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NYC: Come To The Distraction LIVE On October 4

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Ben Tippett

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Who Wants To Be World Chess Champion?

Patrick Redford

Rey Enigma taking on legendary chess player Garry Kasparov

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Rays Week

Meet Rey Enigma, Anonymous Spanish Chess Wizard

Iranian-French chess grandmaster Alireza Firouzja looks on during the first day of the chess Candidates Tournament FIDE 2022, in Madrid on June 17, 2022. - Eight of the world's top chess players are in Madrid to decide who will challenge Norway's grandmaster Magnus Carlsen for the world title. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP) (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP via Getty Images)

Prodigal Chess Teen Loses Crucial Match After Staying Up All Night Playing Online Chess

BERLIN, GERMANY - MARCH 10: Sergei Karjakin is seen playing the first round at the First Move Ceremony during the World Chess Tournament on March 10, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images for World Chess)

Chess Has A Russia Problem

David Aleksander Toska, the alleged leader of a group who allegedly carried out an April 5, 2004 raid in central Stavanger on a branch of Norway's central cash service from which they stole 58 million kroner (7.1 million euros, 9.1 million dollars), appears in court in Stavanger 04 September 2006.

Norway’s Most Successful Bank Robber Now Also Norway’s Most Controversial Chess Analyst

Iranian chess prodigy Alireza Firouzja (L), 17-years-old, plays against Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the current World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen, 30-years-old, in the first round of the international chess tournament TataSteel Chess Tournament 2021 in Wijk aan Zee on January 16, 2021. (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Magnus Carlsen Says He’ll Only Defend His Title Against Teenage Genius Alireza Firouzja

Magnus Carlsen And Ian Nepomniachtchi Brought Classic Sports Drama To Chess

Russia's grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi and Norway's grandmaster Magnus Carlsen play game nice during the FIDE World Chess Championship Dubai 2021, at the Dubai Expo 2020 in the Gulf emirate, on December 7, 2021. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

It’s All Gone To Hell For Ian Nepomniachtchi At The World Chess Championship

The World Chess Championship Has Given Us The Best And Worst Of Classical Chess

Carlsen going through it as the game crosses over into history.

Magnus Carlsen Wins Longest World Chess Championship Game Of All Time