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Chess grandmaster Kirill Shevchenko expelled for allegedly using a phone during matches

A Romanian chess grandmaster was expelled from a national-level competition after being accused of using a mobile device during play,…

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Entertainment

Nigerian man breaks Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon

NEW YORK – A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York…

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Lifestyle

8-year-old prodigy makes history after beating chess grandmaster

Look out, there’s another chess prodigy on the scene. At eight years, six months and 11 days, Ashwath Kaushik made…

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Canada

Skip the drive-thru, head inside for a checkmate: why chess rules at this McDonald’s

Melissa Hayes, the manager of McDonald’s on Kenmount Road, says the franchise was the first in Canada to include chess…

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Nova Scotia

The Queen’s Gambit effect: Chess getting more popular with N.S. young people

Seeing her opponent’s knight out of position, Alice Yancey sent her Queen to dominate the centre of the chessboard. This…

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Business

Hans Niemann vows to be chess player in world after alleged cheating scandal

American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann has been reinstated by Chess.com following the conclusion of a legal dispute between Niemann, Magnus…

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Sports

Chess official calls for more research as move to ban trans women from women’s events draws fire

A top global chess official Friday called for more research into whether factors such as hormone levels and physical endurance…

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Sports

Decision to block trans women from chess events draws fire

GENEVA – A top global chess official Friday called for more research into whether factors such as hormone levels and…

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Business

US$100 million chess fraud lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen dismissed

A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed the $100 million defamation lawsuit brought by U.S. chess grandmaster Hans Niemann against the…

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Lifestyle

Maria Emelianova and the Art of Chess Photography

Two people bent over a black and white checkered board, discussing what moves to make, how their opponent would counter,…

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