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Tag: CHESS

IBM’s Deep Blue beats chess legend Kasparov

May 11 (UPI) — On this date in history: In 1858, Minnesota joined the United States as the 32nd state. In 1862, the Confederate navy destroyed its iron-clad vessel Merrimac to prevent it from falling into the hands of advancing Union forces. In 1910, Glacier National Park in Montana was created by an act of […]

The state’s first “Granite Gambit Chess Festival” is a checkmate

May 5—MANCHESTER — School cafeterias are often echo chambers of laughter and mayhem. But the cafeteria at Memorial High School on Saturday, site of the state’s first Granite Gambit Chess Festival, was pin-drop silent — transformed into a learning and playing arena for an activity that is high-stakes, strategic, engrossing and fun. “I like that […]

Nigerian chess champion plays game for 60 hours in new global record bid

A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City’s Times Square in a bid to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Tunde Onakoya (29) hopes to raise $1 million (€940,000) for children’s education across Africa through the record attempt that began on […]

Nigerian chess champion plays game for 60 hours in new global record bid

A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City’s Times Square in a bid to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise one million dollars (£0.8 million) for children’s education across Africa through the record attempt that […]

Nigerian chess champion plays game for 60 hours in new global record bid

A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate played chess nonstop for 60 hours in New York City’s Times Square in a bid to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Tunde Onakoya, 29, hopes to raise one million dollars (£0.8 million) for children’s education across Africa through the record attempt that […]