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On This Day: IBM's Deep Blue beats chess legend Kasparov
1 of 4 | World Champion Chess champion Garry Kasparov plays against IBM's Deep Blue computer at the Association for Computing ...
Idlewild Elementary Chess team wins state-wide trophy, competes in national championship
The team of 15 Idlewild Elementary School students, lead by coach Mark Beatty, traveled to the national competition in Orlando in early May.
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Chess giants, reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju coming to Esports Stadium Arlington
The other premier matchup is reigning four-time United States Chess Champion American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana vs. Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi. The event will also pit two of the ...
Alleged harassment case led to suspension of American GM Christopher Yoo by FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission
FIDE said that their action followed after the submission of a second complaint alleging harassment, currently under ...
Vlastimil Hort, a Memorably Selfless Chess Grandmaster, Dies at 81
He could have advanced toward a title when his opponent, Boris Spassky, took ill. Instead, he displayed one of the game’s ...
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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen faces showdown against ‘the world.’ Will it end in a draw?
the world’s largest chess website, and is the first-ever online freestyle game to feature a world champion. While Chess.com had predicted Carlsen would win by a wide margin, his Team World ...