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☆ Chess World Championship: Inside the grueling world of the tournament
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Ding Liren slumped over the board with fallen chess pieces scattered in front of him in the moments after he won the Chess World Championship last year. The Chess World Championship is an extraordinary, singular event. Zhang Shuo/China News Service/VCG/Getty Images“You lose weight during a chess tournament of this intensity. Several questions are running through a chess player’s head when an opponent makes a move, says Pein, rattling them off. Qualifying is so difficult that one appearance at a world championship might be all that a chess player can hope for.

Persons: CNN — Ding Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi, “, Bobby Fischer, ” Viswanathan “ Vishy ” Anand, China’s Ding, India’s Gukesh, Ding Liren, Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi, Zhang Shuo, ” Malcolm Pein, Magnus Carlsen –, Ding, ”, Gukesh, Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Karpov, Kasparov, Danny Rensch, it’s, Rensch, Vishy, Dipayan Bose, What’s, Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi, They’re, ” Rensch, ” Pein Organizations: CNN, Olympus, CNN Sport, China News Service, English, Daily Telegraph, YouTube Locations: Singapore

☆ Gukesh Dommaraju: Indian teenager becomes youngest challenger for world chess title, will face reigning champion from China
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Andrew Mcnicol | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Teenage Indian chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju, better known as Gukesh D, became the youngest player to claim the men’s Candidates Tournament in Toronto, Canada Sunday. The 17-year-old grandmaster’s win sets up an opportunity to dethrone reigning world champion Ding Liren of China at the 2024 World Chess Championship later this year. Gukesh is set to become the youngest player ever to challenge for a world chess title. China’s Tan Zhongyi won the women’s Challenger category to qualify for a world title match against compatriot and reigning world champion Ju Wenjun – date also unknown. Gukesh is the second Indian to play in a world championship after legendary Indian player Viswanathan “Vishy” Anand.

Persons: Gukesh Dommaraju, Ding Liren, Ding, Garry Kasparov’s, Gukesh, Hikaru Nakamura, “, ” Gukesh, ”, Kasparov, ” Kasparov, Narendra Modi, Gukesh’s, Magnus Carlsen, China’s Tan Zhongyi, Ju, Rameshbabu, Carlsen, “ Pragg, Viswanathan “ Vishy ” Anand, Anand, “ I’m, ” Anand Organizations: CNN, International Chess Federation, FIDE, Indian Locations: Toronto, Canada, China, Russian, Asia, Britain, India, Vaishali

☆ This income play can yield more than 5%, without a ton of risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Corporate bond yields have been a boon for income investors. For many, investment-grade corporate debt is the sweet spot right now, and still has yields that haven't been seen in years. Investment-grade bonds are rated Baa or above by Moody's or BBB and above by S & P and Fitch. "You could get to 5% to 6% type of yield numbers, without taking much credit risk, without taking much duration risk." "There should be lower spread volatility compared to other [corporate bond] sectors such as high yield, floating rate loans and emerging markets as well," he said.

Persons: haven't, Vishy Tirupattur, Morgan Stanley, Fitch, Tirupattur, Marc Kremer, Franklin, Michael Kessler, I'm, Kessler, He's, Morgan Stanley's Tirupattur, Franklin Templeton's Kremer, Kremer, CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Federal Reserve, UBS, Investment, Franklin Templeton, Franklin Investment Grade Corporate, Albion Financial, Treasury Locations: financials, U.S

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