BRIGHTON, UK — Swapping out pieces in a game of chess is only ... yes, endgame strategy. It got a title similar to the names of his gnomic artworks: Opposition and Sister Squares are Reconciled.

The world’s poster boy of chess is taking on a Kremlin-backed ... to attempt to defeat the opposition’s same collection of pieces. The winner is the player who fatally traps the opposition ...

Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi (Photo Credit: @FIDE_chess on X) In the opener ... Employing tactical brilliance in an endgame of rook pair versus rook and bishop, Nepo outplayed Carlsen ...