Tag: Chess
Chess fanatic playing Labour’s first big gambit
Reuters"Serious" and "determined" are words often used to describe Rachel Reeves, the UK's first female chancellor.But colleagues and friends have sug [...]
Jonathan Arnott: Ex-UKIP high-flyer swaps politics for chess
Jonathan Arnott, once pretender to Nigel Farage's throne, tells the BBC how chess is his real passion.
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Chess to get funding boost to foster young talent
Sarah Longson, a former British ladies champion who now coaches England's junior players, said Netflix series The Queen's Gambit, which follows the st [...]
Blame game rages over ASX’s failed CHESS system blockchain upgrade
Digital Asset — the New York firm responsible for Australian Securities Exchange’s now-abandoned blockchain-based clearing system — has blamed the sec [...]
Decentralized Chess Game Secures $1.5M in Funding
Anichess, made in partnership between Animoca Brands and Chess.com-owned Play Magnus Group (PMG) and its Champions Chess Tour, is a community-driven, [...]
Ukraine takes on UK in solidarity chess tournament
Parliament plays host to two grandmasters - and some keen MP amateurs - to show support for Ukraine.
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International Chess Federation Checks Into Web3 With Avalanche Integration
The global chess authority is looking to onboard the game’s 500 million players into Web3 with the new partnership.
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ASIC – RBA joint statement on ASX CHESS replacement program – Forex Factory
ASIC - RBA joint statement on ASX CHESS replacement program Forex Factory
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Binance’s FTX acquisition seen as chess move by crypto community
"Who needs Netflix when you are in crypto?", commented a user on Twitter as the crypto industry attempts to digest the acquisition of cryptocurrency e [...]
Hans Niemann sues Magnus Carlsen, others for $100 million over chess cheating claims
US international grandmaster Hans Niemann waits his turn to move during a second-round chess game against Jeffery Xiong on the second day of the Saint [...]
A Chess Champion’s Warning About Ukraine and U.S. Democracy
Seeing the Russian invasion as part of a war on democracy that poses a serious threat to the United States, Garry Kasparov is leading a push to keep W [...]
Bear market? “So what,” says World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov, the Russian chess grandmaster and chair of the Human Rights Foundation, doesn’t appear at all bothered by the current crypto bear mark [...]
The International Chess Federation is first global sports association with its own NFT marketplace
Digitalization keeps on coming to one of the oldest games in the world as FIDE, the International Chess Federation, announces its plans for a nonfu [...]
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen awarded NFT trophy after tournament win
For the first time in chess history, grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has been awarded a nonfungible token (NFT) trophy for winning an international ches [...]
Vitalik Buterin to match wits with chess grasp
At 9 pm EST tonight, Ethereum co-founder and figurehead Vitalik Buterin will face off towards chess streamer Nationwide Canadian Crew participant A [...]