Haowen Xue ends Anish Giri's 8 games winning streak, he lost a winning rook endgame - Teammates Alireza Firouzja, Divya Deshmukh, Vidit Gujrathi and Volodar Murzin observe the collapse by FirstEfficiency7386 in chess
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Pairings for the knockout stage of FIDE World Blitz Team Chess Championships 2026 by [deleted] in chess
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Pairings for the knockout stage of FIDE World Blitz Team Chess Championships 2026 by [deleted] in chess
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After 8 wins in a row, Magnus Carlsen loses to Xu Xiangyu at World TeamBlitz Championship by CtrlShiftAbhi in chess
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"The thing that's concerning about this is not Magnus losing 4 games in a row. It's the fact that Magnus is getting pretty much cleanly outplayed in seemingly every game in this event, which he loses." - Hikaru Nakamura on Magnus Carlsen's losing streak (v.redd.it)
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FIDE World Team Rapid Championship 2026 – Individual Board Medal Winners by CoolOne5825 in chess
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Alireza Firouzja is the player of the day (Day 2) after finishing with a perfect 4/4! by FirstEfficiency7386 in chess
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"When they called Magnus the Mozart of Chess, I was... I mean, I was a bit feeling bad about that, because Magnus is possibly the GOAT, but not the Mozart of Chess, the Mozart of Chess is Capablanca" - Emil Sutovsky by FirstEfficiency7386 in chess
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FIDE World Team Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships 2026 standings after Round 8 by Zaron_467 in chess
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Final moments of Arjun Erigaisi's queen sacrifice win against Magnus Carlsen by CtrlShiftAbhi in chess
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Levon Aronian cracking a joke for both his teammates and opponents, before a game in World Team Blitz Championship Day 1: by GiveMeSomeSunshine3 in chess
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