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 ...
Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player ... The twist: The tour randomizes the starting positions of the chess board’s most important pieces, so each game begins with the queen, rooks ...
Magnus Carlsen sets a memory test for BBC2 chess viewers
Magnus Carlsen, the world No1, made a cameo appearance via video in last Monday’s third episode of BBC2’s Chess Masters: The Endgame, challenging contestants to memorise a position from a “special” ...
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Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, has made history. Can the prodigy become the youngest chess world champion?
Advertisement “He would become fascinated with how the pieces worked,” Rajini tells ... could become the youngest-ever chess world champion. By qualifying for this month’s 2024 World Chess ...
Want to face Magnus Carlsen in online game? Here’s how
Five-time world champion and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen will play a one-off vote chess match in Freestyle format against the world, Chess.com, the online chess platform announced. Titled Magnus vs.
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Chess Masters: The Endgame contestants and presenters unveil the secrets behind its timeless and universal appeal
so watchers of the show who know how the pieces move, know the rules of chess, can follow our games. In the competitive chess world and three-day Chess Federation tournaments, we don't see the person.
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.