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Chess Patch Notes V.2025.b 📔
NEW MOVE: Bishop Bosse
- Once per game, each player can move their bishop to an empty adjacent square of the opposite color
- This move uses your turn
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CONGRATULATIONS TO GUKESH, THE NEW WORLD CHAMPION 🏆
The 18-year-old Indian star has defeated the reigning champion, Ding Liren, to become the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion. Wow! 🇮🇳
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The emotional moment that 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju became the 18th world chess champion 🥲🏆
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Down 0-3 in the NBA Finals, Luka Dončić met up with chess International Master Levy Rozman looking for some advice. Levy had this to say:
"Just score more points"
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WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan and GM Hikaru Nakamura are now married!
Congratulations to the happy couple! ❤️💍
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we noticed you've been struggling with white recently 🤷♂️
@chesscom How on earth do I get seven black games in eleven rounds??? Cancelling my diamond membership and never coming back
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Ding Liren wins the 2023 FIDE World Championship 🏆
Congratulations to Ding on becoming the new FIDE World Champion, and cementing his place in chess history after a thrilling match! 👏
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👏 PRAGG HAS DONE IT 👏
@MagnusCarlsen will play his first-ever World Cup Final against 18-year-old @rpragchess! 🇮🇳
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Gukesh has now revealed his winning team:
🇵🇱 Grzegorz Gajewski
🇵🇱 Radoslaw Wojtaszek
🇮🇳 Pentala Harikrishna
🇩🇪 Vincent Keymer
🇵🇱 Jan-Krzysztof Duda
🇵🇱 Jan Klimkowski
🇮🇳 Vishy Anand
🇿🇦 Paddy Upton
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What a World Cup for Pragg! 👏🇮🇳
An incredible story and a brilliant talent, @rpragchess took down two of world's top three, and secured his place in the 2024 Candidates Tournament! 🥈
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INDIA DOMINATE AND WIN OLYMPIAD GOLD 🇮🇳🥇
Their star-studded lineup was simply too strong for the world as @DGukesh @ArjunErigaisi @viditchess @rpraggnachess and @HariChess clinched India's first-ever open gold! 🙌 #ChessOlympiad
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THERE ARE TWO WINNERS!! 🏆🤝🏆
After several overtime draws, Ian and Magnus agree to SHARE the FIDE World Blitz Chess Champion title! Absolutely insane on New Years Eve 🎉
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Countries with the most chess players rated over 2700:
🇮🇳 India - 7
🇺🇸 USA - 6
🇨🇳 China - 4
🇫🇷 France - 2
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - 2
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this might be the greatest chess clip of all time 🤯 @amanhambleton
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♔ Shoutout to #PogChamps3 superstar @Rubiu5 for raising over $7,500 for @FAltarriba who develops programs and projects dedicated to the protection of animals and nature. 👏
Support their efforts here!
altarriba.org
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Hikaru and Atousa are expecting their first child! Congratulations to them both! 💚🙌👶
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A beloved chess player, coach, mentor, commentator and friend. Danya, we love you.
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Our condolences to Magnus Carlsen and his family for the tragic loss of his mother, Sigrun Øen ❤️
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Starting this year, the winner of the annual Speed Chess Championship will be awarded the Naroditsky Cup.
The cup will have the winners of previous years engraved on it and become the permanent trophy of the SCC.
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you don't even need pants to play online...
Magnus Carlsen has been disqualified from the World Rapid Chess Championship in Round 9 due to a dress code violation (jeans) and previous warning.
In an interview, he said he is no longer playing the World Blitz Championship either, and instead going on vacation.
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MAGNUS CARLSEN IS FINALLY THE WORLD CUP CHAMPION 🏆
Congratulations to @MagnusCarlsen for winning his first-ever World Cup after an incredible month of knockouts.
The Norwegian has now won every major individual classical tournament, and completes chess! 🐐
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We take all cheating accusations seriously.
In the case of the recent accusations against Hikaru Nakamura by Vladimir Kramnik, we have generated nearly 2,000 individual reports on Hikaru’s games in our Fair Play system and have found no incidents of cheating.
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WOWWWWW 🔥🇮🇳
AFTER AN INCREDIBLE TOURNAMENT, AND THE CRAZIEST DAY, 17-YEAR-OLD @DGUKESH WILL COMPETE FOR THE WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP!!! 👏👏
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you gave us a two day long heart attack shayne and i'm saying this as a fan and not a chess piece
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Congratulations to @MagnusCarlsen on winning his 5th World Championship match and further cementing his legacy as arguably the greatest player in chess history!
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Today we released our official report on Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, and cheating in chess. Read it here: chess.com/blog/CHESScom/hans…
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WAKE UP INDIA! 🇮🇳
Vidit Gujrathi takes down Hikaru Nakamura - as BLACK - in the first decisive game of the #FIDECandidates 👏
This is Hikaru's first defeat in 47 classical games, dating all the way back to the last Candidates tournament!
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.@MogulMoves and @chesscom are excited to partner with @DaveandBusters to bring @LudwigAhgren's Mogul Chessboxing Championship to all Dave & Buster’s nationwide!
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The 10th World Chess Champion, Grandmaster Boris Spassky, has passed away at the age of 88. Rest in peace.
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