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Chess: Carlsen and Niemann impress as Paris grudge rematch approaches

The pair will meet early next month for the first time across the board since the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, where their game sparked cheating allegations and a $100 million lawsuit

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Hans Niemann closes on world top 20 as US star impresses in London

The ambitious American led narrowly after six games in his five-day match against the England No 1, Nikita Vitiugov, which includes classical, rapid and blitz sections

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen loses in 23 moves but beats Ding and wins Titled Tuesday

The world No 1 arrived at the World Team Rapid and Blitz jetlagged and lost to Richard Rapport but then beat the world champion before scoring 11/11 in the weekly event

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Chess: Carlsen wins in Casablanca as new variant tests historic skills

The world No 1 identified most of the six positions from previous world championships and exploited Vishy Anand’s unfamiliarity with a classic from Havana 1889

The Guardian - UK

Chess Grandmaster Hans Niemann Challenges Elon Musk's AI Claims

Chess player Hans Niemann challenges Elon Musk's views on AI in chess, emphasizing human creativity and intuition in the game.

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Chess: Wei Yi wins at Wijk aan Zee as former prodigy emerges from shadows

The 24-year-old was a grandmaster at 13 and the youngest ever 2700-rated player at 15, now he has jumped into the world top 10 with a chance to aim for the ultimate peak

The Guardian - UK

Chess: India’s Praggnanandhaa, 18, beats world champion Ding at Wijk aan Zee

The Chennai teenager is being backed by his country’s second wealthiest individual as he bids to win the Candidates at Toronto in April and qualify for a title match against Ding later in 2024

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The big 2023 quiz of the year

Barbie was on the big screen, Taylor Swift on the airwaves… How well do you remember the year that was?

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Adams wins in London at 52 while Royal, 14, aims for GM in Hastings

The eight-time British champion called the London Classic “my best ever result” while the young talent will be close to a new English age record if he scores his third and final GM norm

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Michael Adams still leads with two rounds left in London Classic

The eight-time British champion was close to defeat in round six, but stayed half a point ahead of his Indian and Iranian rivals going into the final two rounds

The Guardian - UK

The generational chess battle between grandmasters playing out on YouTube

US grandmaster and social media star Hikaru Nakamura was accused by a rival of cheating after a hot winning streak. The outcry exposed a generational rift between top chess players, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Hans Niemann competes in London Classic after stunning success in Zagreb

The controversial US 20-year-old won first prize in Croatia with 8/9 and a career-best performance rating of 2946, then flew to London for the traditional Classic

The Guardian - UK

The cheat’s gambit: Grandmasters go to war over claims 46-game blitz chess streak was tainted

The Independent UK

The cheat’s gambit: Grandmasters go to war over claims 46-game blitz chess streak was tainted

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The Guardian - UK

Chess: England crush Netherlands at Euro teams and move into joint lead

England produced a stunning performance with three wins and a draw and now face joint leaders Germany on Saturday in round seven (of nine) at the European team championship

The Guardian - US

‘It exposes your every flaw’: Chess’s YouTube king GothamChess on the game he loves

The 27-year-old has more than 4 million subscribers to his channel, a testament to his ability to bring chess to new audiences

The Independent UK

Magnus Carlsen blames chess opponent’s watch for loss in anti-cheating rant

The Norwegian also hit out at the Qatar Masters for not taking anti-cheating measures seriously

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Magnus Carlsen blames opponent’s watch for shock defeat

The Norwegian said he lost his concentration when he saw his opponent was wearing a timepiece at the Qatar Masters

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The Independent UK

Magnus Carlsen blames chess opponent’s accessory for loss in anti-cheating rant

The Norwegian also hit out at the Qatar Masters for not taking anti-cheating measures seriously

The Guardian - UK

Chess: World Juniors lacks big names but Maurizzi has potential to be a star

In the 21st century the very best talents have tended to avoid the tournament, in contrast to the 1950s when several winners went on to have successful careers

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Hans Niemann pooh-poohs a chess cheating theory that's based on vibrating beads

Chess prodigy Hans Niemann is competing in the World Junior Chess Championship — but he's also answering questions about an outlandish cheating theory.

Evening Standard

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann tells Piers Morgan he did not use sex toy to cheat during tournament

The 20-year-old told Piers Morgan that the allegations were ‘disheartening’

The Independent UK

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann denies using vibrating sex toy to beat Magnus Carlsen

The Norwegian former world champion Magnus Carlsen had alleged that US prodigy Hans Niemann had cheated during an upset win last year

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Kasparov subsides at St Louis while Sam Sevian scores career best

The former world champion, 60, led the Champions Showdown 9LX unbeaten with 3/4, then collapsed to 3/9, while the 22-year-old finished ahead of the US elite

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen increases lead while Niemann is involved in new controversy

The Norwegian, 32, follows up his World Cup victory in Baku by winning the latest leg of the online ChampionsTour, while the former world champion Vladimir Kramnik is displeased at losing to Niemann

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