Are you an attacking player, that always wants to do something ‘active’ in a position and hates maneuvering, prophylactic moves, and other non-essential activities? If you’d rather play a sharp, nerve-wracking, double-edged game, rather Read More
Ian Nepomniachtchi did quite well in the four previous games of the match. He had a slightly better position as White in the third game; he had chances to win as Black in the second Read More
It has been 5 years since the last decisive game in the classical games of the World Championship matches – 17 draws till this day. The fourth game of the match against Ian Nepomniachtchi must have felt for Read More
Magnus Carlsen’s 31st birthday started promisingly as he once again came up with a new idea against Ian Nepomniachtchi in the opening, but the Russian lived up to his pre-game promise not to give Read More
The third game of the match finished in a seemingly uneventful draw, but actually, the day brought a lot of interesting things to discuss. First of all, both of Nepomniachtchi’s central pawns happened to Read More
Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi are locked at 1.5:1.5 going into the first rest day after Game 3 of their match ended in a quiet 41-move draw. Ian varied on move 8 from what he’d played in Read More
If many people thought the first game of the World Championship match was interesting and exciting, the second game turned out to be a real thriller! Magnus Carlsen was determined to take the lead in Read More
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The most awaited chess event of the year, the World Championship match, started today in Dubai. In the first game, the candidate Ian Nepomniachtchi from Russia had White pieces against the current world champion Magnus Read More
A few days before the 2021 World Chess Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, Magnus said Fabiano Caruana or Ding Liren would have been more formidable opponents. See all the details of the Read More
