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The tributes and appreciations are flowing in for German GM Robert Huebner, the cerebral four-time world championship ...

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World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in action during the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships in New York City. FIDE Magnus Carlsen hasn’t been having a great time over the last couple of weeks. His ...

But in freestyle chess, the positions of these pieces are randomised at the start of the game, although the eight pawns in front of these pieces start where they usually do. This format is meant to ...