Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the most controversial chess match of all time
FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess world has been debating why ...
How does one train for Freestyle Chess? Sometimes, you just don’t!
With over 960 possible opening positions and no second time control, Nakamura and Carlsen reckon the best preparation is no ...
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What was the first computer to win a chess match against a world champion (under regular time constraints)?
IBM's Deep Blue system achieved its first victory over a world chess champion on February 10, 1996, when it won the first game of a six-game match against Garry Kasparov. Despite this initial loss ...
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Chess is now an esport as Esports World Cup adds the 1,500 year-old game to 2025 event, calls it 'the perfect example of how games evolve'
"Bringing chess, a game that has been played for 1,500 years, to the Esports World Cup is a truly exciting moment," said Ralf Reichert, CEO of EWCF. "It’s the perfect example of how games evolve ...
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Eagles vs. Chiefs guarantees a Super Bowl chess match between two masterminds
Let's make long stories short. The battle of the coordinators in the Super Bowl on February 9 promises to be yet another epic chess match.