World champion’s busy schedule contrasts with rival Ian Nepomniachtchi’s closed doors preparationAs November’s 14-game, $2m 2021 world championship match in Dubai approaches, Norway’s title holder, Magnus Carlsen, is continuing his busy tournament and …
Chess: Garry Kasparov wins two in a row at St Louis to fight back from disaster
The 58-year-old lost in seven moves in Zagreb in July but is scoring well this week against top grandmastersGarry Kasparov made a much better comeback in St Louis on Thursday night after the legend, who many consider the all-time No 1, crashed two mont…
Chess: Nakamura swaps barbs with Carlsen after 27-game unbeaten run
The five-time US champion exchanged frosty tweets with the world No 1 after the rapid/blitz tournament in St LouisHikaru Nakamura, the five-time US champion, has a flourishing online presence with more than a million subscribers to his Twitch stream, w…