Search results
Magnus Carlsen won't defend world chess championship title in 2023, but isn't retiring
Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoMagnus Carlsen, the Norwegian chess grandmaster and reigning World Chess Champion, won't defend or...
Woody Allen-Narrated Animated Short ‘Mr. Fischer’s Chair’ Heads Into Production, Shares First Look...
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 1 month agoA quarter-century after lending his voice to Z in Disney’s CG feature “Antz,” Woody Allen is set to...
From chess to baseball, technology fuels 'never-ending arms race' in sports cheating
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sport· 7 months agoThey call him a “chess detective.” For more than a decade now, University at Buffalo computer...
Living chess set featuring 32 actors turns heads at London’s ChessFest
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoA group of 32 professional actors turned heads in Trafalgar Square by featuring in a living chess...
Cheating Allegations Shake the Chess World After Champion Suffers Stunning Defeat
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoKoen Van Weel/AFP via GettyFor those who think the high-stakes world of professional chess is about...
On This Day, Sept. 1: Great Kantō earthquake kills 143,000 in Japan
United Press International via Yahoo News UK· 10 months agoOn September 1, 1923, an earthquake struck Yokohama, Japan. The so-called Great Kantō earthquake...
CNN Sport’s top stories of 2023
CNN Sports via Yahoo Sport· 6 months agoFrom the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the Saudi Pro League and the seemingly impossible Barkley Marathon, CNN Sport has picked out the...
The Queen's Gambit Chess game on Netflix fails to live up to the TV series
Digital Spy via Yahoo News UK· 11 months agoNetflix's Queen's Gambit game is a disappointmentNetflix In late 2020, Netflix contributed to a huge...
The cheat’s gambit: Grandmasters go to war over claims 46-game blitz chess streak was tainted
The Independent via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoCHEATING IN CHESS: US grandmaster and social media star Hikaru Nakamura was accused by a rival of...
International Chess Federation Checks Into Web3 With Avalanche Integration
CoinDesk via Yahoo Finance UK· 2 years agoChess is going on-chain. The International Chess Federation (FIDE), the sport’s governing body,...