Transgender chess players banned from women's tournaments
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Scandal
US grandmaster Niemann sues chess champion Carlsen over cheating charges
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20 Oct 2022
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Chess
Grandmaster Hans Niemann defends reputation after cheating claims
6 Oct 2022
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Allegation
Teenage grandmaster cheated 'more than 100' times, claims chess platform
5 Oct 2022
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Probe
Chess governing body to investigate cheating claims against 19-year-old American player
30 Sep 2022
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Controversy
Chess champion Magnus Carlsen quits game amid cheating allegations
20 Sep 2022
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Controversy
Top Russian chess player suspended over Ukraine remarks
21 Mar 2022
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Take a Bow
The world's best chess star has become the top fantasy football player on the planet
16 Dec 2019
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Obsession
'I've met a lot of people who threw away their livelihoods because of how addictive chess was'
25 Dec 2018
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Risk
'If you're worried about the physical side of any sport, then play chess'
3 Oct 2017
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garry kasparov
World chess champ and Kremlin foe wins European court case against Russia
14 Dec 2016
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Stalemate
Women's chess champion to boycott world finals in Iran over requirement to wear hijab
11 Oct 2016
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A Rook and a hard place
A chess champion says men are "hardwired" to be better at the game - and people aren't happy
20 Apr 2015
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Opinion
Opinion: Struggling Munster must give Hanrahan more game time
29 Sep 2014
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grandmaster flash
It only took 79 seconds for this guy to beat Bill Gates at chess
25 Jan 2014
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Castleknock
Castleknock killing was “over a game of chess”
12 Jan 2014
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Reaction
Indian media sees new chess world order after Carlsen win
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rubber duckie
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Uganda
Chess giving hope to slum children
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Voices
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LIVE BLOG
Chess-mad Armenia makes the game compulsory in schools
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chess cheats?
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Good Morning
The 9 at 9
Nine things you need to know by 9am: British police may investigate Neil Prendeville; how Barack Obama was locked out of the White House and the cheating scandal that’s rocking the chess world.