Page 11 - Chess

Checkmate age: Does chess add years to your lives? Grandmasters live longer

Chess players actually exhibit a higher level of physical fitness than the general population

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Magnus Carlsen went unbeaten and scored 6 points from 9 games with three wins, against Anish Giri, Veselin Topalov and Radek Wojtaszek

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R Praggnanandhaa scored his second GM norm at the Heraklion Fischer Memorial

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There are two homegrown US prodigies to watch out for, in Awonder Liang and Jeffery Xiong

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Matchplay is a very different kettle of fish from tournaments

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A huge contingent of Indians has made it to the Asian Youth and Age group Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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Fabiano Caruana is brave, well-prepared and dangerous opponent for Magnus Carlsen

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Mamedyarov is the top seed and world #2. He's won only one game but he's avoided trouble. He and Caruana are unbeaten

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Mamedaryov has been solid, winning a big game versus 2016 Challenger Karjakin and drawing the rest

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The Tal Memorial Rapid featured a stellar 10-player field competing for $130,000, with $25,000 as the first prize

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There are question marks over Levon Aronian's temperament

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Every Russian village has a few young, hungry, underrated Chess players

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Ilyumzhinov, who has been Fide President since 1995, intends to run again.

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The National Blind Championships has gotten underway, thanks to crowd-sourcing

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Kramnik played very positive chess (six wins, two losses). That included a last-round gift from Baskaran Adhiban, who made a suicidal exchange sacrifice when he held an edge

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India's - and the world's - largest open tournament is underway

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If the Saudis are to host again in 2018 and 2019, they will have to let Israelis, Qataris, Iranians, et al, play, or risk more players staying away

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Viswanathan Anand ended 2017 on a high note, winning the world rapid championship in Riyadh

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The World Blitz and Rapid Championships kick off this weekend in Riyadh against the backdrop of a controversy

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Fabiano Caruana won the London Classic and Magnus Carlsen won the overall Grand Chess Tour