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CHESS 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 lost to rival Hikaru Nakamura after misclicking his queen. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. World Chess Champion ...

A young Saskatoon chess player is just two steps away from becoming a grandmaster. Omid Khaledi, 19, recently reached the rank of FIDE master with the International Chess Federation, or FIDE. The only ...

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DOVER — Some nights the 30-minute drive home from his weekly chess match brings angst, while other nights it brings euphoria. For Claude Fried of Dover, all of these experiences have paid off. The ...

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