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I am glad to be married to someone who has beaten a future world champion! - Grandmaster Arthur Kogan on his wife’s defeat of 10-year-old Magnus Carlsen in 2001 Quite aptly the beginning of Chapter 3 ...

At just 22 years old, Norwegian chess superstar Magnus Carlsen is already been talked about possibly becoming one of the greatest players of all time having burst on to the scene when he was just 13.

WATERLOO - Alan McGowan first heard about “The Executioner of Berlin” about 50 years ago. That was the nickname for Kurt Richter, a German chess player who was famous for his innovative openings and ...

Does the name Ding ring a bell? You may be excused if you don’t quite recall the name, seeing as how GM Ding Liren has been largely missing in action since he defeated Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in ...

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(Concentration and determination on display at the North Alabama Open chess tournament. Photo: Forrest Liu) Birmingham chess master Chao Zhang added another first place finish to his growing ...