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World Chess Championship 2023

May 2023

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    Leonard Barden on chess
    Chess: Ding sets world title landmark and is ‘ready to take on Carlsen’

  • Ding Liren, China’s first chess world champion, is presented with his trophy by the FIDE president, Arkady Dvorkovich

    Sleeping pills, thrills and a new king: the inside story of the World Chess Championship

April 2023

  • China's Ding Liren speaks after his victory on Sunday in Kazakhstan.

    Ding Liren succeeds Carlsen as world chess champion with gutsy playoff win

  • World Chess Championship 2023

    Ding Liren defeats Ian Nepomniachtchi to win World Chess Championship – as it happened

  • Ian Nepomniachtchi v Ding Liren

    Ian Nepomniachtchi draws with Ding Liren in Game 14 of World Chess Championship – as it happened

  • Ian Nepomniachtchi shows his despair after realising he has blundered to lose game 12 of the world chess championship against Ding Liren

    Leonard Barden on chess
    Chess: Ding and Nepomniachtchi go to the wire as speed shootout looms

  • Leonard Barden on chess
    Chess: Ding misses wins and his prep leaks as Nepomniachtchi keeps the lead

  • Ding freezes in chess world title battle as Nepomniachtchi regains lead

  • Ian Nepomniachtchi draws with Ding Liren in Game 1 of World Chess Championship – as it happened

  • Carlsen’s spectre looms as Ding and Nepomniachtchi launch title match

  • Leonard Barden on chess
    Chess: World title match gets under way in Astana without Magnus Carlsen

March 2023

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    Leonard Barden on chess
    Chess: Garry Kasparov calls April’s world title match ‘amputated event’

    Kasparov says ‘the world championship match should include the strongest player on the planet, and this match [Ian Nepomniachtchi v Ding Liren] doesn’t’
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