Chinese chess cheating scandal: Top grandmasters banned, triggered by life-time ban of ‘China’s Magnus Carlsen’
The public got to know about the cheating scandal in September when the CXA issued its life-time bans on Wang Yuefei and Wang ...
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Top Chinese Chess Players Banned in Widespread Corruption Probe
Eighteen months after leaked recordings revealed widespread match-fixing in the board game xiangqi, also known as Chinese chess, China has imposed lifetime bans on three grandmasters. Announced last ...
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Indian teen becomes youngest world chess champion
Chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju of India defeated defending champion Chinese player Ding Liren Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest-ever world chess champion after beating ...
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Young Asian stars are conquering the chess world
However, India is not the only country in Asia where chess is booming. Chinacurrently has both the men's world champion in ...
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The Indian siblings taking the chess world by storm
It's almost like a family-run start-up on a chess excellence mission. In 2012, Vaishali and Praggnanandhaa won the nationals and qualified for the Asian youth championships in Hikkaduwa ...
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Young Indian chess players vault from Chennai to global conquest
CHENNAI -- One breezy Sunday afternoon last month, eight young Indians were gathered in a bright, sun-lit room in Chennai listening to a 48-year-old instructor sitting behind a laptop. Seated in ...
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A chess prodigy in the making: Mugdho’s journey to defeating Magnus Carlsen
At just nine years old, Rayan Rashid Mugdho, a young chess prodigy from Dhaka, has achieved what many seasoned players can only dream of—defeating five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen. This ...