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Nigeria
17-year-old Nyuima Tersee is new Nigerian Champion!
Nyuima Ferdinand Tersee won the 2024 Nigerian National Championship over several titled and veteran players. The 17-year-old from Benue State bested a field of veterans and titled players to become the youngest in the nation’s history to win the coveted title. In the aftermath of Gukesh Dommaraju’s world title, the…
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World Championships
Gukesh shocks Ding in finale, wins title!
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 14Thursday, 12 December 2024 Gukesh wins world title after Ding blunders A triumphant Gukesh celebrates his historic victoryPhoto by Eng Chin An While Gukesh Dommaraju was considered the favorite in the match, there were serious doubts going into the 14th game. The teenager came off…
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World Championships
Ding-Gukesh draw in thrilling battle!
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 13Tuesday, 11 December 2024 A heavyweight battle ends in a draw…tension high on even of final game The Ding-Gukesh draw today held the chess world in suspense. FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich made the ceremonial move and saw that the future of chess is in good…
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World Championships
Ding strikes back in Game 12… match tied 6-6!
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 12Monday, 9 December 2024 Ding scores clutch win, score tied 6-6! China’s Ding Liren won a thrilling game over India’s Gukesh Dommaraju to tie the world chess championship match at 6-6. There are two classical games remaining with tiebreaks waiting in the event of a…
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USA
Alpha Phi Alpha’s Dunlap touts Chess Initiative
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was founded in December 4, 1906 at Cornell University, just celebrating its 118th anniversary. The 290,000-member has always promoted academic excellence and scholarship, and the organization has national programs, including “Project Alpha” and “Go-to-Highschool-Go-to-College.” It is the first Black intercollegiate fraternity with more than 700…
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Singapore
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 3
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 3Wednesday, 26 November 2024 Gukesh breaks through… evens the score! Dommaraju Gukesh won Game 3 of the World Championship match with an impressive win over Ding Liren. This game rode on a razor’s edge when Ding was close to stealing the initiative. The game went…
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Singapore
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 2
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 2Tuesday, 26 November 2024 Tense draw… excitement ratcheting up Game 2 of the World Chess Championship ended peacefully after a rousing start of the match. After Ding Liren won the first game of the match, many wondered if they had been “snookered.” Ding kept sounding…
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FIDE
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 1
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 1Monday, 25 November 2024 Ding Liren wins the first game, quiets naysayers The World Chess Championship match has begun! Prior to the match, most everyone, including top Grandmasters, picked Dommaraju Gukesh as the favorite over Ding Liren despite his lack of match experience. They predicated…
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FIDE
2024 World Chess Championship (Singapore City)
2024 World Chess Championship Singapore (November 25th – December 13th) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 pts. Ding Liren 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 6½ Gukesh 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½…
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Media Stories
Chess activist Ernest Levert still healing after aneurysm
Back in April, social chess activist Ernest “Ern” Levert, Jr. of Columbus, Ohio suffered a brain aneurysm and was put in a medically-induced coma. Once he regained consciousness, his life and those of his family members changed forever. The Columbus community was devastated at the news. Local news covered the…
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