Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agree to share chess’ World Blitz Championship title, causing outcry from top players
Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in the chess community after agreeing to share the World Blitz ...
Whose game is it anyway? The Carlsen vs Fide battle
In a span of six days, a pair of jeans and an unprecedented shared world title laid bare the already simmering rift between ...
FIDE CEO launches fresh attack on Magnus Carlsen: 'Entire PR strategy is in play'
CEO Emil Sutovsky has been critical of Magnus Carlsen for his recent antics at the World Rapid and Blitz Championships, which ...
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Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi agree to share chess’ World Blitz Championship title, causing outcry from top players
Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have caused a stir in ... the president of chess governing body FIDE. “I thought, at that point, we had already played for a very long time and I was ...
‘Extreme war propaganda’: Carlsen’s coach and Anand’s former trainer accuses FIDE of being used by Russia and Putin
Magnus Carlsen’s coach and former trainer of Viswanathan Anand, Peter Heine Nielsen, has launched a scathing attack on FIDE, ...
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Chess world fumes over joint world blitz title for Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi
Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi shared the World ... showing Carlsen telling Nepomniachtchi "if FIDE refuse (to allow us to share title), we can just play short draws until they give up." ...
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What Does Two ‘Champions’ Even Mean?
For once, everyone in the chess world appeared to agree with the controversial American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann. “The ...
Historic first: Two chess champions get crowned world blitz champions 2024
In a historic first, Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi were jointly crowned the World Blitz Chess Champions ...