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4 days ago

Kazakh chess prodigy Alua Nurman, 18, asked five-time world champion Carlsen for a selfie before the two went head to head at a major chess tournament in Germany.

Anish Giri won two games in a row to advance into second place, but has little chance of overhauling the leader

Javokhir Sindarov extended his lead at the world championship Candidates in Cyprus on Th…

5 days ago

Kazakh grandmaster Alua Nurman, 18, could not resist asking the world No1 for a picture as they sat down to face each other at a major tournament in Germany .

10 days ago

It was the anal bead theory that caused a global sensation. Now, a new Netflix film tells the tale of two grandmasters, one scandal – and a whole lot of bad blood

Chess Mates (Netflix, Tuesday) has an…

11 days ago

The Uzbek grandmaster has scored 3.5/4, including an impressive victory against the world No 3 and Candidates favourite, Fabiano Caruana

Javokhir Sindarov is already the clear favourite to win the 202…

18 days ago

The US legend declined a $25,000 offer from shoe firm Clarks to meet the cream of England’s juniors

The nine-round Reykjavik Open, which began on Wednesday afternoon at the Harpa Conference Centre and…

25 days ago

The teenager defeated the tournament favourite, Gawain Maroroa Jones, in the final round to secure victory by half a point

Freddy Waldhausen Gordon, a 15-year-old from George Heriot’s school, Edinburg…

39 days ago

The youngest ever global title holder has had a hard time this year, but hopes for better in May, when he meets Magnus Carlsen in Norway Chess at Oslo, and in the autumn, when he defends his crown

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