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143,000 people teamed up to tie the world’s top chess player
As CNN notes, “very, very sound chess” required over 508,000 votes cast and 30,000 forum posts throughout the six-week-long ...
Magnus Carlsen held to draw by 143,000 opponents in largest ever online chess game after 46 days of competing
Magnus Carlsen is vastly successful against just one opponent. And even when he came up against many more, the Norwegian ...
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The Queer Chess Club Making the First Moves Toward Revolution
The “queerest anti-imperialist chess club on earth” is using chess to build a community and provide an entry way into radical ...
The Economist2d
The improbable rise of chessboxing
The first chessboxing bout took place in Berlin in 2003, organised by a Dutch performance artist, Iepe Rubingh. Five years ...
Epic 46-day chess match that pitted Magnus Carlsen against 143,000 people ends in draw
Epic 46-day chess match that pitted Magnus Carlsen against 143,000 people ends in draw - The Norwegian grandmaster faced off ...
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Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen forced into draw in showdown against 'the world'
Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing against him in a single, record-setting game.Billed as "Magnus Carlsen vs. The ...
Magnus Carlsen vs The World: chess grandmaster’s 46-day game against 143,000 players ends in draw
The world’s top-ranked chess player, Magnus Carlsen, has drawn an unprecedented game where he played against more than ...
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is forced into a draw in a showdown against ‘the world’
Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen was forced into a draw Monday by more than 143,000 people worldwide playing ...