Carlsen & Giri’s #MoveForEquality
Arch rivals Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri combined yesterday to break a rule in chess – the convention that White goes first! The exhibition game was played to highlight the fight for equality on the eve of today’s United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Here at chess24 we’re marking the day with a 12-hour Banterthon with Grandmasters Jan Gustafsson, Loek van Wely and Jan Smeets, where Black will start first in all of the games.
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Carlsen & Lagno end 2018 as World Blitz Champions
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World Rapid 3: Dubov & Ju Wenjun take gold
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World Rapid 2: Seven leaders as Magnus lurks
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World Rapid 1: Magnus suffers as Firouzja shines
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Alexey Sarana stars as Princes lead Kings
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7 conclusions from the 2018 Grand Chess Tour
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Carlsen: “I don’t understand why arrogance is considered a bad thing”
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Grand Chess Tour comes down to rapid and blitz
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