World Chess Championship 2023 Game 6 Live: Ding Liren to play white after Ian Nepomniachtchi retakes lead

Ding Liren contemplates his next move against Ian Nepomniachtchi in Game 4 of the World Chess Championship. (PHOTO: FIDE/Anna Shtourman)
World Chess Championship: Ian Nepomniachtchi’s glare, Magnus Carlsen’s shadow and freezing Astana
On a day Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi managed to sneak ahead of his rival Ding Liren in the race to be the 17th World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen ended up casting a long shadow over the 64 squares.
The Norwegian, who had been the world champion since 2013, forfeited his right to defend his throne and went on to say he “didn’t care” who would replace him. [Read More] Pravin Thipsay writes: Ding Liren forgot the basic purpose of chess in Game 5
It’s the World Championship, the biggest chess match in the world. To qualify for the match, you need to be among the top two players in the world (or hope Magnus Carlsen doesn’t want to compete). It takes decades to reach that level. The preparation ahead of the match is intense. Theories and schools of thought are discussed and deliberated.
The basic object of the game though remains the same: to checkmate the enemy King. But one wonders if superfluous modern principles sometimes are so overvalued that players miss that basic object. (You can also read GM Pravin Thipsay’s analysis for The Indian Express of Game 1, Game 2, Game 3 and Game 4) [Read More]