Magnus Carlsen played three classical games over the weekend, as he helped Offerspill win the Norwegian League title for the first time. These three encounters were Carlsen’s last rated classical games before the World Championship match, where either Ian Nepomniachtchi or Ding Liren will take the world crown. If Carlsen does not choose to fight to regain the title, these could end up being his last three classical games as world champion.
IM Joachim Birger Nilsen (29) resigned as the president of the Norwegian Chess Federation, a day after admitting to cheating on Chess.com during one match in the 2016-2017 season of the PRO Chess League. Nilsen was part of the Norway Gnomes team, as was GM Magnus Carlsen at the time. Nilsen admitted.
In a rematch today against 19-year-old Hans Niemann, World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen resigned his game in the second move and quickly went offline. Susan Polgar commented on Carlsen s resignation against Niemann saying it s: "Definitely a protest move!", while GM Jon Ludvig Hammer said Carlsen s.
The 2022 Norwegian Chess Championships took place from 8-16 July 2022 in Kongsvinger, Norway. The event gathered around 300 players and it was played in 16 groups: Elite, Masters, Candidates, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Grop 4, Seniors 50+, Seniors 65+, and different Juniors and Cadet groups. GM Simen Agdestein convincingly won the Elite group […]
The Candidates Tournament is the ultimate qualifier for the FIDE World Championship. Eight prominent grandmasters compete for the right to face reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in a match for the crown. The event is a double round-robin held in Madrid, Spain, from 16 June to 5 July 2022. Rounds kick off at 15.00 CEST (09.00 ET, 18.30 IST). | Follow the games live with expert commentary!