Page 12 - Chess

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Google subsidiary Deep Mind released a paper describing how its AI, AlphaZero, thrashed the strong chess program Stockfish8

CHESS#1277

There are now two Norwegian world champions

CHESS#1277

R Praggnanandhaa shares third in the World Juniors with two rounds to go

CHESS#1276

The Champions Showdown in St Louis may result in two innovations

CHESS#1275

The Khadi National Premier in Patna is coming to a close

CHESS#1275

The Uzbek prodigy, Nodibirek Abdusattorov, has completed his GM title

CHESS#1274

On one famous occasion, Michael Adams set up an opening position wrong while preparing for a Candidates match against Viswanathan Anand!

CHESS#1273

Since it's Diwali, let's do a run through of some of the stuff on every serious player's wish-list

CHESS#1272

Canadian GM Kovalyov withdrew after being berated and threatened for wearing shorts

CHESS#1271

The proliferation of big, high prize money Opens in the last couple of years has led to "democratisation"

CHESS#1270

Levon Aronian won the World Cup, beating Ding Liren in a tiebreaker

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The World Cup finals will see Levon Aronian taking on Ding Liren

CHESS#1268

The World Cup saw a series of high-rated players including three of the highest class, leaving the stage

Why the world's toughest maths problems are much harder than a chess puzzle

The n-queens completion puzzle is a form of mathematical problem common in computer science

CHESS#1267

Round one of the World Cup marked the end of an era when Anand was knocked out by Kovalyov

CHESS#1266

As many as 20 Indians are playing the World Agegroups at Pocos de Caldas, Brazil

CHESS#1265

Egyptian GM Bassem Amin started the Abu Dhabi Open with a draw against D Gukesh

Three young chess players who could be the next world beaters

Chess is a hyper-competitive sport with hundreds of strong, hungry players

CHESS#1265

Speed chess is a young person's game

CHESS#1264

The ChessMine Rapid/Blitz in Bengaluru drew massive participation