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World chess champion goes 0.5/7 in Fischer Random tournament

Big oof.

Luci Kelemen - Feb 10, 2024 5:56 pm2024-02-10T17:56:09-05:00

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Magnus Carlsen at the 2022 Chennai Olympiad

What is the Freestyle Chess GOAT Challenge and where can you watch it?

As random as chess gets.

Luci Kelemen - Feb 8, 2024 3:29 am2024-02-08T03:29:30-05:00

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Magnus Carlsen grins while sitting at a table playing chess at the 2022 World Chess Rapid & Blitz Tournament.

Carlsen survives Firouzja onslaught to win his fourteenth Champions Chess Tour event

Still unstoppable.

Luci Kelemen - Feb 7, 2024 5:40 pm2024-02-07T17:40:02-05:00

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Niemann explains his moves against Magnus Carlsen at the Sinquefield Cup

Hans Niemann goes on Twitter rant after ban from STL chess events for wrecking his hotel room

Rockstar behavior.

Luci Kelemen - Feb 3, 2024 12:01 pm2024-02-03T12:01:46-05:00

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Wei Yi at the FIDE World Chess Jerusalem Grand Prix

Wei Yi wins fireworks-filled Tata Steel Chess after dramatic tiebreaker

World champion compatriots be damned.

Luci Kelemen - Jan 28, 2024 5:10 pm2024-01-28T17:11:01-05:00

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64 squares, 1000 years, and many a moment of feeling like a moron

They call it the royal game, for it can be a royal pain in the ass.

Luci Kelemen - Jan 20, 2024 7:56 pm2024-01-20T20:25:28-05:00

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What playing chess taught me about myself in 2023

Good things, mostly.

Luci Kelemen - Jan 1, 2024 10:30 am2024-01-01T10:30:12-05:00

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The most important chess matches of 2023

What a year!

Luci Kelemen - Jan 1, 2024 6:54 am2024-01-01T06:54:15-05:00

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World chess number one Magnus Carlsen sits smiling at a press conference.

The best chess players of 2023

Five out of millions.

Luci Kelemen - Jan 1, 2024 6:13 am2024-01-01T06:13:03-05:00

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Carslen at the championship press conference

Carlsen wins seventeenth world chess championship title with rapid and blitz victories

No one can stop him.

Luci Kelemen - Dec 30, 2023 11:19 am2023-12-30T11:19:13-05:00

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A chess super-grandmaster is playing a Dota 2 tournament, and we’re predicting nautical amounts of salt

What is the FIDE Circuit?

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