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Best Chess Openings Every Beginner Should Know

Chess has enjoyed a sharp rise in popularity in the 2020s. The spike began during COVID lockdowns and increased when Chess.com created its first PogChamps tournament on Twitch in 2020, which proved ...
Sportstar

Chess World Cup, Round 3: Arjun Erigaisi wins in 30 moves; Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa play out draws

He took just 30 moves to beat Shasiddin Vokhidov of Uzbekistan in the first game of the third round at Resort Rio in Arpora ...
The New York Times

At 5, She Picked Up Chess as a Pandemic Hobby. At 9, She’s a Prodigy.

Bodhana Sivanandan, a fourth-grader, has become one of England’s best players just a few years after discovering chess during pandemic lockdown. By Isabella Kwai Since learning chess during a pandemic ...
The Lima News

‘Chess Man’: Think before you move

LIMA — Eugene “Chess Man” Brown envisions life as a chess game: The most successful players think before they move. “You know the difference between a master chess player and the average chess player?