country is India, says Alexander Grischuk

He asked me to wear it if I win something. Alexander Grischuk, former World No. 3 and 3-time World Blitz Champion, put on a Chicago Bulls cap after winning the Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata. He shared his memories of his first major success, his thoughts on India's…

The Times of India

Praggnanandhaa to battle King Carlsen for World chess crown

At 18, will be youngest to play World Cup title round

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Ding sets world title landmark and is ‘ready to take on Carlsen’

China’s new world champion became the first since 1886 to lead the title match only in the final game, while the Norwegian implied he will play fewer classical tournaments

The Times of India

This was not real World Chess Championship, says Ubilava

Veteran GM feels FIDE Should've Done More To Persuade Carlsen To Play

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