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Norwegian chess world champion Magnus Carlsen in a suit and holding a bottle a Champagne while attending the Norwegian Sports Gala in Oslo January 4, 2014.
Culture
The Italian Bobby Fischer is making chess history in St. Louis
A poster of chess player Garry Kasparov in Tromso, Norway, where the former world champion lost his bid to become the president of the World Chess Federation, or FIDE.
Culture
A chess legend fails in his bid to become the sport’s official king
A poster of chess player Garry Kasparov in Tromso, Norway, where the former world champion lost his bid to become the president of the World Chess Federation, or FIDE.
Culture
A chess legend fails in his bid to become the sport’s official king
Norway (white) versus the rest of the world (black)
Arts, Culture & Media
Norway challenges the rest of the world to a not-so-friendly game of chess