US chess grandmaster’s mom speaks out as questions remain over death, Russian rival faces probe

Chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky found dead after facing relentless cheating allegations from former world champion ...

Chess grandmaster dies suddenly aged 29

A 29-year-old chess grandmaster has died suddenly in what has been described as “a massive loss to the world of chess”.
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We Taught Computers To Play Chess — And Then They Left Us Behind

Oliver Roeder is a journalist, author and games player. He is a former senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, where he covered the World Chess Championship and other gaming pursuits. The following is ...

US chess superstar Daniel Naroditsky faced repeated, unproven accusations of cheating by Russian rival before his death at 29

Kramnik, 50, insinuated that his US rival was using footage of Naroditsky’s online games to claim that he was looking at a ...

World chess body probes Kramnik for harassment of late grandmaster Naroditsky

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) says it is investigating Vladimir Kramnik over his cheating accusations against ...
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The World’s Best Chess Players Are Too Good To Win

This article is part of our 2021 World Chess Championship series. Since Friday, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi have been spending their days in a glass box in Dubai, vying ...