World Chess Championship

Magnus Carlsen says he might not defend his World Chess title

Carlsen's said he was also wanted to try to breach 2,900 in the chess rating system, named for Hungarian Arpad Elo. Carlsen's world record is 2,882 and his rating rebounded during the world championship.

Magnus Carlsen beats Ian Nepomniachtchi to retain world chess title

Carlsen, who turned 31 during the competition, has now won five world titles in a row, taking the first in 2013.

Viswanathan Anand to do commentary during world chess championship match

The FIDE World Chess Championships between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi will be a 14-game extravaganza in Dubai from 24 November

Chess legend Viswanathan Anand says India has amazing depth in 8-20 age group, wants proper platforms for young talent

Stressing that there is amazing depth in age group 8-20 in the country, multiple-time chess world champion Viswanathan Anand on Monday said the need of the hour was to give them platforms to train and compete.

World Chess Championship: Magnus Carlsen dominates Fabiano Caruana in tiebreakers to defend title for third time

After the record-breaking 12 draws in the classical games, the Magnus Carlsen dominated the tiebreaks by blanking Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in the four-game rapid mini-match.

World Chess Championship: Tiebreakers to determine the winner after Magnus Carlsen’s shocking draw offer

World Chess Championship: Tiebreakers to determine the winner after Magnus Carlsen’s shocking draw offer

World Chess Championship: Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana agree to a tepid draw in shortest game of the match in Game 11

With black, Fabiano Caruana neutralized the position comfortably against Magnus Carlsen to steer the game to a draw in just a little over 2 hours, leaving the match score tied at 5½-all. In terms of time, this was the shortest game of the match.

World Chess Championship: Magnus Carlsen’s death-or-glory approach fails to break Fabiano Caruana as Game 10 ends in draw

On Thursday evening, world champion, Magnus Carlsen and his challenger, Fabiano Caruana agreed to their tenth straight draw at The College in Holborn, central London, leaving the match in a 5-5 deadlock.

World Chess Championship: Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana set record for longest streak of draws after ninth successive stalemate

With just three more games remaining, the match seems to be inching towards a tiebreak. If this does happen to be the case, Magnus Carlsen will be a big favourite.

World Chess Championship: Fabiano Caruana’s atypical misstep helps Magnus Carlsen evade defeat in Game 8

After a 38-move-long battle, however, the world champion Magnus Carlsen had managed to come out of the woods unscathed as the game eventually petered out in a draw.