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Round 13: FIDE Candidates 2026 official video broadcast

Candidates Chess 2026 takes place in Paphos, Cyprus, from 28 March to 16 April 2026. It is an eight-player double round-robin, meaning...

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Untold: Chess Mates – the story of Carlsen and Niemann on Netflix

Untold: Chess Mates focuses on the fallout from the 2022 chess cheating scandal involving Hans Niemann and Magnus Carlsen. The episode is...

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Netflix UNTOLD 2026 – the chess cheating scandal Carlsen – Niemann

After 19-year-old Hans Niemann defeated Magnus Carlsen in the third round of the Sinquefield Cup 2022, World Champion Magnus Carlsen withdrew from the 2022 tournament....

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Stockfish with a solid lead at the TCEC Superfinal halfway mark

The TCEC Season 29 Superfinal is underway, and for the first time in years it does not look like business as usual...

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Carlsen remains the only player above 2800, but Sindarov is heading there

20-year-old Uzbek grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov won his fourth consecutive game by beating China’s Wei Yi in Round 6 of the FIDE Candidates...

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The selfie of Magnus Carlsen and Alua Nurman is viral, for the right and the wrong reasons

The Grenke Chess Festival 2026, is taking place April 2–6 in Karlsruhe, Germany, with over 3,500 participants (and approaching 4,000 registrations), surpassing...