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26 weird sports considered for Tokyo Olympics
BASEBALL and softball could be included in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. But how about korfball, billiards, chess, bridge or even American football?
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Sunday Chess Problem
This week we have very clever helpmate from Russian composer Viktor Chepizhny, that was published in the November 2014 issue of The Problemist magazine. The diagram below calls for helpmate in two. There are two solutions: Recall that in a helpmate black moves first and cooperates with white to contrive a position in which black…
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Visualizing the Movements of Chess Pieces Using Millions of Games
Every chess piece has a signature footprint after millions of moves. Using the 2.2 million chess games stored at Million Base, Steve Tung has visualized th
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Chess grandmaster cheats ... from the bathroom
Sometimes the best ideas come from the bathroom. But Gaioz Nigalidze's ideas from the loo were a little too good. The Georgian chess grandmaster has been banned from the Dubai Open Chess Tournament after officials discovered he was darting to the toilet to consult his smartphone, which was logged onto a chess analysis app, the Dubai Chess and Culture Club said. Nigalidze's opponent, Tigran Petrosian of Armenia, grew suspicious when Nigalidze kept bolting to the restroom.
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Kasparov: Stop Putin now or pay the price later
Chess legend Garry Kasparov was once the pride of the Soviet Union. But 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall he lives in exile, accusing Russian leader Vladimir Putin of “strategic failure” and the EU establishment of “ignorance” in its dealings with Moscow.
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How a computer error helped Deep Blue beat humanity's best chess player
Chess legend Garry Kasparov beat IBM computer Deep Blue four games to two in a match organized in 1996. A year later, he was man versus the machine again, accepting another challenge from the team behind the supercomputer.
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Here's How Long Each Piece Is Likely to Survive In A Game Of Chess
Nobody wants to be
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Martin Gardner's 100th Anniversary
Martin Gardner, born on October 21, 1914, was an American popular mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, literature (especially the writings of Lewis Carroll and G.K. Chesterton), philosophy, scientific skepticism, religion – and chess. He published more than 100 books and almost all of his columns have been collected in book form. Martin Gardner died in 2010 at age 95, razor sharp until the end. Today he would have been 100 years old.
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SANDS: The bigger the chess stakes, the bigger the mistakes
More money, more mistakes. By the American game’s (low) standards, the Millionaire Chess Open in Las Vegas this month offered a massive jackpot.
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US boy, 13, plots world chess domination
Samuel Sevian may only be 13, but the American chess prodigy is in a hurry.
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Chess grandmaster looks to rebrand game with high stakes tournament
Maurice Ashley hopes his Millionaire Chess Open will help rebrand the game in a youthful, glamorous way
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Why You Shouldn’t Mourn the Passing of the New York Times Chess Column
“This is the final chess column to run in The New York Times.” That succinct sentence was appended below Dylan Loeb McClain’s column this past Sunday, which dutifully summarized the results of a major tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. McClain’s final two sentences: “His position collapsed quickly as his counterplay dried...
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The Video Game That Rewrites the 1500-Year-Old Rules of Chess
An online reinterpretation of a venerated pastime, XYQ4 warps the board, randomizes moves, and forces experts to become learners again.
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One of the Most Amazing Feats in Chess History Just Happened, and No One Noticed
Before any of the six entrants in the 2014 Sinquefield Cup had nudged a white pawn to e4, they’d already been hailed as the strongest collection of chess talent ever assembled. The tournament, held in St. Louis, featured the top three players in the game. The weakest competitor in the field was the ninth best chess player on the planet.
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Two players die at world chess event in Norway
The most prestigious international tournament in chess, at which the world's top players compete alongside amateurs to win honours for their country, has ended on a sombre note after two players died suddenly within hours of each other, one while he was in the middle of a match.
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Vladimir Putin’s Chess-Master Nemesis
Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion, put his head down, hunched his shoulders and walked hurriedly down the carpeted corridor of the Sands Cotai Central, a labyrinthine new complex on reclaimed land in Macau. Downstairs were two of the world’s most lucrative casinos and retailers like Saint Laurent Paris and Fabio Caviglia.
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Magnus Carlsen VS Bill Gates
It took the world's best chess player one minute and 19 seconds to beat the richest man in the world.
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Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen is new chess champion
Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen has become the world champion, beating Indian title holder Viswanathan Anand. Carlsen, 22, secured a draw to win the World Chess Championship in 10 games, with two left to play.
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The Mystery Of Chessboxing
True to its name, this combines the cerebral, contemplative machinations of a centuries-old board game with the timeless spectacle of two dudes beating each other silly.
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The Most Anticipated Chess Match In Decades Is Off To A Disastrous Start
The match pits current world champion Viswanathan Anand against the 22-year-old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, who is the highest-rated player in the world. One obvious reason the contest is so exciting is that Carlsen is a young prodigy, while Anand (43) is part of an older generation. The pair are playing a best-of-12 series. If neither side has won a majority of games by that point, a series of tiebreaker games will be played.
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