Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...
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NFL players are turning to an unlikely hobby to improve their game: Chess
the outlines of the players look like chess pieces being moved around the board by some invisible hand. Some run in the straight lines followed by a rook, some follow the diagonals of a bishop ...
Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess world has been debating why ...
On this day: young chess players gain draw with international master
On this day in 2020, international chess master Simon Ansell faced 18 junior players at York Railway Institute.
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Best MP3 player 2025: top portable hi-res music players for any budget, all tested by our experts
Here’s how it works. Testing the best MP3 players is no trivial matter. Most of these palm-held players are actually hi-res audio players now, boasting exceptional sound through advanced ...
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UN rights office estimates up to 1,400 killed in crackdown on student-led protests in Bangladesh
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday estimated that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over six weeks last summer in a crackdown on student-led protests against ...
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Freestyle Chess Grand Slam players pick 'Freestyle Chess Champion' title, decide to form independent association
Freestyle Chess Players Club have decided to form an independent association to tackle FIDE. Image: Freestyle Chess The 12 members of the Freestyle Chess Players Club (FCPC) have decided to form an ...