5 Months, 48 Games, No Winner: A Chess Battle Under Spy Agency KGB's Shadow
The 1984-85 World Chess Championship between defending champion Anatoly Karpov and challenger Garry Kasparov was abandoned ...
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 ...
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The chess prize money pyramid
There has been speculation about the lifetime earnings of elite chess players since last week’s article on the top earners of ...
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Magnus Carlsen to Anna Cramling: World’s most attractive chess grandmasters and players
Intelligence is attractive, and so are these 11 chess grandmasters and players, whose moves have us locked in checkmate.
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Gukesh reveals how his life has changed after becoming world’s youngest chess World Champion at 18
Dommaraju Gukesh revealed that how life has changed upside down since he has become world’s youngest chess World Champion at 18. Gukesh has defeated Chinese Ding Liren in a battle of wills that lasted ...
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Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025: Players, format, schedule and all you need to know
As the revolutionary Freestyle Chess Grand Slam 2025 gets underway on 7 February, we take a look at the players competing in the tournament. Also check out Freestyle Chess Grand Slam format, schedule ...
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Magnus Carlsen says he’s looking forward to playing Gukesh in Freestyle Chess
After spending the past two months battling against the world governing body of chess, FIDE, Magnus Carlsen said he was ... Obviously, I look forward to playing everybody, but getting a chance to play ...
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Praggnanandhaa, Arjun Erigaisi combine to deny Gukesh Tata Steel chess title on dramatic day in Wijk Aan Zee
In its 87-year-long history, the Tata Steel chess tournament counts among its winners former world champions like Magnus Carlsen (a record eight times), Viswanathan Anand, Garry Kasparov, Vladimir ...
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Get to know the most attractive chess grandmasters and players in the world
We list down the most attractive grandmasters and players who make playing chess look like a sexy, alluring artform. From World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen to streamer Anna Cramling, here are some of the ...
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Uzbekistan GM refuses to shake hands with Vaishali on ‘religious grounds’
With all due respect to women and Indian chess players, I want to inform everyone that I do not touch other women for religious reasons,” Nodirbek Yakubboev wrote on X. He said: “I have some ...
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Tata Steel Chess 2025: D Gukesh becomes sole leader; R Praggnanandhaa beaten for first time
Gukesh Dommaraju has taken the lead in the Tata Steel Chess Masters standings after defeating compatriot Leon Luke Mendonca. In other matches, Nodirbek Abdusattorov drew against Fabiano Caruana ...
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Explained: The FIDE vs Magnus Carlsen controversy and what is freestyle chess
Magnus Carlsen has been at loggerheads with FIDE over the freestyle chess controversy. AP World No 1 chess player Magnus Carlsen and the International Chess Federation (FIDE) have been at loggerheads ...