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2023 FIDE World Cup: Round 3
Top Three Seeds Go Through, but a Few Surprises In a trend where the youngest stars are shining at the World Cup, some of the veterans are still showing that experience is an enduring quality in the knockout system. Besides Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura winning their matches, both Peter…
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2023 FIDE World Cup: Round 2
Gukesh: The New Indian #1 Lots of historic landmarks happened during the second round of the FIDE World Cup with the top players joining in on the action after getting a first-round bye. One of the top players not participating was the 5-time world champion Viswanathan Anand who spoke on…
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2023 FIDE World Cup: Round 1
In a hall of great splendor, players from 86 countries have trekked to Baku, Azerbaijan for the 2023 FIDE World Cup. A total of 206 players assembled for the open section and 103 for the women’s section are competing for a record prize fund and three spots for the Candidates…
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Ding Liren is the new World Chess Champion
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 pts. Ding Liren ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7 Nepomniachtchi ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0…
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2023 World Chess Championship: Game 14
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) Game 14: Nepo misses chance, game fizzles… tiebreaks ahead Match Score: – Official Site: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/ 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 14Saturday, 29 April 2023 The match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren came down to Game 14 of the classical…
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2023 World Chess Championship: Game 12
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) Game 12: Explosive game ends in crushing defeat for Nepo Match Score: 6-6 Official Site: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/ 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 12Wednesday, 26 April 2023 Game 12 will go down in world championship history as one of the most back-and-forth…
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2023 World Chess Championship: Game 11
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) Game 11: Not much happening… Nepo holds lead Match Score: 6-5 Official Site: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/ 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 11Monday, 24 April 2023 The World Chess Championship just moved to the final phase after yet another drawn game in Game…
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2023 World Chess Championship: Game 10
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) Game 10: Ding couldn’t break through in Game 10. Match Score: 5½-4½ Official Site: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/ 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 10Sunday, 23 April 2023 With Ding playing white in Game 10, this match has officially entered the final phase and…
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2023 World Chess Championship: Game 9
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) Game 9: 82-move draw after intense drama Match Score: 5-4 Official Site: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/ 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 9Friday, 21 April 2023 After a fierce battle in round eight, both players appeared to have dialled down the intensity. Game nine…
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2023 World Chess Championship: Game 8
2023 World Chess Championship Astana, Kazakhstan (April 7th-May 1st) Game 8: Ding missed golden opportunity Match Score: 4½-3½ Official Site: https://worldchampionship.fide.com/ 2023 World Chess Championship: Game 8Thursday, 20 April 2023 Game 8 of the World Chess Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan ended in a draw, the first in five games.…
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