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BERLIN — Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is playing a single game of chess against 140,000 people worldwide in a ...
Popular streamer DrLupo has found himself at the center of a heated controversy during PogChamps 6, a fan-favorite online chess tournament hosted by Chess.com. Let’s break it down — short ...
It started with a partnership announcement between the Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF) and one of the largest online chess platforms, chess.com, in December 2024. The EWCF also appointed five-time ...
Chess.com reaches a new membership milestone as it nears its 20th birthday. Chess.com, the online chess platform that was founded in 2005 and launched in 2007, has surpassed 200 million members.
They could then easily "port" their identity, achievements, records of play, rankings, and rewards across online chess platforms, as well as seamlessly from the digital world to in-person games ...
For more than 1,000 years, chess has been synonymous with war. Now, Vladimir Putin is combining the ancient game with modern skulduggery as he tries to win an all-too-real 21st century conflict. The ...
Onakoya and Martinez receive GWR certificate Credit: X| thegiftofchess Onakoya and Martinez receive GWR certificate Credit: X| Tunde_OD PUNCH Online reports that the chess marathon, which took ...
Chess master and founder of Chess in Slums Africa,Tunde Onakoya, has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Alongside U.S. chess master Shawn Martinez, Onakoya surpassed ...
In chess, as in life, you are bound to make some mistakes. That was the message Ed Bourgeois, access and outreach coordinator for the Minnesota State Chess Association, had for 32 inmates at the ...
The IMF Online Learning Program aims at strengthening the technical knowledge and expertise in government agencies with a view to developing and implementing sound economic and financial policies ...
Elon Musk's brain-chip start-up has live-streamed its first patient implanted with a chip using his mind to play online chess. Elon Musk’s brain-chip start-up Neuralink has live-streamed its first ...
If you're looking to spice up your socially distanced New Year's Eve 2020 with a little excitement, you could do a lot worse than taking on the band Phish in a game of chess. Strange as it might ...