Repeat Winners: International Master Alice Lee and Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura Win Women’s and Open American Cup
The 2025 American Cup further solidified 15-year-old International Master (IM) Alice Lee as a rising force in women’s chess, ...
Magnus Carlsen rules out classical World Chess Championship return, shifting focus to new era
Magnus Carlsen may be the best chess player in the world, but the Norwegian has ruled out a return to the classical World ...
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2025 Grand Chess Tour Celebrates its 10th Anniversary with Elite Field Battling for $1.6 Million in Prize Money with return of the GCT Finals
This year’s field is among the most competitive we’ve ever seen, proving that the tour remains a pinnacle of elite chess,” said legendary World Champion ... increased prize purse of $1.6 ...
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Quick Facts About Magnus Carlsen: Net Worth, Wife, And Why He's Auctioning Off His Jeans
Magnus Carlsen, the reigning world chess champion, is a name synonymous with strategic brilliance. But beyond the chessboard, there's more to this Norwegian grandmaster. X / Periodistán @ ...
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Match of the century recalled as chess world mourns Spassky’s passing
Grandmaster and the tenth world chess champion (1969-1972 ) Boris Spassky ... A British promoter, James Slater, doubled the prize fund to US$250,000 (about US$1.9 million today).
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost famed Cold War-era match to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion and Cold War symbol, dies at 88
The Soviet Union boasted an unbroken streak of world chess champions that stretched back ... He refused to play unless the prize money was increased, then balked after his demands were met.
Chess-Carlsen rules out world championship return, still 'better than the kids'
Magnus Carlsen feels he's still better than the young generation of chess players, but the Norwegian great is ruling out a comeback at the classical world championship.