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Is chess finally safe for women? – 25 Nov 2022
Recently reported harassment cases are less troubling than those in a German newspaper article that was ignored.
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Out of Russia – 10 Nov 2022
More than half of Russia’s top chess players have left their country.
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Trust was yesterday – 01 Nov 2022
FIDE’s Fair Play Commission is preparing to train anti-cheating officials and to implement a screening system for ongoing games.
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![Danny Rensch, Chess.com, and Magnus Carlsen in a [video][1] announcing the take-over bid.
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DP-K0mYHeD0&feature=emb_imp_woyt](/files/screenshot-2022-10-17-at-12-17.240.jpeg)
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Tik-tok with Magnus – 17 Oct 2022
Chess.com extended their 13 NOK offer per Play Magnus Group share until 2 November and has yet to convince hundreds of shareholders to seal the deal.
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The party is over – 16 Jun 2022
The online chess boom induced by pandemic restrictions, the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour and The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix is behind us.
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Chess photo most popular Instagram post ever – 26 Nov 2022
Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo over a chess game, captured by star photographer Annie Leibovitz for a Louis Vuitton campaign (“Victory is a state of mind”) has been liked 78 million times within six days on Instagram on the four respective accounts combined, making it the most popular post on that social network so far.
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Hybrid Cities postponed – 25 Nov 2022
The First European Cities Championship, to be held hybridly at arbiter-supervised venues, is postponed to 29 January 2023.
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Schulz leads School Chess Foundation – 25 Nov 2022
Jörg Schulz, the former general secretary of the German Youth Chess Association, is the new chairman of the German School Chess Foundation.
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Players polled about 45 minute control – 24 Nov 2022
The 45 minutes + 10 seconds/move modus that is experimentally used at the World Teams Championship in Jerusalem is being evaluated by means of a players’ poll, FIDE General Director Emil Sutovsky told ChessTech. The first experience at the Women World Teams 2021 was mixed. No experiments at other FIDE championships are planned right now.
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Play Magnus Academy launched – 23 Nov 2022
Play Magnus has launched its new app Play Magnus Academy full of mini games and puzzles, available from $/€7 per month.