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Magnus Carlsen and Gukesh’s Zagreb event in numbers: World champion started with 0.3% chance of winning; world no 1 lost just twice in 27 games - The Indian Express
Magnus Carlsen claimed the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia title at Zagreb after five days of action across the two faster formats. Carlsen was third in the standings after the nine games in the ...
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Done in 64 seconds: How 3rd Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen battle in Zagreb lasted just over 1 minute and ended in just 14 moves
Magnus Carlsen takes on Gukesh in a game at the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz chess tournament in Zagreb. (PHOTO: Grand Chess Tour via Lennart Ootes) But since the blitz portion of the event started on ...
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‘I told Magnus to lose… he tried, just wasn’t possible’: Magnus Carlsen’s wife Ella jokes after world no 1 wins at Zagreb
Magnus Carlsen won the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia tournament on Sunday in Zagreb despite playing in what he called “survival mode”. After the Norwegian’s win, his wife Ella posted a hilarious ...
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Music Review: English post-punks Wet Leg level up on sophomore album, 'Moisturizer'
A few songs into the second studio album from buzzy English post-punks Wet Leg, singer Rhian Teasdale yells “level up!” And ...
Like Gukesh now, a young Vishy Anand too faced criticism and was once dismissed by Soviet stars as a ‘coffee house player’
Anand had written in his autobiography about the treatment he got from players from the Soviet Union in his early days: ...