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Chess: Hikaru Nakamura snatches final round victory from Fabiano Caruana

The streamer with more than a million followers caught the US champion, who had led all the way

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Caruana leads at Stavanger after beating Carlsen in opening round

The US champion beat the Norwegian for the first time in eight years, then scored in his next two games to lead the 10-player event

The Guardian - UK

World's best chess player loses tournament after 'horror mouseslip'

Magnus Carlsen lost to rival Hikaru Nakamura after misclicking his queen.

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Chess: Hikaru Nakamura traps a queen and wins $60,000 in St Louis

The five-time US champion, whose main career is as a streamer with more than a million followers, defeated fellow world top-10 player Wesley So in a bruising final

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Garry Kasparov calls April’s world title match ‘amputated event’

Kasparov says ‘the world championship match should include the strongest player on the planet, and this match [Ian Nepomniachtchi v Ding Liren] doesn’t’

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen set for challenge from US quartet online and over-the-board

The world No 1 faces encounters with Caruana, So, Nakamura and Aronian in the online Champions Tour starting 3 April, then over-the-board at Stavanger in late May

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen and Nakamura outwit young guns in offbeat Airthings Masters

In the opening event of the online Tour, the world champion and the US speed specialist showed their skills, while Alireza Firouzja lost five games in a row, and the event’s format sparked criticism

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Chess: Magnus Carlsen jumps back into contention as final rounds loom at Wijk

The world champion has recovered from his two early losses and is one point behind the leader as the ‘chess Wimbledon’ nears climax

The Guardian - UK

World Blitz championship: Indian GM Sadhwani in 9th spot

ALMATY (Kazakhstan): Teenaged Indian Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani was in the ninth spot in the Open event with 8.5 points after 12 rounds in the FIDE World Blitz Championship here on Thursday.

The Times of India

Chess: Carlsen ‘adopts’ US champion, Fabiano Caruana, in online blitz rout

Norway’s world No 1 did not lose a single game in his 22-4 victory, and achieved the rare feat of 10 successive wins, which in online speed chess jargon qualifies as adopting your opponent

The Guardian - UK

Fans look for clues to reveal the true GOAT as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo play chess in new advert

A new eye-catching advert for Louis Vuitton has taken the internet by storm, showing Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo squaring off in a game of chess on the eve of the World Cup.

Evening Standard

Chess: Hikaru Nakamura follows Fischer’s footsteps to win in Reykjavik

The five-time US champion beat Ian Nepomniachtchi to win the Fischer Random world championship, half a century after Fischer beat Boris Spassky

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Hans Niemann chosen to lead USA at World Team Championship

The 19-year-old will play at Jerusalem in his first event since he launched his $100m lawsuit against Magnus Carlsen and others

The Guardian - UK

Hans Niemann sues Magnus Carlsen for $100 million, accusing him of defamation

The 19-year-old chess grandmaster says the world champion has mounted a libelous campaign against him since Niemann defeated Carlsen in September.

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The New Daily

‘Not a game’: Accused chess cheater files lawsuit against arch nemesis

Embattled chess player Hans Niemann has announced he is taking his feud with grandmaster Magnus Carlsen to the US court system.

Evening Standard

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann sues for $100m after being accused of cheating

World champion Magnus Carlsen plunged the game into controversy last month after quitting a prestigious St Louis tournament after losing a match against Niemann

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Niemann sues Carlsen and others for $100m after recovery at St Louis

The 19-year-old, who has denied all cheating allegations made by the world champion, is to sue Carlsen as well as chess.com, Hikaru Nakamura and others the day after fighting back to almost win a medal at the US Championship

France 24

US grandmaster Niemann sues chess champion Carlsen over cheating claims

American grandmaster Hans Niemann, in the latest move in a scandal that has rocked the world of chess, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Magnus Carlsen after the Norwegian world champion accused him of cheating.

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Evening Standard

Hans Niemann: Everything you need to know about the bad guy of chess

The chess champion has been hit by cheating allegation after cheating allegation, but he’s standing strong. Here’s everything you need to know about chess maverick, Hans Niemann

The Guardian - UK

Cheating, groupies, big money and drunken brawls: how chess went rock’n’roll

Chess’s fusty image has been shaken by recent allegations of underhand tactics. But as any fan or player can tell you, it has long been younger, hipper – and wilder – than most outsiders realised

Sports Illustrated

SI:AM | The Scandal Rocking the Chess World

Magnus Carlsen came out and said what everyone in chess had been speculating about for weeks.

The Hindu

Explained | Carlsen v Niemann: What is the ‘cheating’ controversy rocking the chess world?

Shocking the chess world on September 19, the world’s top-ranked player Magnus Carlsen resigned from a game against 19-year-old Grandmaster Hans Niemann in the Julius Baer Generation Cup, after just one move.

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Hardcore Pawn: Your Ultimate Explainer On The Anal Beads Chess Drama That’s STILL Exploding

Once a pawn a time, the chess world was in perfect harmony. Grandmasters would coexist, there was no beef between players, and everything was glorious. But now, the chess world has been absolutely shaken, rattled and rolled. If you’re looking for the ultimate recap of all the drama in the…

The New Daily

Bizarre conspiracy scandal takes the chess world by storm

The New Daily takes a look back at a burgeoning feed between two chess rivals – and one bizarre conspiracy theory circulating online.

The Guardian - UK

Magnus Carlsen resigns from rematch with Hans Niemann after opening move

Magnus Carlsen resigned after his opening move in an online match against Hans Niemann, reigniting the controversy between the two players

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