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☆ Chess-China's Ding Liren defies odds to become world champion
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Alessandro Parodi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 30 (Reuters) - China's Ding Liren was crowned on Sunday as the 17th world chess champion in a tense match against Russian-born Ian Nepomniachtchi in Astana, Kazakhstan, in the last chapter of an odds-defying sequence of events. "One Ding to rule em all," fellow grandmaster Anish Giri wrote on Twitter in honour of the new champion. Ding's triumph means China holds both the men's and women's world titles, with current women's champion Ju Wenjun set to defend her title against compatriot Lei Tingjie in July. "The moment Ian resigned the game was a very emotional moment, I cannot control my feelings," the new world champion said in a press conference. Carlsen said he was not motivated to play shortly after Nepomniachtchi won the Candidates tournament, the prestigious qualifier to the match.

☆ The Grandmaster Plan to Turn Hordes of Kids Into Chess Fanatics
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Matt Richtel | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Stella Schwartz, 16, hopped on the chess bandwagon earlier this year after hearing about the game from her older brother, Hugh, a high school senior in San Francisco. Alex Post, a freshman at Colorado University, started playing in February, after some chess-related videos appeared in his Tik Tok feed; then he got his whole fraternity playing. Many other teenagers and young adults said that they too had recently developed a regular chess habit, although they could not recall how it started. But by all accounts — from players, parents, teachers, website metrics — the game’s popularity has exploded. (In December Chess.com also purchased the Play Magnus Group, a company started by chess world champion Magnus Carlsen that includes a mobile chess app.)

☆ Chess-World championship contender faces purported leak of his preparation
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

April 20 (Reuters) - Chess grandmasters and other players said a secret online account has been found of world championship contender Ding Liren's preparation as he trails by a point in his match in Astana, Kazakhstan, against Russian-born Ian Nepomniachtchi. The first player to gain 7.5 points will win the match and a prize of 2 million euros ($2.19 million). Ding would have used a burner account on the website Lichess.org to prepare for the match with his trainers, several players said. The account, created on Feb. 14, features new opening ideas which Ding unveiled in the match. "Ding has to deal with the fallout of his 'anonymous' pre-match training games being discovered online," chess publication Chess24 reported.

☆ Chess-In Carlsen's shadow, chess awaits a new world champion
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Hritika Sharma | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

April 8 (Reuters) - Chess will crown a new world champion when Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren begin their battle on Sunday in the shadow of incumbent Magnus Carlsen, who voluntarily relinquished the title he held since 2013. Neither has held the world title before - a first for the championship. "I can write my name in history," Ding, the first Chinese player to contest the men's world title, told reporters on Saturday. "For me, this world championship match should include the strongest player on the planet, and this match doesn't. Current women's champion Ju Wenjun is scheduled to play a title match against compatriot Lei Tingjie in July.

☆ Magnus Carlsen’s Reign Over Chess Ends With a Slip of the Mouse
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Andrew Beaton | Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Magnus Carlsen had mere seconds left on the clock of the final game he would play as World Chess Champion. He was near the end of the tie-breaking game in a format so dramatic it’s called Armageddon. Then he made a technological chess blunder for the ages.

☆ Magnus Carlsen’s Reign Over Chess Ends with a Slip of the Mouse
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Andrew Beaton | Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Anna Cramling: Being a woman in chess can feel 'lonely' says popular streamer
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Popular online chess streamer Anna Cramling says she’s also had uncomfortable experiences during her career in the game. “I’ve had weird experiences in the chess world ever since I was a kid,” Cramling told CNN Sport. “From adult men complimenting me at chess tournaments, to receiving DMs from my chess opponents saying things such as ‘I couldn’t stop looking at you’ during our chess game. “One of the main issues has been that there are so many more guys than girls that play chess, and being a woman at a chess tournament can sometimes feel lonely. “I know that chess tournaments will not forever look this way, we just need to get more women to play.

☆ Six N.F.L. Players Show Football’s Grind on Their Feet and Hands
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Ken Belson | Joe Drape | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

Players Show Football’s Grind on Their Feet and HandsOver the course of the long and brutal N.F.L. season, players’ feet and hands take a beating on nearly every snap. But in practice a few days later, he was running drills and landed awkwardly, spraining an ankle and stretching the tendons in his right foot. The next week Jones caught six passes for 109 yards and three touchdowns as the Jaguars shocked the Dallas Cowboys, 40-34. “The therapist spends a lot of time on my hands and feet,” he said.

☆ Ex-Flint, Michigan, fire chief sues mayor, saying he was fired for refusing to cover up house fire that killed 2 children
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Sniegocki and Zlotek said they found no one in the burning home and gave the “all clear” to other firefighters on the scene, the lawsuit said. Minutes later the boys were foundSniegocki and Zlotek, who resigned, could not be reached at phone numbers listed for them. The firefighters union, Neeley’s office and a city attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. Sniegocki and Zlotek entered the house. Nine days after Neeley’s re-election on Nov. 8, the mayor fired him, according to the lawsuit.

☆ FTX t-shirts and swag were stashed away in trash bags during Miami's Art Basel, and some crypto diehards took them home as souvenirs
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Solana Embassy, once backed by Sam Bankman-Fried, gave away free FTX t-shirts at Art Basel. Among the stash were close to 1,000 FTX Miami t-shirts, FTX bean bags, a framed Miami Heat jersey that featured an FTX logo, and a signed poster of chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen who took part in an FTX-sponsored tournament. Solana tweeted about its events in Miami and said it had "about 1,000 FTX Miami shirts to get rid of." The t-shirts were originally only supposed to be free for those who opened FTX accounts at the Solana Embassy. The Solana Embassy previously housed an FTX Lounge, and the exchange was its biggest financial sponsor, according to Norby.

☆ Chess.com, Magnus Carlsen Court Filings Fire Back at Hans Niemann’s Allegations in Cheating Lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Andrew Beaton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Lawyers for world champion Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com moved to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Hans Moke Niemann, the teenage American grandmaster who is facing bombshell cheating allegations, writing in court filings Friday that Niemann’s claims are a public relations ploy with no factual or legal basis. Chess.com’s filings say that Niemann’s complaint presents no evidence for any sort of conspiracy to damage his career, and that Niemann has failed to plausibly show how anything Chess.com has said about him is false.

☆ Inside the Chess Cheating Scandal: ‘It Was a Ticking Time Bomb’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Andrew Beaton | Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A month before Magnus Carlsen and 19-year-old American grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann found themselves battling each other at the center of a high-profile chess cheating scandal, they were two guys pushing pawns on the beach in Miami. Hanging around for a tournament promotion, they played on a board in the sand, watched by only a handful of people, including Dutch grandmaster Anish Giri . The games were casual, but the results were decisive. Mr. Carlsen, the five-time world champion from Norway and the highest-rated player of all time, wiped the beach with Mr. Niemann, according to Mr. Giri.

☆ Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann files defamation lawsuit seeking $100M in damages over cheating allegations
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

American chess grandmaster Hans Niemann filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday against world champion Magnus Carlsen and others seeking $100 million in damages over cheating allegations that have rocked the chess world in recent weeks. “My lawsuit speaks for itself,” Niemann, 19, tweeted Thursday, sharing a copy of the lawsuit. Niemann, Carlsen, Nakamura and Chess.com did not immediately respond to requests for comment from NBC News. The lawsuit comes weeks after Carlsen, 31, first accused Niemann of cheating after the two chess players competed at the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis on Sept. 4. And you know, ‘Chess speaks for itself.’ That’s all I can say.”

☆ Chess grandmaster sues current world champion for defaming him
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailChess grandmaster sues current world champion for defaming himCNBC’s Tyler Mathisen reports on ‘The News with Shepard Smith’ that teenage chess grandmaster Hans Niemann, who was accused of cheating last month by current world champion Magnus Carlsen, is suing his accusers for $100 million.

☆ Hans Niemann Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against Magnus Carlsen, Chess.com Over Cheating Allegations
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Andrew Beaton | Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Hans Moke Niemann, the 19-year-old American grandmaster at the center of an alleged cheating scandal that has pulsed drama through the chess world, has made his next move: He sued world champion Magnus Carlsen and others seeking $100 million in damages. The federal lawsuit, filed in the Eastern Missouri District Court, says that Carlsen, Chess.com and others, including grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, are “colluding to blacklist” Niemann from the chess world and have made defamatory statements accusing Niemann of cheating. Niemann is seeking damages of no less than $100 million in the suit, which said that tournament organizers have shunned him since the allegations emerged.

☆ Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann sues champion Magnus Carlsen, others for $100 million over cheating claim
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann filed a $100 million lawsuit against world champion Magnus Carlsen and others for alleged defamatory statements claiming that Niemann cheated in competition. The suit claims that the defendants, including Chess.com, inflicted "devastating damages" against Niemann by "egregiously defaming him" and "unlawfully colluding" to bar him from the professional chess world. But he denied claims that he cheated in an over-the-board match against Magnus Carlsen this year. Carlsen withdrew from the Sinquefield Cup in September after losing to Niemann, and eventually came forward with concerns that Niemann had cheated in the match in which he defeated Carlsen. The suit claims that Carlsen's comments were a retaliatory attempt to keep Niemann from damaging his reputation.

☆ Hans Niemann files defamation lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Matt Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The cheating scandal that has consumed the chess world has taken its latest twist as American grandmaster Hans Niemann filed a defamation lawsuit against world champion Magnus Carlsen amongst others in a Missouri court on Thursday. In the lawsuit, Niemann and his attorneys state that they are seeking at least $100 million in damages. “My lawsuit speaks for itself,” Niemann tweeted along with a copy of the lawsuit. Chess.com responded to the suit via a statement from their lawyers, Nina Mohebbi and Jamie Wine. CNN has reached out to Carlsen and Nakamura for comment.

☆ Magnus Carlsen Breaks His Silence on Chess Cheating Scandal
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Andrew Beaton | Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

World champion Magnus Carlsen on Monday broke his silence on the scandal that has shaken the chess world, explicitly accusing 19-year-old American grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann of cheating for the first time since their controversial meeting at the Sinquefield Cup this month. In a statement posted to his social media accounts, Carlsen cited Niemann’s unusual progress through the chess ranks and his surprisingly relaxed behavior when they played in St. Louis.

☆ Chess-World champion Carlsen alleges Niemann has cheated more than he admits
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

read more"So far I have only been able to speak with my actions, and those actions have stated clearly that I am not willing to play chess with Niemann," Carlsen said in a statement on Twitter. "When Niemann was invited last minute to the 2022 Sinquefield Cup, I strongly considered withdrawing prior to the event. I ultimately chose to play," Carlsen said. "I believe that Niemann has cheated more - and more recently - than he has publicly admitted," Carlsen said on Monday. "Chess organisers and all those who care about the sanctity of the game we love should seriously consider increasing security measures and methods of cheat detection for over-the-board chess," Carlsen added.

☆ The Question Behind the Magnus Carlsen-Hans Niemann Drama: How to Cheat at Chess?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Joshua Robinson | Andrew Beaton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

World champion Magnus Carlsen has set the chess world on fire in recent weeks while barely saying a word. First, he abruptly quit a prestigious tournament in St. Louis after a defeat in early September. Then this week, he resigned from a game after making just one move. What both staggering incidents have in common was Carlsen’s opponent, a 19-year-old American grandmaster named Hans Moke Niemann.

☆ The Question Behind the Magnus Carlsen-Hans Niemann Drama: How to Cheat at Chess
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Joshua Robinson | Andrew Beaton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck for Immortal Game, the Web3 chess startup that raised $12 million during the crypto winter
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( April Joyner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Web3 chess startup Immortal Game has raised $15 million, including a $12 million Series A this year. Crypto has its fair share of skeptics, but there's no arguing against the worldwide popularity of chess, according to Thomas Zaepffel, the cofounder and CEO of Immortal Game. Immortal Game, founded in March 2021 by Zaepffel, CTO David Cingala and COO Geoffroy Mestrallet, offers players the opportunity to earn crypto and sponsor up-and-coming chess talent. But Immortal Game, like other Web3 startups, seeks to set itself apart on the premise that its users should reap rewards from the platforms they popularize. Here's a look at the pitch that helped Zaepffel and his cofounders seal the deal.

☆ Magnus Carlsen’s Walk-Off Stunner in Rematch With U.S. Teen Fuels More Chess Chaos
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Andrew Beaton | Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Magnus Carlsen resigned after making just one move against an opponent at the center of an alleged cheating controversy. When American grandmaster Hans Moke Niemann began with two conventional pawn moves against world champion Magnus Carlsen in an online event on Monday, the top-ranked Norwegian responded with a stunning counter, one that isn’t in any chess book. Carlsen’s move was the latest explosion in a scandal that has rocked professional chess this month. Carlsen recently withdrew from an in-person event after losing to Niemann, with his only public comments coming in the form of a cryptic video of a European soccer manager. The chess world was quick to understand the implications of his unprecedented decision: Niemann faced widespread speculation that he is a cheater.

☆ The B-52 was designed in a hotel room over a weekend in 1948, and it may still be flying 100 years later
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Alex Hollings | Sandboxx News | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

That design emerged from a hastily arranged work session in a Dayton hotel over a weekend in 1948. The B-52 started flying when America was still relying on P-51 MustangsUS Air Force F-51D Mustang fighters during the Korean War. Spanning wars and altitudesA US Air Force B-52F dropping 750-pound bombs over Vietnam in the 1960s. US Air ForceIn July 1948, Boeing received a contract from the still-new US Air Force to design and build a new heavy bomber. By late Friday night, the new B-52 bomber was already coming into focus.

☆ A psychologist says parents of 'exceptionally resilient and successful' kids always do these 7 things: 'Yes, some are a little intense'
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-11 | by ( Kumar Mehta | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Based on research and studies, here are seven things (yes, some are a little intense) that parents of exceptionally resilient and successful kids always do:1. Every child is born with more advanced skills in some areas over others. They are patient when their kids ask questionsParents of the most accomplished people always make learning new things a priority. Most parents choose the latter, but parents of exceptional kids choose the specialist approach. And the sooner they develop those advanced skills, the quicker they'll develop best-in-class skills.

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