Etiket: Chess
Dommaraju Gukesh on the verge of becoming chess champion at 17
Indian grandmaster Gukesh won the Candidates tournament in Toronto on the night of Sunday to Monday, and is only one step away from becoming the youngest king in the history…
a cat in Dubai, a Nigerian record holder during a game of chess and emperor penguins… The news of the week
Published on 04/21/2024 22:11 Update on 04/21/2024 22:46 Video length: 2 min The world in pictures: a cat in Dubai, a Nigerian record holder during a game of chess and…
Chess 960 | Magnus Carlsen attempts a revolution
(Paris) Bored by the classic circuit and supported by a patron, the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, chess star of which he has been the best player for ten years, is the…
Elon Musk’s start-up releases video of implanted patient playing mental chess
Controlling a computer by thought, we get a little closer every day. Neuralink, Elon Musk’s start-up, has just shown a video of its first human patient playing chess telepathically thanks…
Neuralink streams video of man playing chess with his mind
The young American startup Neuralink, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, released a video on Wednesday in which a patient plays chess by thought on his computer using a brain implant.…
Yan England unveils a series on chess champion Garry Kasparov at Séries Mania
The series is called Rematch. In a fluid and punchy production, it delves into the psyche of champion Garry Kasparov, known for having faced – and defeated – IBM’s Deep…
Former chess champion Garry Kasparov placed on Moscow’s list of “terrorists and extremists”
It’s “an honor that says more about Putin’s fascist regime than about me,” the exiled opponent reacted on his X account on Wednesday. Published on 03/06/2024 6:00 p.m. Update on…
Waze, Picasso and chess players: here are the top 10 best analogies from Martin St-Louis in 2023
Since he has been behind the bench, Martin St-Louis has never ceased to amaze us with his analogies and metaphors. By illustrating his ideas with examples from everyday life, the…
The French Chess Federation announces that it is taking measures against gender-based violence
Welcome Company Sexual violence This change comes a few months after an open letter written by 14 high-level players, and followed by several dozen others. Published on 11/23/2023 5:59 p.m.…
At only 19 years old, he became the fifth Quebec chess grandmaster
Montrealer Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux was able to win the title of Grandmaster (GM) in chess, becoming the fifth Quebecer in history to obtain this distinction which constitutes the highest title awarded…
Damian Penaud, chess and brand
The Blues winger, third best try scorer in the history of the French XV, found in the game of chess the ideal catalyst to ward off his visceral hatred of…
Free washer | Play chess, not checkers…
The Canadian trailed 2-1 midway through the second period Monday night and the Devils took advantage of a numerical superiority. Jesse Ylönen made the right play handing the puck to…
“It’s a game of chess, and the smartest one wins”
More than a year after the creation of a pole specializing in cold cases in Nanterre, and while hundreds of criminal cases remain unsolved, scientific and technical progress appears as…
Ding Liren, China’s first world chess champion
Chinese grandmaster Ding Liren became the first Chinese world chess champion on Sunday in Astana by defeating Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi, confirming the country’s leading position in the chess world. At…
The aces of info | Vladimir Putin, the heroine of chess and leap years
Every Sunday, The Press broadcasts the content of Les As de l’info, a new youth digital platform entirely devoted to daily news. Posted at 7:00 a.m. LAURENT COTE Journalist, Les…
keeping the veil “didn’t seem right to me”, says Iranian chess champion Sara Khadem
Iran: Keeping the veil “did not seem right to me”, says Iranian chess champion Sara Khadem Access to accessibility menu source site-24
[Balado] Pick up the headlines | Chess and math, the basics of cheating
The chess world has been rocked since last month by a major scandal. Magnus Carlson, the world champion, accuses the young Hans Niemann of cheating, polarizing in passing a universe…
Iranian chess champion Mitra Hejazipour says proud of ‘boldness’ of protests
She was a grandmaster of chess and played in the national team of Iran until that day in December 2019 when, by competing without a headscarf under the colors of…
Testimonial | The chess player in times of pandemic
For years looking at chess pieces aroused as much emotion in me as looking at a rock. I couldn’t understand how I could devote so many hours of my youth…
Chess GM Hans Niemann allegedly cheated ‘more than 100 times’ online, according to chess.com
US Grandmaster Hans Niemann, accused of cheating by world chess champion Magnus Carlsen, “probably cheated over 100 times” in online games, chess platform chess.com claims in a report. “Overall, we…