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Blindfolded Magnus found checkmate anyway

I thought I had found the equalizer. Magnus Carlsen, the world’s best player, agreed to play freestyle chess completely ...
Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand on Thursday said that in an era where players are overwhelmed by data from computers, deep understanding has become the only true differentiator in modern ...
Shirley Herman and Quinault Mackey other chess players ponder their next moves during a social chess club held at Wackadoo Brewing on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. The Balanced Rook Chess Club meets on ...
American Grandmaster Wesley So showed remarkable consistency to clinch the title in the Open category with a round to spare, while India's Nihal Sarin ended as runner-up in the Tata Steel Chess India ...
Online matches are gaining popularity, but chess club is all about the thrill of good old-fashioned board play. On a Wednesday night in July, chess boards and timers crowd tables at Ladybird Grove & ...
Performances in N.Y.C. This new revival, starring Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher and Aaron Tveit, is a reminder why the erratic yet rewarding show has endured all these years. This new revival, ...
When we first heard about chess boxing, we thought it was a joke. Chess boxing? Could it really be a thing? Turns out, it is, and it's just what it sounds like: alternate rounds of chess and boxing.
As more and more flops are rescued from the ash heap of history, it was only a matter of time before Chess got its turn. A musical with a, shall we say, checkered past, it was conceived by Tim Rice, ...
A 911 call has revealed new details about the death of chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky. The chess star’s club, Charlotte Chess Center, previously shared on Oct. 20 that Naroditsky had died at age ...
South Oak Cliff High School is known for excellence on the football field, but there's another activity where students excel...chess. "We're on the football team, we're also on the basketball team," ...