Haaland invests in new global chess tour

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has been announced as an investor in a new global chess tour. The 25-year-old is ...
Esports Insider

Chess.com reveals Naroditsky Memorial Rapid and Blitz tournament

Chess.com and Charlotte Chess Center Foundation announce Naroidtsky Memorial Rapid and Blitz event to honour the late Daniel ...
Sportstar

Erling Haaland invests in Norway Chess to launch the new Total Chess World Championship Tour

Erling Haaland invests in Norway Chess to launch the Total Chess World Championship Tour with four annual global tournaments.
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The cheat’s gambit: Grandmasters go to war over claims 46-game blitz chess streak was tainted

Hikaru Nakamura plays chess like he talks — at a hundred miles an hour. The 35-year-old grandmaster has been the top ranked US player for over a decade and livestreams rapid fire games of online blitz ...
People

World Chess Champion Quits Competition After Refusing to Change Out of Jeans, Tells International Chess Federation 'F--- You'

Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen dropped out of the World Rapid and Blitz Championships on Dec. 27 after refusing to ditch his denim as "a matter of principle" Misha Friedman/Getty World ...
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Eight-year-old chess ‘phenomenon’ wins women’s first prize at European Rapid and Blitz Championship

An eight-year-old British schoolgirl “phenomenon” won the women’s first prize in the Blitz category at this year’s European Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in Zagreb, Croatia. The “super talented” ...