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Hans Niemann has confirmed his participation in the Las Vegas Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tournament, setting up a possible ...
Niemann had also qualified to play at the Paris leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, but had pulled out at the last ...
FIDE World Blitz Team Championship ended with WR Chess lifting the title, but not without controversy. Anish Giri has now ...
The contentious replay decision at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championship has ignited a heated exchange between ...
Anish Giri had walked up to the WR Chess team and exchanged words with Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura during the FIDE ...
The Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lander on the moon was captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Credit: Space.com | imagery courtesy: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University / Firefly Aerospace | ...
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh's victory over Magnus Carlsen in the Norway Chess 2025 was marred by a racially abusive comment, sparking outrage among fans.
On April 1, 2025, American grandmaster Hans Niemann posted about his potential arrival in Paris for the second leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour. However, five days later, he withdrew for ...
aptly named “Hans Niemann against the World”. They were a series of gruelling matches held last year against top grandmasters, five days each, featuring a mix of chess formats. He clawed back ...
This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On the second day of this year’s Grenke Chess Open, Europe’s ...
If Hans Niemann had hoped to put an alleged cheating scandal behind him, the chess grandmaster’s interview with Piers Morgan on Monday might have just scuttled that wish. Niemann has ...