Could India become a chess superpower?
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England's chess league is called the 4NCL, a misnomer which needs explanation. The original concept was for an all-UK event but apart from a few Welsh squads all 50-plus teams are English. The 4NCL name has become enshrined in tradition and the league is now the most popular team event on the chess calendar, as grandmasters and amateurs compete in good conditions at its upmarket hotel venues in ...
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The man sits at a table with his head in his hands. He has not moved for several minutes. Opposite is an empty chair. Watching him through a glass panel are hundreds of people scrutinising his every gesture.
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The opening match of the first chess title to be decided in Moscow since the Cold War ended in a cagey draw on Friday as the rivals probed for weaknesses ahead of an epic three-week series.
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The 2012 U.S. Chess Championships are under way in St. Louis, and all eyes are on America's top-ranked player, Hikaru Nakamura. At the age of 24, he's believed to have the best chance of any American since Bobby Fischer to become No. 1 in the world. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nakamura, the "game changer" of American chess.
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