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Magnus Carlsen wins New in Chess Classic for 1st Tour title Magnus Carlsen is the New in Chess Classic champion after finally winning an event on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour at his 5th attempt. Hikaru Nakamura landed the first blow with a win in Game 1 but lived to regret taking a draw in a promising position in Game 2. Magnus struck back brilliantly in Game 3, leaving Hikaru needing to win on demand with the black pieces. Instead he was losing when he offered a draw that conceded match defeat. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov beat Levon Aronian in the battle for 3rd place in an amazing match whe...

Last modified on Fri 30 Apr 2021 11.47 EDT Ian Nepomniachtchi’s feat in qualifying as Magnus Carlsen’s official challenger in a €2m, 14-game world title series at Dubai in November has sparked Carlsen into a strong demonstration of his own skills. This week the Norwegian began the online New in Chess Classic with a 26-game unbeaten run as he aimed for his first victory of the Champions Chess Tour. Meanwhile, Nepomniachtchi’s celebrations this week at winning the Candidates with a round to spare were hit by a defeat in Tuesday’s dead rubber against China’s Ding Liren. The 30-year-o...

€29.90 Coincidences, traps It was an eventful day of chess at the outset of the New in Chess Classic semifinals. No draws were seen in Hikaru Nakamura v Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, while Levon Aronian inflicted Magnus Carlsen’s first defeat of the event in a must-win situation — the Armenian had lost from a drawn position in game 3 and made the most of the world champion’s imprecise play in game 4. Although Nakamura got a convincing 3-1 victory over Mamedyarov in the first set, he will have a hard time trying to keep things under control in Friday’s second set — as he...

BREAKING: Nepomniachtchi Wins FIDE Candidates Tournament GM Ian Nepomniachtchi won the FIDE Candidates Tournament with a round to spare. The 30-year-old Russian grandmaster will now play GM Magnus Carlsen for the world championship in November. While Nepomniachtchi drew his game with GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, his main rival GM Anish Giri lost to GM Alexander Grischuk. Even if Nepomniachtchi loses and Giri wins in the final round, the Russian GM would still win on the first tiebreak as he defeated Giri in the first round. Virtually eliminated in round 12, GM Fabiano Caruana defeated GM Wang ...

Polgar Challenge Day 1: Praggnanandhaa storms back to lead 15-year-old Praggnanandhaa stormed back from a 1st round loss to Volodar Murzin to win his next four games and lead after Day 1 of the Polgar Challenge, the 1st event on the $100,000 Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour. He’s joined on 4/5 by the only unbeaten players, 14-year-old Christopher Yoo and 16-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov. All play for Team Kramnik, but the team scores are tied 25:25. Lei Tingjie is the top performing female player and had a great chance to take the sole lead on 4.5/5, while Awonder Liang won with an incre...