Protect ya king! Wu-Tang Clan’s GZA pairs bars and the board in speed chess tournament | Chess
Two clocks count down, not quite in sync, and there’s a collective intake of breath in the hall where more than 100 people stand transfixed...
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Chess: Caruana leads in Bucharest while Ding and Nepomniachtchi falter | Sport
Just eight days after their fateful title decider in Astana, China’s victorious Ding Liren and his vanquished Russian opponent, Ian Nepomniachtchi, are trailing in Bucharest....
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Ian Nepomniachtchi v Ding Liren: World Chess Championship tiebreaks – live | World Chess Championship 2023
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature The first rapid game is under way and Ding goes with...
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Ian Nepomniachtchi v Ding Liren: World Chess Championship Game 14 – live | World Chess Championship 2023
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Ding finally settles on 11. Rd1. Nepomniachtchi quickly responds with 11....
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Syrian refugee Hussain Besou becomes Germany’s youngest national chess team player – video | Sport
Hussain Besou was four when he started asking his father to teach him to play chess and now, aged 11, Besou will play for the...
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Ian Nepomniachtchi v Ding Liren: World Chess Championship Game 1 – live
Game 1 of best-of-14-games match starts at 5am ET/10am BST Carlsen’s spectre looms as Nepo and Ding launch title match Leonard Barden: Nepo and Ding...
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Carlsen’s spectre looms as Ding and Nepomniachtchi launch title match | World Chess Championship 2023
All the trappings of a world championship match are in place: the headline-grabbing prize fund, the throngs of working media and cocktail-sipping VIPs, the sound-proof...
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‘It just didn’t feel right’: top Iran chess player on why she removed headscarf | Chess
The routine played out each time Iran’s Sara Khadem travelled abroad for chess tournaments – between contemplating openings and sizing up her opponents, the top-ranked...
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Iranian chess player ‘moving to Spain’ after competing without headscarf | Iran
One of Iran’s top-ranked female chess players is reportedly planning to settle in Spain after photographs emerged of her taking part in an international tournament...
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Chess: Uzbekistan win Olympiad while David Howell takes performance gold | Chess
The premier team competition in chess, the 180-nation Chennai Olympiad, ended on Tuesday with a shock result. Uzbekistan, average age 20 and seeded only 14th,...