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Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
Russian-born chess grandmaster and émigré Gennadi “Genna” Sosonko still remembers where he was 40 years ago today, when he heard that the 1984-85 World Championship match in Moscow between ...
London Review of Books6d
On the Chess Circuit
On​ the morning of 18 April 2023, the chess grandmaster Ding Liren was discussing tactics with his coach. He was ...
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Carlsen v FIDE row intensifies over Freestyle Chess World Championship
The Freestyle Chess World Championship will kick off next month in Germany with 10 of the top players in the world before legs in Paris, New York, Delhi and Cape Town. FIDE are warning the FCPC ...
Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Chess grand master Magnus Carlsen is promoting a new tour that scrambles the game’s rules — and has prompted criticism from ...
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Magnus Carlsen v Fide row intensifies over Freestyle Chess World Championship
The Freestyle Chess World Championship will kick off in Germany in February with 10 of the top players in the world, before legs in Paris, New York, New Delhi and Cape Town. Fide is warning the ...