The World Champion, a film directed by Alexey Sidorov that depicts the dramatic world championship match between GM Anatoly Karpov and GM Viktor Korchnoi in 1978, hits cinemas in Russia on Thursday. While the 1972 “Match of the Century” in Reykjavik between GM Bobby Fischer and GM Boris Spassky had plenty of intrigues, the next …
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Telangana IT, industries minister KT Rama Rao extended his helping hand to specially-abled chess player Malika Handa after the world champion complained about the “injustice” meted out to her by the Punjab government. In a video that went viral on social media, Handa lashed out at the dispensation in Punjab for refusing to honor a …
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A leading contender to become the World Blitz Chess Champion was forced to withdraw from competition on Thursday after testing positive for COVID-19. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) said “a few players” had tested positive and could no longer participate in the major championship in Warsaw in Poland. Among them was Hikaru Nakamura, one of …
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Chess.com is happy to announce the 2022 Daily Chess Championship is starting on December 31, 2021! This traditional daily chess event is open to all Chess.com members and has a prize fund of $5,000 and a special Daily Chess Champion trophy. Don’t miss the chance to participate in this massive event by clicking the button …
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ST. LOUIS – US Chess headquarters moves to St. Louis after 18 years in Tennessee. The American Chess Federation board of directors voted unanimously to move its headquarters from Crossville, Tennessee to St. Louis, according to an article on the organization’s website. The board of directors selected St. Louis as the new headquarters for the …
It’s the season of “New Year, New Me”, and everyone is possessed by an optimistic and hopeful spirit. From weight loss to getting a PhD, the New Year’s goal list overwhelmingly contains all kinds of wishes and dreams. photo: World Chess Chess players have their own special list for the chess resolutions of the year, …
Leslie Frazier said he hadn’t heard of reports that the Chicago Bears wanted to interview him for their vacancy as head coach after he spent Monday preparing for a third meeting with the New England Patriots. Call it a byproduct of the short week. “It’s almost like being in a cave and working as hard …
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Through Agbo band 09 January 2022 | 9:12 am “Badly explaining what you do for a living.” “I teach people how to drop guns and pick up plastic pieces” – Tunde Onakoya responds to a Twitter user who posted the first statement on her timeline. Only that this time the plastic pieces he refers to …
Chess.com is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Chess.com Awards! It was a year of tremendous growth for chess. In February, PogChamps 3 set the Chess.com record for the largest live-streamed event ever — at one point, reaching 140,000 concurrent viewers on Twitch alone. Over-the-board chess started at the beginning of the year …
New fintech Marketech offers $5 stock trading sponsored by CHESS which is different from low cost brokerage platforms. The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)’s ‘Clearing House Electronic Subregister System’ – CHESS – essentially means that there is a paper trail that you own the stock. This works by assigning a HIN or Holder Identification Number to …
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