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Chess Feud Reignites: ‘You Don’t Even Need to Beat Ian Nepomniachtchi’
The contentious replay decision at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Team Championship has ignited a heated exchange between ...
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"This is absolutely ridiculous": Dutch chess Master Anna-Maja Kazarian calls out FIDE for €100 fine over dress code controversy
Dutch chess player had to change her shoes after FIDE penalized her for wearing "sports" sneakers (Image via Anna-Maja Kazarian/X) Dutch chess player and Twitch streamer Anna-Maja Kazarian has ...
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Chess Federation Fines Player Over Her ‘Sports Shoes’
The Dutch chess player, who received an official warning, said she did not intend to violate the dress code when she wore her canvas Burberry sneakers at a chess championship in Uzbekistan.
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Dutch chess player slams FIDE ban on sneakers for World Rapid and Blitz C’ships: ‘Ignorance and old-fashioned standards’
Dutch player Anna-Maja Kazarian is a known ... and she has represented her country at the Chess Olympiad and European Team Chess Championship. She bagged her first Woman Grandmaster (WGM) norm ...
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Magnus Carlsen quits chess championship after refusing to change out of jeans
Magnus Carlsen, the world's top chess player, has quit the World Rapid Chess Championship being held in New York after refusing to change out of jeans to abide by a dress code. The Norwegian chess ...
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Chess’ next move: The future looms over the game's world championship, once again missing its biggest star
One of the world’s biggest sporting competitions got underway Monday morning, with reigning champion Ding Liren taking game 1 of the World Chess Championship against 18-year-old phenom Gukesh ...