T his is how the story of a great chess grandmaster usually begins. A parent or teacher discovers an exceptional mind: a ...
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Chennai Grand Masters is an elite-level annual closed tournament held every year in what is widely considered the chess ...
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IT’S long been seen as the bastion of geeks and brainiacs but the world of chess has had its fair share of shocking scandals.
In July 1993, a disguised player entered the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia using the name of a mathematician ...
Last week, the streaming giant released new feature-length documentary, Untold: Chess Mates, and it has since climbed up the ...
Last February, Nihal Sarin was busy playing a game of online chess in TakeTakeTake’s Titled Tuesday event. His opponent was Armenian player.
Carlsen had no proof, just a feeling. His theory was that somehow Niemann was getting help from a computer. This was before ChatGPT, but even then, computers could easily beat even the best humans by ...
Giovanni Lacroix talks with the chess commentator about the impact of social media and esports on the age-old game ...