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[ad_1] SAN DIEGO — The pawns are lined up and the glowing white knight is ready to attack. The game will continue for a while as soon as the kickers’ meeting is over and before the star third baseman burns a box of points. Considering Manny Machado’s fiery start for the San Diego Padres this …
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[ad_1] “My problem with returning to work at the Institute ended in a death,” he wrote in his memoirs. In 1955, then world champion Mikhail Botvinnik recruited Mr. Averbakh to play practice games with him. Over the next two years, the two played 25 matches against each other – roughly the same length as a …
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[ad_1] After 16-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa scored a stunning win in an elite speed chess tournament from his computer in India on Monday, there were no competing opponents to shake or snap the cameras to capture the moment. The man he had just beaten, world champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, was staring at the wounds of his …
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[ad_1] After 16-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa scored a stunning win in an elite speed chess tournament from his computer in India on Monday, there were no competing opponents to shake or snap the cameras to capture the moment. The man he had just beaten, world champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, was staring at the wounds of his …
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[ad_1] But America is sure that Russia still plans to invade – they are for sure. The US Secretary of State even said today that what Russia can do to justify an invasion is to throw fake, even real, chemical weapons at them and then blame Ukraine. Yes, yes, first of all, spoilers, hello!” — …
[ad_1] The fifth world championship match between Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, played in Dubai on Wednesday, ended as the top four did. With the draw. While games so far have brought in a Carlsen pawn sacrifice and a few minor complications and blunders to excite hard-core enthusiasts, they haven’t come close to …
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[ad_1] The fifth world championship match between Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, played in Dubai on Wednesday, ended as the top four did. With the draw. While games so far have brought in a Carlsen pawn sacrifice and a few minor complications and blunders to excite hard-core enthusiasts, they haven’t come close to …
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[ad_1] This 1976 movie comes to New York with an ideal restoration narrative. “Chess of the Wind” was made in Iran and was screened shortly before it was banned during the tense period leading up to the Islamic revolution. Years later, the negative of the presumed lost film turned up at a junkyard. Distinguished cinephile …
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[ad_1] Malinin, who died in November, always refused to pay for the consequences. But in a letter Published in Russian On an unknown chess website, Sudak admitted to playing an unusual role in the tournament. He said the most notable game was the one he agreed to lose. Malinin told the story in his letter: …
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