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He may have been born and brought up in Russia — from where his mother hails — and now settled in the Netherlands with family. But Anish Giri has a close connect with India as his father is from ...

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After sharing the top prize in their last online chess battle, Filipino-born Wesley So falls short this time against world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen Magnus Carlsen won the first two games and went on to ...

Wesley So, the Philippines' former top chess player now representing the US, and world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen arrange another online title clash There will surely be a winner between Magnus Carlsen and ...

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Ahead of his own tournament, The Magnus Carlsen Invitational, the Norwegian world champion suffered a setback in the hands precocious Alireza Firouzja in the final of the Banter Blitz Cup that ...