Magnus Carlsen’s controversial jeans sell for $36,100 at auction
The jeans Magnus Carlsen wore when he withdrew from the World Rapid and Blitz Championships in 2024 have been sold in an eBay ...
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Former NCF exco rescued and revitalised Namibian chess
Outgoing Namibia Chess Federation (NCF) president Goodwill Khoa, who led the executive committee (exco) alongside vice-president Emanuel Sihlahla, stepped away from its ...
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FIDE Women’s Grand Prix supported by Freedom24 to take place in Nicosia
The fourth leg of the 2024-25 FIDE Women's Grand Prix is set to take place in Nicosia, Cyprus, from March 14-25, under the ...
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Chess and the dispute over 'freestyle'
"We are concerned with the integrity of the chess world," FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich told DW. "We made clear that we want to keep the world championship title as something that is governed ...
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Boris Spassky, Russian chess legend and world champion, dies at 88
He defended his World Chess champion title against American Bobby Fischer in the “Match of the Century” in 1972 — which ...
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Magnus Carlsen’s criticism of Viswanathan Anand explained by Vidit Gujrathi: ‘He can get away with it… bigger than…’
that he was given assurances of Freestyle World C’ship acceptance by none other than FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich. Magnus Carlsen recently criticised Viswanathan Anand. Then Carlsen ...
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Vidit Gujrathi Explains Why Magnus Carlsen Targets FIDE, Viswanathan Anand – Here’s What He Said
Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi described Magnus Carlsen as both a “rebel” and someone who could “get away with it” regardless of his remarks about FIDE, its president Arkady Dvorkovich ...
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D Gukesh’s chief coach casts doubts on Magnus Carlsen’s Freestyle Chess project’s future: ‘No guarantee in 2 years…’
In response, Freestyle Chess released an open letter, which also leaked alleged WhatsApp messages with FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich. Freestyle Chess co-founders Jan Henric Buettner and Magnus ...
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Bored with chess, the world’s top player wants to remake the game
Freestyle Chess published an open letter from Buettner to FIDE in which Buettner claimed to share WhatsApp messages from FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich promising a resolution that FIDE then ...