Chess: Carlsen and Nakamura dominate in Stavanger, while Ding falters again
Magnus Carlsen continued his winning streak in Norway as Hikaru Nakamura gained the No 2 ranking, but China’s world champion finished a poor last of six
May 2024
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Chess: Magnus Carlsen loses on home turf in Norway to 18-year-old Indian
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Chess: Carlsen wins in Casablanca as new variant tests historic skills
April 2024
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Caruana favourite as Candidates begins while Carlsen wins sixth event in a row
The contest to decide Ding Liren’s challenger began on Thursday, while the world No 1 kept up his winning streak in the Grenke Classic
February 2024
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Freestyle Chess plans 2025 global Tour for Carlsen and the world’s top players
The world No 1’s impressive victory last week has put the random chess variant into the spotlight and its billionaire organiser plans to expand into all five continents next year
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Chess: Carlsen beats Caruana in freestyle final while Ding finishes last
The world No 1 recovered from a slow start to defeat young rivals Firouzja and Abdusattorov while China’s world champion has been unable to shake off a losing spiral
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Chess: Carlsen beats Firouzja to secure another Champions Tour title
The Norwegian, 33, continues to dominate online chess and has won 14 of the the past 17 Tour finals he has contested
December 2023
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Chess: Magnus Carlsen World Rapid champion again and targets Blitz
'I wasn't in trouble': The moment Magnus Carlsen won his fifth World Rapid championship – video
September 2023
Hans Niemann denies using vibrating anal beads to cheat against Magnus Carlsen – video
Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann has denied allegations that he cheated using a vibrating sex toy in a win over the world champion, Magnus Carlsen, last year
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Chess: Carlsen increases lead while Niemann is involved in new controversy
The Norwegian, 32, follows up his World Cup victory in Baku by winning the latest leg of the online ChampionsTour, while the former world champion Vladimir Kramnik is displeased at losing to Niemann
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Chess: Niemann back in action after $100m lawsuit against Carlsen is settled
The controversial 20-year-old had a subdued return at Titled Tuesday, but will be the No1 seed at the World Junior Championship in Mexico City
August 2023
Carlsen and Niemann settle dispute over cheating claims that rocked chess
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Chess: sickly Carlsen wins World Cup in Baku by beating Praggnanandhaa
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Chess: Carlsen edges closer to World Cup as Indians shine and Russians fail
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Chess: Magnus Carlsen escapes after flirting with defeat at World Cup
July 2023
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Magnus Carlsen hits two maximums as carefree world No 1 continues his surge
The Norwegian scored 11/11 in chess.com’s Titled Tuesday, then 9/9 in the Zagreb Grand Tour blitz, and is now contending for victory in the online Aimchess Masters
June 2023
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Carlsen and Anand teams contest Global Chess League as final beckons
Alpine Warriors, led by Magnus Carlsen, and Ganges Grandmasters, headed by Vishy Anand, are among the front-runners in the six-team franchise chess league
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Chess: Hikaru Nakamura snatches final round victory from Fabiano Caruana
The streamer with more than a million followers caught the US champion, who had led all the way
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Chess: Caruana leads at Stavanger after beating Carlsen in opening round
The US champion beat the Norwegian for the first time in eight years, then scored in his next two games to lead the 10-player event
