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Applebaum: About older American traditions of state capture. Richard White: He would choose all the boards and commissions. He packed the courts. And, once you have the courts and the legislature—and ...
Magnus Carlsen outpaced D. Gukesh in blitz to win the Grand Chess Tour 2025, despite struggles and mind games, after Gukesh ...
Tyler, the Creator indulged in one of his side hobbies while the hip-hop innovator was in Boston for his TD Garden show this week. The rapper played chess “for over an hour” at Madhouse Café in ...
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It’s not just chess that’s capturing people’s interest. Since opening about a year ago, Board to Death Games has seen a boom ...
When one former world chess champion implied that another was cheating on the online platform Chess.com, a statistician was ...
World chess number one Magnus Carlsen announced his return to play in this year’s final World Blitz Championship after the ...
Playing what Carlsen himself described as “survival” chess using an “old man’s chess” approach, he did considerably well to ...
Magnus Carlsen clinched the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz combined title in Croatia. His steady Blitz performance overturned ...
After winning the event, Magnus Carlsen said: "It doesn't feel like I won. It feels like I just came here and played alright.
D Gukesh lost six games in the blitz section of Grand Chess Tour 2025, and now trails Magnus Carlsen by two points ...