Chess is a top sport: ‘Extreme form of cognitive effort’
Long-term exposure to stress can pose problems, both professors say. "The more daily stress, the greater ...
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The missing champion, who hasn’t touched a chess piece for twenty years
Over two weeks of Tata Steel Chess TournamentThe Tata Steel Chess Tournament, formerly the Hoogovens Tournament, ...
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Vachier-Lagrave triumphs and Carlsen fails in the World Blitzkrieg chess
Reconfirmed: the loss of motivation when things don't go his way is the big problem for ...
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Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, world chess champion
The great French master Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the world blitz chess championship, games in ultra-fast cadence, ...
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Chess: Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, world blitz champion
He narrowly failed in 2015 (second), here he is now world champion. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the ...
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Chessboxing, between chess and boxing
Find the toughest man and the smartest man. That is the goal of 'Chessboxing', a sport ...
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The Chess Candidates Tournament will be played in Madrid with the patronage of millionaire Scheinberg
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has confirmed that the Candidates Tournament will be held in Madrid. ...
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Henrik Carlsen, much more than the father of a five-time chess champion genius
Henrik Carlsen, 59, does not portray an absorbing or dominating father; rather, the opposite. But the ...
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Video | Leontxo García analyzes Magnus Carlsen’s victory from the table where he was proclaimed world chess champion
Magnus Carlsen defeated in Dubai by 7.5-3.5 (four wins and seven draws) an unfaithful challenger to ...
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Chess: Norwegian Magnus Carlsen world champion for the fifth time
On the world throne since 2013, the Norwegian has outclassed Ian Nepomniachtchi to claim a fifth ...
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