C HESS IS the sort of deep and rewarding game that you can spend an enjoyable lifetime failing to master. But even ardent fans might concede that, as a spectacle, watching two players think for long ...

Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.

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Timur Turlov and Freedom Holding celebrate strategic thinking and resilience at the historic 100th Anniversary World Rapid & ...

The world champion leads compatriot Praggnanandhaa and Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov on tie break criteria. Can he hold ...