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The International Chess Federation (FIDE) says it is temporarily banning transgender women from competing in its women’s events. The BBC reports: The FIDE said individual cases would require “further analysis” and that a decision could take up to two y… Continue reading World Chess Body Bans Transgender Women From Competing In Women’s Events
The Guardian reports:
The Magnus Carlsen era is over. Ding Liren becomes China’s first world chess champion. The country now can boast the men’s and women’s titleholders: an unthinkable outcome during the Cultural Revolution when it was banned as a gam… Continue reading Chess has a New World Champion: China’s Ding Liren
In October professional poker player Garrett Adelstein lost to a relative newcomer. Last month 15,000 viewers tuned in for his first new public interview, Poker News reports. Adelstein “reiterated his confidence that he was cheated,” and said he will n… Continue reading Six Months Later, Poker Player Garrett Adelstein Still Thinks He Was Cheated
It was Magnus Carlsen’s last tournament as world champion, reports CNN — and he was eliminated after a “dramatic slip of his mouse” in his online match against Hikaru Nakamura:
After drawing their first two games, the duo faced off in an Armaged… Continue reading Magnus Carlsen Loses Last Competition as World Champion – After Slip of His Mouse
An anonymous reader shares a report from Ars Technica:
Over the years, King of Kong star Billy Mitchell has seen his world-record Donkey Kong scores stripped, partially reinstated, and endlessly litigated, both in actual court and the court of public o… Continue reading Did ‘Donkey Kong’ Champ Use a Banned Joystick for His 2007 World Record?
On New Year’s Day, Chess.com launched five chess-playing bots — each with a cat persona. But the Deseret News reports that something unexpected happened with “Mittens”…
Interest generated by Mittens is outpacing the surge that came on the heels… Continue reading Chess.com Visits Spike with New Cat-Themed AI Bot Named ‘Mittens’
“Rapid chess” grants 15 minutes to each player for all moves (plus 10 seconds per move). “Blitz chess” grants each player three minutes (plus 2 seconds per move).
Now CNN reports that five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen “won both the World… Continue reading World Chess Champ Magnus Carlsen Also Wins World Blitz and Rapid Chess Titles
Atari is reviving Akka Arrh, a 1982 arcade game canceled because test audiences found it too difficult. Engadget reports: For the wave shooter’s remake, the publisher is teaming up with developer Jeff Minter, whose psychedelic, synthwave style seems an… Continue reading Atari Revives Unreleased Arcade Game That Was Too Damn Hard For 1982 Players
Launched last week on the Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Steam, Atari 50: The Anniversary Collection contains over 100 games, and also “over an hour of exclusive video interviews with key players in the games industry” (according to its web si… Continue reading Atari’s 50th Anniversary Collection Includes 100 Games, Interviews, and Addictive New Titles
It’s the tale of a company manufacuring precision card-shuffling machines for casinos — and a gang of hustlers who used a hidden video camera to film the shuffler’s insides. “The images, transmitted to an accomplice outside in the casino parking … Continue reading How a Mathematician-Magician Revealed a Casino Loophole