Magnus Carlsen (Picture Credit score: @FIDE_chess on X) NEW DELHI: World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen just lately expressed criticism in the direction of the Worldwide Chess Federation (FIDE) in response to an open letter from Jan Henric Beuttner, co-founder of Freestyle Chess, to FIDE CEO Emil Sutovsky. Carlsen supported Beuttner’s stance with a short message…
Bengaluru: It’s a little bit of a bizarre chess ritual if you consider it. Two gamers who’ve spent the final couple of hours attempting to destroy one another, sit on the identical desk moments later, peel off the scabs and inform the world how they really feel. The victor and the vanquished share a joint…
Bengaluru: Sport 6 of the FIDE World Championship has picked up a little bit of a status over time. Three years in the past, Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi slugged it out for near eight hours and 136 strikes, the longest in World Championship historical past, and Carlsen emerged with a win. It introduced a…
Bengaluru: There are particular days when as a chess fan you miss what Magnus Carlsen delivered to a World Championship. Sport 5 of the World Championship match between reigning champion Ding Liren and Indian challenger D Gukesh on Saturday was one such. India’s D Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren shake arms after the fifth recreation…
Bengaluru: Ding Liren arrived for Sport 4 of the World Championship on Friday with a easy plan – play a stable, positional sport with White and watch for errors and overeagerness from his teenaged opponent. The errors by no means got here, Gukesh performed solidly, White’s positional benefit was miniscule and the sport ultimately petered…
Bengaluru: Proper after dropping Sport 3 within the World Championship, Ding Liren, trying sullen, was requested how he deliberate to spend the remaining day (Thursday). “I’ll get up and see… The results of this sport will perhaps affect my feelings on the remaining the day,” he mentioned. Ding Liren at a press convention after his…
