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Jun 14, 2024 · The current world champion is Ding Liren, who defeated his opponent Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 World Chess Championship. Magnus Carlsen, the previous world champion, had declined to defend his title.
6 days ago · Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship. The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play.
Jun 14, 2024 · These seven players include six undisputed world chess champions, with Topalov being the only player to achieve the number one ranking without becoming undisputed world champion, though he was FIDE world champion from 2005 to 2006, and is still an active player.
6 days ago · Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess player who in 2013 at age 22 became the second youngest world chess champion. In 2019 Carlsen won the rapid and blitz titles in Moscow, thereby becoming the first person to hold all three FIDE titles: blitz, rapid, and regular.
Jun 5, 2024 · Garry Kasparov, Soviet-born chess master who became the world chess champion in 1985. He is best known for being the youngest world chess champion (at 22 years of age) and the first world chess champion to be defeated by a supercomputer in a competitive chess match.
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Jun 9, 2024 · Ding Liren is a Chinese chess player who became the world chess champion in 2023. Ding learned chess at the age of four. His hometown, Wenzhou, is known in China for its strong chess culture, and as a child Ding studied under the same coaches that taught women’s world champion Zhu Chen.
Jun 10, 2024 · Magnus Carlsen won the $65,000 first prize at Norway Chess in Stavanger last weekend. It was the 59th major success of the 33-year-old world No1’s career, which has been summarised on a single...
