She misses me a lot and the first question when I get back is whether I am going for any other tournament. And if I am, she won’t go to anyone else for a few days. But she also understands what I do.

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The first LEGO chess set was part of the Knight's Kingdom, an expansion of the LEGO Castle brand. It featured two Armies: the Shadow Knights, led by evil sorcerer Vladek, and the Kingdom of Morcia, ...

And chess has become a major esport. So that’s the thing, right, chess has historically been a game that has revelled in long, slow, plodding games. The time controls for classical chess games are in ...

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While he’s technically not the FIDE world classical chess champion anymore, that’s only because he abdicated that title by choosing not to defend it any longer. He’s still generally ...

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