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The planet’s best chess players are having their LIV Golf moment

Chess’s most prestigious tournament is battling a splashy Saudi event. The post The Planet’s Best Chess Players Are Having ...
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Magnus Carlsen rules out classical World Chess Championship return, shifting focus to new era

Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World Chess Championship. Carlsen, a five-time world champion, last won the title in ...

'Gukesh became world champion by accident...Carlsen is effectively still the champion': Russian chess legend Karpov

India’s D Gukesh is the youngest chess world champion of all time, but Russian chess legend Anatoly Karpov feels his achievement was result of an ‘accident’ and Magnus Carlsen remains the undisputed ...
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Where Is Judit Polgár Now? How the ‘Queen of Chess’ Became the Youngest Grandmaster and Changed Chess Forever

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Netflix’s smash 2020 miniseries The Queen’s Gambit told a fictional tale of how Beth Harmon, a chess ...
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Indian boy, aged 3, becomes youngest rated chess player in history

Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha has become the youngest player in chess history to earn an official FIDE rating at the age of three years, seven months and 20 days. Born in 2022, Sarwagya — from Sagar in the ...
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Jan Timman Dies at 74; Fearless Chess Grandmaster and ‘Bon Vivant’

A Dutchman, he was considered the best player outside the Soviet Union for two decades, although he described himself as “lazy” and was open about using alcohol and drugs early on. By Dylan Loeb ...