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Chess champ draws against 143,000 opponents in one game
The five-time world chess champion took part in the biggest online match ever, competing against 143,000 opponents.
As CNN notes, “very, very sound chess” required over 508,000 votes cast and 30,000 forum posts throughout the six-week-long ...
Over a rollup chess mat on a Franklin Park picnic table, Loren Schmidt brightens while speaking about the Alekhine's Defence, ...
Magnus Carlsen is vastly successful against just one opponent. And even when he came up against many more, the Norwegian ...
Norwegian chess legend Magnus Carlsen played against 143,000 players from all over the world in a 46-day online freestyle ...
In a freestyle match that chess.com billed as Magnus vs. The World, Carlsen was pitted against a team consisting of any and every member of the online community ... and each side had 24 hours ...
Chess legend Magnus Carlsen, considered one of the best players in history, has been held to a draw by a team of 143,000 ...
Both sides each had 24 hours to make a play ... The match marks the third time a chess grandmaster has played against "the world" online. Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov and Indian grandmaster ...
The World”, the online match began on April 4 on Chess.com, the world’s largest ... sign up – voted on each move and each side had 24 hours to make their play. Mr Carlsen played the white ...