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Magnus Carlsen, No. 1 ranked chess player, slams fist onto table after losing to world champ Gukesh Dommaraju
After current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju made his final move at the Norway Chess match, Magnus Carlsen slammed his fist ...
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Teenage chess prodigy Gukesh D beats world champion Magnus Carlsen
He announced himself at this year's Chess Olympiad by winning eight consecutive games. He is among the stars of a new generation of young Indian players who are taking the sport by storm.
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Cheating allegations, a $100 million lawsuit, and false rumors: Inside the scandal rocking the chess world
Al Lawrence, the managing director of U.S. Chess Trust, speaks with ABC News' Trevor Ault. The next day, Carlsen withdrew from the tournament and tweeted a video of the then-Chelsea football coach ...
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Checkmate: 9-year-old chess prodigy breaks records, barriers in male-dominated game
ABC News Illustrations/FIDE Statistics "That little girl is 8, and she is the strongest chess player of either sex in the world of her age," then-79-year-old British chess champion Peter Lee told ...
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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen faces showdown against ‘the world.’ Will it end in a draw?
Celebrity status A grandmaster at 13, Carlsen enjoys celebrity status that few other chess players have. The 34-year-old became the world’s top-ranked player in 2011 and has won five World ...