His move: How Jan Nepomnyashchy won the Aeroflot Open again
Yang won the Aeroflot Open for the fourth record time, and the third time in the classic control. He took the lead from the first rounds, starting the tournament with three wins — over Alexey Grachev, ...
Hans Niemann to undergo lie-detecting polygraph test after losing blitz showdown against Russian GM Daniil Dubov
American Grandmaster Hans Niemann had challenged Daniil Dubov to an 18-game blitz match in Moscow after the Aeroflot Open, ...
At stake: how Dubov forced Niemann to take a polygraph test
Immediately after the success in the 18th game, Daniil Dubov immediately left the game room. Hans Niemann also did not ...
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Boris Spassky, Russian chess legend and world champion, dies at 88
Boris Spassky, legendary Russian chess player and the 10th World Chess Champion who rose to international fame in the 1972 “Match of the Century” against American Bobby Fischer, died Thursday ...
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Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov slams Swiss inaction on Putin’s killer drones
they capture one or two Russian drones, open them up, and reveal that they contain American and Swiss components,” he said. A former world chess champion, Kasparov is a prominent opposition ...
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Aeroflot Open: Final results of Armenia chess players
The Aeroflot Open chess tournament in Moscow ended with the victory of Ian Nepomniachtchi. The Russian grandmaster amassed 7 ...
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Boris Spassky, Soviet chess champion who lost to Bobby Fischer, dies at 88
MOSCOW — Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, died Thursday in Moscow.