Chess looking for new audiences with Esports World Cup looming
"Online chess has started to grow around 2005 ... bonus paid to any team who wins an event, Maurer said. Chess.com, the largest chess website in the world, will be the official platform for ...
Magnus Carlsen rules out classical World Chess Championship return, shifting focus to new era
Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World ...
Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Magnus Carlsen, the world’s top chess player, is bored of chess. Carlsen has spent much of the past year appearing to dismiss the game he has mastered: It was no longer exciting to play, he told ...
FIDE World School Championships 2025 Guide: Live Streaming, Fixtures – All You Need To Know
The exact details of where the World School Championships 2025 will be broadcast live are yet to be confirmed by FIDE, but ...
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Hungrybox, Wolfey and Ludwig among PogChamps 6 streamer chess competition
The players for the PogChamps 6 chess tournament have been revealed, including Hungrybox, Ludwig and other content creators.
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2025 Grand Chess Tour Celebrates its 10th Anniversary with Elite Field Battling for $1.6 Million in Prize Money with return of the GCT Finals
SAINT LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the 2025 Grand Chess Tour (GCT) returns this April and promises even more excitement and exceptional chess from the world’s top ...
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Grand Chess Tour Announces Wild Cards and Full-Tour Line-up For Poland, Romania and Croatia Events
Five-time World Champion and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen ... will kick off the GCT as 10 players battle for $175,000 in prizes. The event will feature five full-tour players and five wild card ...
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A city in India is training Gen Z to take over the chess world
The southern Indian city of Chennai is known for its high achievers. In recent years, it has produced some of the world's most formidable chess players — and the youngest world champion.
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Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, has made history. Can the prodigy become the youngest chess world champion?
Over the next few weeks, Gukesh, still fresh into adulthood, could become the youngest-ever chess world champion ... come and go and can be played around with, so there is no one right technique.
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Chennai's chess champions
Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest ever world chess champion, deepening the "love affair between Indians and chess", said The Hindu. Chess has been "around for millennia" and ...
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Chess World Cup 2025 to take place in Delhi: Reports
Five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand won the tournament. The Chess Olympiad 2022 was held in Chennai as the latest mega Chess event hosted in India. The upcoming edition of the Chess ...
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8-Year-Old Chess Prodigy Makes History by Beating 37-Year-Old Grandmaster
The 8 year old has reportedly made a name for himself in the chess community already in recent years, winning several youth tournaments around the ... and later won the World Under-8 Rapid ...