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Chess enthusiasts are flocking to TikTok, gaining millions of views with comedy skits and tutorials about the centuries-old game
Key figures within TikTok's growing chess community explain the boom in online popularity surroundi…
Quincy de Vries
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Chess players raise fund for fight against COVID-19
"Chess Gurukul Charitable trust is collecting funds from interested public & Chess community t…
PTI
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Chess players raise fund for fight against Covid-19
"Chess Gurukul Charitable trust is collecting funds from interested public & Chess community t…
PTI
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The future is here: Chess community lauds Gukesh's historic win
"Congratulations to @DGukesh for becoming the youngest challenger. The @WacaChess family is s…
PTI
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Online chess has surged during quarantine on platforms like Twitch and Youtube
Online chess content, playing, and streaming has surged during quarantine, according to YouTube and…
Chris Stokel-Walker
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A female chess influencer says the sport is even more sexist than its portrayal in Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit'
In Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit," Beth Harmon experienced mild sexism compared to the real-life fe…
Joey Hadden
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COVID-19: Anand, Humpy to play online exhibition event to raise funds
Apart from Anand, India No.2 Vidit S Gujrathi, P Harikrishna, Baskaran Adhiban (all Grandmasters) …
PTI
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A cheating feud involving world champion Magnus Carlsen and a 19-year-old prodigy is rocking the chess world
Magnus Carlsen's treatment of Hans Niemann has sparked cheating allegations, but so far, there's no…
Scott Davis
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Eight Times Eight, a Kerala-based edtech startup raises $5 million in pre-seed funding
Eight Times Eight, founded in 2020 by six college students who are international-level chess player…
ANI
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'The Queen's Gambit' and the pandemic injected new life into the multimillion-dollar chess industry, with esports teams and sponsors rushing to snap up the game's Twitch stars
Celebrities like Logic, Rainn Wilson, and MrBeast played in a chess tournament that was streamed li…
Bill Bostock
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Interest in chess has exploded since Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit' aired and the sport's leaders are very, very excited
"The Queen's Gambit" has fuelled a huge rise in interest in chess — especially with women. The game…
Mia Jankowicz
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World No. 1 chess Grandmaster entered a high-stakes poker game and lost a $17,095 pot with the worst starting hand
Chess' World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen made a move with 7-2 off-suit — the worst starting poker hand — a…
Alan Dawson
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Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit' is the best sports show on TV right now
The series is also the most serious treatment of chess ever put on screen and has garnered the resp…
Matthew DeBord
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Judge: Ferguson, Missouri schools blocked African-American candidates from board elections
The mostly black suburb of St. Louis became the focus of international attention in 2014, after a w…
Curtis Skinner
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5 Things I Just Learned About My Boss
At Yale, Blodget was a history major and, he said, “a loner.” Leigh Raymond, who teaches political …
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Gen Zers aren't lonely. They're fueling a vibrant social renaissance.
From run clubs to chess clubs, the 'loneliest generation' has figured out how to make friends.
Eve Upton-Clark
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A$AP Rocky says Donald Trump's involvement in his Swedish assault trial 'made it a little worse'
The "Sundress" rapper said in his new documentary "Stockholm Syndrome" that Trump's involvement in …
Ashley Simone Johnson
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Raftaar to raise funds for background dancers amid lockdown
The second edition of the initiative, which Raftaar started with in collaboration with comedian Sam…
PTI
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This guy wrote 'the bible of Artificial Intelligence' in 1979 - and then had a major split with the rest of the field
The GEB, as it's often called, ties together the seemingly disparate fields of mathematics, science…