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Chess: British Championship nears final round as Howell readies for World Cup

The seven-time champion Michael Adams, 51, shares the lead in Leicester, while England’s No 1 is preparing to meet the elite in the 206-player knockout in Azerbaijan

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Judit Polgar still an icon nearly a decade after retirement

The Hungarian gave up competitive play in 2014 but her online commentaries show that she is as sharp as ever

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Magnus Carlsen hits two maximums as carefree world No 1 continues his surge

The Norwegian scored 11/11 in chess.com’s Titled Tuesday, then 9/9 in the Zagreb Grand Tour blitz, and is now contending for victory in the online Aimchess Masters

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Grand Chess Tour: Carlsen wins; Gukesh finishes 5th, Anand settles for 7th in Blitz event

Young Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh finished fifth while his illustrious compatriot Viswanathan Anand could only manage a tied seventh place in the third leg of the 2023 SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz chess tournament.

The Hindu

Chess: Checkmate in one decides finale of $1m Global League in Dubai

The final match in the new franchise-based league went down to a single combat blitz tiebreak and Jonas Bjerre caught Javokhir Sindarov with a snap mate

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Grand Chess Tour: Anand has moderate day; Gukesh shines with twin wins

Indian maestro Viswanathan Anand had a moderate run on day two of the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz chess tournament, part of the Grand Chess Tour, winning, drawing and losing a game each

The Hindu

Indian ace Anand starts well in Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb

At the end of the first day early on Thursday, Anand leads with five points.

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Continental Kings — the dark horses that shone the brightest in Global Chess League

Six teams, six boards, 36 players and 31 matches with rapid time control (15 minutes + 10 seconds increment per move) were what the inaugural season of the Global Chess League (GCL) offered in an effort to catch the imagination of the chess world and give a facelift to the…

The Hindu

An online 'Bullet Chess' championship is drawing big cash and big names

The fastest chess variant there is goes harder than ever.

PC Gamer

Carlsen and Anand teams contest Global Chess League as final beckons

Alpine Warriors, led by Magnus Carlsen, and Ganges Grandmasters, headed by Vishy Anand, are among the front-runners in the six-team franchise chess league

The Guardian - UK

Chess master accused of cheating using sex toy has £78m lawsuit dismissed

World-ranked chess player Hans Moke Niemann had a lawsuit against grandmaster Magnus Carlsen dismissed in the latest twist to a cheating scandal that has gripped the sport

Daily Mirror

Chess prodigy accused of cheating by grandmaster has $100m libel suit thrown out

Chess prodigy Hans Niemann’s $100 million libel lawsuit against a fellow grandmaster who accused him of cheating has been thrown out by a judge.

Evening Standard

Data | Another tiger from Madras: The rise and rise of D. Gukesh

A comparison of Gukesh’s FIDE ratings over time shows that his rise to the elite is reminiscent of journeys undertaken by world number one Magnus Carlsen

The Hindu

Teenager Alice Lee sets new landmark for US women’s chess after online feats

The 13-year-old from Minneapolis has earned a place among the three youngest female international masters in chess history

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Chess: national solving championship 2023 open for entries from Britain

Entry is free, the prize fund is expected to be £2,500 and the winner qualifies for the 2024 world solving championship

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Chess: Hikaru Nakamura snatches final round victory from Fabiano Caruana

The streamer with more than a million followers caught the US champion, who had led all the way

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Chess: Caruana leads at Stavanger after beating Carlsen in opening round

The US champion beat the Norwegian for the first time in eight years, then scored in his next two games to lead the 10-player event

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Only matter of time before India becomes leading chess nation in world, says Carlsen

Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen feels it is only a matter of time before India becomes a leading chess nation, saying the country is “doing a lot of right things”.

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Chess: Carlsen loses to a Pole in Poland with Polish Defence before winning run

The world No 1 chose 1 d4 b5 as Black against Radoslaw Wojtaszek and was in trouble by move nine before resigning at move 38, but later won seven games in a row to take first prize in Warsaw

The Hindu

Anand, Carlsen, Ding Liren and Hou Yifan to feature in Global Chess League

The upcoming inaugural edition of the Global Chess League (GCL) will feature the sport’s icons such as Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Hou Yifan and Ding Liren.

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Chelsea's Christian Pulisic baffles fans after five-word message

Christian Pulisic latest news as the USMNT ace links up with the Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen as part of the Puma brand deal wih the German manufacturer

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Chess: Caruana edges Bucharest while Ding narrowly avoids finishing bottom

The US champion finished on 5.5/9, half a point ahead of a quartet of pursuers, while the new world champion, fatigued from his title match exertions, escaped last place only in the final round

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Chess: Caruana leads in Bucharest while Ding and Nepomniachtchi falter

The Russian and Chinese stars competed again just a week after their world title match, but at halfway in Romania they both trailed the in-form US champion

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