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Sharjah Cultural and Chess Club honors former FIDE World Chess Champion Anand
Anand was invited to visit the club and attend the closing ceremony of the Sharjah International Junior Championships.
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Sheikh Saud…
Chess Players Win Bitcoin Prize As Crypto Enters More Sports
Chess grandmasters have never been happier. In a recent chess tournament, the prizes included a crypto and an NFT trophy. This is just one example of how crypto companies are now starting to sponsor huge sporting events.
The Meltwater…
How much do chess players earn per year? Are they millionaires?
Although chess is one of the most incredible games ever created, unlike other sports, there isn't a lot of money swooning around it. However, most people wonder how much money do chess players actually make? Of course, it's not the…
Do female chess players outperform men in Gibraltar? The proof to date …
By John Saunders
One of the ideas behind the upcoming #GibChess Battle of the Sexes from Gibraltar tournament organizer Brian Callaghan - a Scheveningen-format match tournament between two teams of ten men and ten women, from January 23 to…
The Fiji Times “Chess players’ luck looks bright
Fiji could compete with some of the best chess players in the world in the near future if they continue to improve internationally.
Fiji is one of 195 countries affiliated with the International Chess Federation and (FIDE) and is…
Religious leaders, musicians and chess players also faint from IIT Madras
Homepage " General " Education " Religious leaders, musicians and chess players also faint from IIT Madras
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, December 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) It is not just scientists, technologists, industrialists,…
The world’s best chess players are too good to win
Since Friday, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen and Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi have been spending their days in a glass box in Dubai, vying for the 2021 World Chess Championship. It is a title that the challenger Nepomniachtchi hopes…
A chess player almost won a game of chess
The Dubai auditorium which hosts the 2021 World Chess Championship is reminiscent of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Each has a large, dark room with a bright diorama, filled with still drama. And in…
Women’s national team wins Italian chess players
November 19, 2021 5:50 p.m. (UTC + 04:00)
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By Laman Ismayilova
The Azerbaijani women's team beat the Italian team at the European Chess Championship.
Chess player Ulviya…
National directors general among the top 100 chess players
November 1, 2021 11:55 am (UTC + 04:00 am)
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By Laman Ismayilova
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has updated its ranking of the top 100 chess players in the world.…
Elisabeth Pähtz: Why chess players can’t win against artificial intelligence
DIGITAL DEMO DAY is Germany's leading startup exhibition and conference for industrial technology. National and international start-ups in industrial technologies and intelligent services present their products…
how the best chess players affect those around them – and why this matters
We talked in detail about who is the best chess player and why it is so difficult to estimate (there really isn't a clear conclusion when comparing players from!-->…
The Saint Louis Chess Club Hosts the Trial of Champions: The Chess 9LX Event
The Saint Louis Chess Club hosts its annual Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX exhibition tournament, featuring living legend GM Garry Kasparov and nine of the world's top active GMs competing on the popular Chess960 variant.
Also called…
National chess players to join FIDE Online Chess Olympiad
August 24, 2021 11:15 am (UTC + 04:00 am)
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By Laman Ismayilova
Azerbaijan has nominated chess players to participate in the 2021 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad.
The national…
The Guildford Chess Club celebrates its 125th anniversary!
Guildford Chess Club turns 125and birthday!
Guildford Chess Club invites you to come and play in our FREE Spectacular Chess!
Guildford High Street, 10.30am-4pm, Saturday 11 September
We're hosting a 125 board…
5 world-class chess players who also had real jobs
The line between an "amateur" chess player and a professional chess player can be thin. Soviet chess masters had other careers, for example, but they wouldn't have gotten very far at all without their chess skills.…
Meet iconic Indian chess players
Every year 20e July marks the celebration of International Chess Day in honor of the founding of the International Chess Federation (FIDE). The motto for International Chess Day 2021 is 'teach someone to play chess'.
It is an…
GSP details ‘chess game’ negotiations with UFC that earned him ‘several million…
Nate Diaz gave some pretty interesting advice to Leon Edwards after their five-rounder on Saturday at UFC 263. “Don't let those mothers tell you you ain't shit. Name your price or they will name it for you.
Nate said to me after the…
How the value of a celebrity brand can be subdued in an online chess game
Zerodha's Nikhil Kamath faced criticism at a charity chess event on Sunday for resorting to unfair means to beat Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand
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Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha admits to having “unfair means” in the game of chess, Vishy…
Many pointed out that other celebrities like Kannada actor Kichcha Sudeep and Bollywood producer Sajid Nadiadwala also cheated during the event.An online charity chess event featuring former world champion Viswanathan Anand and several…
Kerala chess players rally to checkmate COVID-19
Chess Kerala is holding online tournaments to raise funds for the state's COVID-19 vaccination campaign
In a winning move, Chess Kerala, a collective of players from Kerala, is now organizing Chess Kerala Grand Prix Tournaments COVID…
Viswanathan Anand among chess players to raise $50,000 for COVID-19 relief through exhibition…
The event was held on Chess.com with India's top players and proceeds would go to the Indian Red Cross and the All India Chess Federation…
Best chess players from 1993 to 2006
The International Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE, was established in 1924. At the time, José Raul Capablanca was the world chess champion and he continued his reign until 1927.…
The 5 best female chess players of all time
The queen may be the strongest piece in chess, but sometimes it feels like few women outside of the fictional Beth Harmon seem to play the game. In the United States, for example, only about A seventh of the members…
Chess: ‘Game of the Year’ decides title as Covid-19 hits Russian championship | Chess
A game cast in the romantic mold of the 19th century and the legendary Latvian Mikhail Tal has won the first prize in this week's Russian championship.Its creator Daniil Dubov, 24, Magnus Carlsen's assistant for the 2018 World Championship,…
Why Chess Players Should Be Physically Fit
Fitness might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of chess. But imagine this: when elite chess players compete, with everything to lose, the mind works overtime, the blood pressure…
The Penrose family: scientists and chess players
Members of the Penrose family have made great contributions to different fields of science. Mathematician, physicist and scientific philosopher Roger Penrose has just received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his…
5 Amazing Chess Players You’ve Never Heard Of
There are many world champions, challengers, candidates, world-class players, national champions and well-known grandmasters in chess circles. The best players our game has ever seen are constantly celebrated and for…
Pendyala Harikrishna: online chess tournaments are here to stay
June turned out to be a month of mixed fortunes for Pendyala Harikrishna. He took second place at the Sharjah World Stars online tournament, but finished last at the Chessable Masters, one of the strongest chess events in the digital…
Chess: game or sport? -Cherwell
Reading about teenagers who have triumphed in the world of chess got me thinking about the game's relationship to sport and whether it's fair to categorize it that way. The International Olympic Committee has recognized it as a sport…
On the chessboard: Local chess tournaments celebrate MLK day
MLK Classic Chess Tournament Premiere Section Winners: Alabama State Champion Scott Varagona, Calera, Terrence Edinburg, Montgomery and Kevin Wang, Atlanta. Both adult and school chess players participated in the one-day event. The annual…
Checkmates at MLK Chess Tournaments and the Unstoppable World Chess Champion
MLK2.jpgEveryone was champion at the annual Scholastic MLK chess tournament in Birmingham. K-12 chess players test their skills in competitive play. Photo courtesy of Magic City U and Caesar Chess.The annual MLK chess tournaments, held in…