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 ...
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Chess grandmaster plays 19 youngsters at same time, one holds him to a draw
Highlighting the appeal of chess for all, visiting Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand last week played against 19 children at the same time during an exhibition event in Nicosia.“Chess is like a ...
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Kazakhstan’s 7-Year-Old Chess Prodigy Wins as Nation Tops FIDE Championship
ASTANA — Kazakhstan emerged as the top-performing nation at the 2025 International Chess Federation (FIDE) World School Chess ...
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Anand brutally snubs Carlsen as he plays ‘pick your favourite’ World Chess Champion
India's greatest chess player, Viswanathan Anand, tried the trending 'pick your favourite' game to reveal his favourite World ...
Magnus Carlsen declares fight with FIDE is over but won’t play in world championship: 'We’ll sort of coexist'
Magnus Carlsen has confirmed that his dispute with FIDE is over, but he remains firm in his decision not to compete in the ...
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‘Thinking differently’: Inside Cook County Jail’s chess program and the wizardry of ‘Coach K’
That year, the US Chess Federation named me the best organizer of the year.” The next year, he was named best international organizer by the World Chess Federation. While he was working in ...
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Four Armenian GMs qualify for FIDE World Cup
Armenian GMs Gabriel Sargissian, Robert Hovhannisyan, Shant Sargsyan and Haik Martirosyan have qualified for the FIDE World ...
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Magnus Carlsen rules out world chess c’ship return, aims to be ‘better than the kids’
In 2024, Carlsen won the Chess.com Speed Chess Championship and shared the Blitz world championship title with Russia’s Ian ...
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Nigeria to host FIDE Zone 4.2 Chess Championship
The Nigeria Chess Federation has announced that it will host the International Chess Federation Zone 4.2 championship for the ...