It was a chess competition with a difference. Players stripped to their underwear, and sat in a pool of freezing water, then played their matches. The event took place in the Ural mountain region of ...

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(MENAFN- IANS) Mumbai, Sep 25 (IANS) Winning six games in a row in chess is akin to hitting six sixes in an over in cricket -- easy to think of difficult to achieve. In chess, the most famous six-wins ...

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The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, by David Shenk 327pp, Doubleday, $26 The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Oddballs, Geeks, and Geniuses Who Make Up America's Top High School Chess Team, by ...