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Indian Stalwart Viswanathan Anand snubs World No.1 Magnus Carlsen at FIDE's Chess Champion Challenge without hesitation
India’s legendary chess player, Viswanathan Anand, recently participated in the viral 'pick your favorite' game, where he was ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American ... the game’s governing body. No cause was given. Spassky was “one of the greatest players of all time ...
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 ...
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World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka to face 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva in women’s final
Next up for the Russian teenager is World No. 1 and 3-time grand slam champion Aryna Sabalenka. On the verge of a double bagel match victory, Sabalenka steamrolled American Madison Keys 6-0 ...
India’s Pranav fits the mold as new world junior chess champ
In a rare double unlikely to be replicated, the new world chess champion is an 18-year-old grandmaster from the Indian city ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era chess grand master who lost his world champion title in 1972 to American ... But Krogius said Fischer knew he had no chance of doing better than a draw and made the ...
Chess-Carlsen rules out world championship return, still 'better than the kids'
Magnus Carlsen feels he's still better than the young generation of chess players, but the Norwegian great is ruling out a comeback at the classical world championship.