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Carlsen pressured to defend title

Russian officials are threatening to effectively strip chess world champion Magnus Carlsen of his title if he fails to defend it in Sochi in...

New death hits Chess Olympiad

Police in Tromsø reported Friday that another person connected to the Chess Olympiad, which concluded in the northern Norwegian city on Thursday, was found dead...

Chess Olympiad ends with player’s death

A member of the chess team from the Seychelles collapsed and died on the last day of the Chess Olympiad in Tromsø on Thursday. A...

Carlsen calls it quits in Tromsø

One day after suffering his second loss at the Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norwegian chess champion Magnus Carlsen decided to skip the last day...

Russians’ legal claim rejected

An attempt by the Russian chess organization to try to claim compensation from the organizers of the Chess Olympiad in Tromsø was rejected by...

Croatia beat Carlsen in new OL surprise

UPDATED: Norwegian chess star Magnus Carlsen attracted even more attention at the Chess Olympiad in Tromsø on Tuesday, including that of the country's prime...

Chess federation re-elects controversial leader

The international chess federation FIDE re-elected its Russian leader at a boisterous, some said "wild," meeting during the Chess Olympiad now going on in...

Burundi’s chess team disappears

The women's chess team from Burundi in east Africa, which was entered in the Chess Olympiad now underway in Tromsø, failed to show up...

Carlsen ‘gutted’ over shocking loss

UPDATED: Chess world champion Magnus Carlsen, full of confidence heading into the Chess Olympiad that's playing out in Tromsø these days, faced up to his first...

Russia also sues Norway’s Chess-OL

As if threatening to ban flights over Russia and banning all imports of Norwegian salmon weren't enough, Russian officials have also sued the Norwegian organizers of...
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