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Ding Liren appeared emotionally and physically exhausted after winning the Chess World Championship last year. He sees himself as an underdog defending the title at the upcoming tournament.

Following a “lot of work,” which involved fellow NFL players Amari Cooper and also Awuzie, Chess.com hosted its first tournament with the league in 2022, Rensch explains.

AI has long been able to beat even the most skilful human players at chess, with IBM’s Deep Blue famously defeating world champion Garry Kasparov almost 30 years ago.