In just seven days, Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren will be defending his title of World Champion against the challenger GM Gukesh Dommaraju of India. The Indian superstar has made astonishing progress throughout his chess career; from earning a Grandmaster title at only 12 years of age to now challenging Ding Liren for the World ChampionshipContinueContinue reading “Winning Chess Moves: Krustkalns vs. Gukesh D., 2019”
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Carlsen vs. Anand: World Chess Championship 2014
Championship rematches are a source of the historic rivalries which provide intrigue for fans and motivate the competitors to perform at their highest level. Historically, chess has had many such occasions because a World Champion who failed to defend his title used to be awarded an automatic rematch. The fact that there is no longer aContinueContinue reading “Carlsen vs. Anand: World Chess Championship 2014”