Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi square off for chess crown this week

Magnus Carlsen is sounding a little cocky — and history suggests he may have a right to preen.

There have been some 60 or so world championship matches (the numbers get a little fuzzy with the Split Crown Era of the late 1990s and early 2000s) since the mid-19th century, ...

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