Topline Eight women—including three who were underage—accused renowned American chess player Alejandro Ramirez of sexual misconduct, allegations dating back more than a decade that chess officials wer...
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Zebedee Gaming Platform Unveils “Bitcoin Chess”
Do you like bitcoin? You probably do. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be reading this article or visiting this site. What about chess and card games? Well, if you’re a fan of all three, then gaming payment pr...
Bitcoin Under Dire Straits-Will Bulls Triumph or the Bears Win in the Game of Chess?
The past weekend was pretty bullish for the entire space as the Bitcoin price broke out of the consolidation and formed a new ATH above $24,000. Woefully, the trend has flipped notably as the bears ap...
Chess Master Garry Kasparov Is a Big BTC Fan
Renowned chess master Garry Kasparov has always been a big supporter of and believer in bitcoin despite its price having fallen so much. Garry Kasparov Gives His Thoughts on BTC In a recent interview,...
Magnus Carlsen Wins Chess’ Triple Crown For A Third Time — After Dramatic Year And Niemann Cheating Scandal
Topline Magnus Carlsen now holds all three world chess championship titles after winning both the World Rapid and World Blitz titles in Almaty, Kazakhstan, this week, marking the third time Carlsen ha...
International Chess Federation to develop Web 3 products on Avalanche
The international chess governing body, FIDE, plans to create a number of Web 3.0 products on the decentralized Avalanche platform. With more than 500 million players worldwide, chess is a sport of co...
International Chess Federation (FIDE) Teams Up With Avalanche
The FIDE oversees the World Chess Championship and the Chess Olympiad. 100 million of the world’s 500 million chess players compete in games over the internet. As part of their mission to bring ...
Chess to make headway into Web 3.0 as FIDE partners with Avalanche
The International Chess Federation, popularly known by its French acronym FIDE, has struck a partnership with Avalanche to introduce chess into the sphere of Web 3.0, Avalanche announced on Dec. 23. F...
International Chess Federation (FIDE) Comes to Avalanche (AVAX) Blockchain: Details
Vladislav Sopov World’s most influential chess association FIDE actively developing Web3 products for Avalanche (AVAX) Contents FIDE developing Web3 products on Avalanche: Check out major use ca...
Binance Plots Next Chess Move as FTX Contagion Spreads
Binance continues with auditing and acquisitions following the collapse of rival exchange FTX, the contagion from which continues to spread. With the collapse of FTX, other crypto exchanges have been ...
Ronaldo-Messi Chess Match Boots Elon Musk Post For Most Popular Tweet Of The Week
Topline Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s tweets have dominated the platform since he took over as owner last month, but his posts over the past week were eclipsed by one Cristiano Ronaldo tweet in terms ...
‘Blockchain, not Bitcoin’ is Dead? Australian Bourse Cans DLT Shift
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has placed a blockchain system (DLT) intended to upgrade its aging settlement layer on indefinite hold after three years of development. The move marks the end...
Binance’s FTX acquisition seen as chess move by crypto community
“Who needs Netflix when you are in crypto?” commented a user on Twitter as the crypto industry attempted to digest the acquisition of cryptocurrency exchange FTX by its rival Binance. The deal, disclo...
Teen Chess Grandmaster Sues Chess.com And World Champion Carlsen For $100 Million Over Cheating Allegations
Topline A 19-year-old American chess grandmaster whom Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen accused of cheating last month filed a defamation lawsuit in federal court Thursday against the world No. 1 pl...
Hans Niemann sues Magnus Carlsen, others for $100 million over chess cheating claims
US international grandmaster Hans Niemann waits his turn to move during a second-round chess game against Jeffery Xiong on the second day of the Saint Louis Chess Club Fall Chess Classic in St. Louis,...
Grandmaster At Center Of Chess World Scandal Likely Cheated More Than 100 Times, Investigation Finds
Topline Hans Niemann, the 19-year-old American grandmaster who last month was accused of cheating by World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen after a shocking upset, was found to have “likely cheated” more...
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Accuses Hans Niemann Of Cheating
Topline Reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen accused grandmaster Hans Niemann of cheating in a statement released Monday, marking the first time Carlsen unequivocally alleged wrongdoing by the...
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen Resigns From Match After Just One Move Against Player At Center Of ‘Cheating’ Scandal
Topline Reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen suddenly resigned after making just a single move Monday during his widely anticipated rematch against Hans Niemann, whom Carlsen hinted may have c...
Netflix Settles ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Defamation Lawsuit With Georgian Chess Master
Topline Netflix agreed on Tuesday to settle a defamation lawsuit with Georgian chess master Nona Gaprindashvili, who had sought $5 million in damages as the result of a “sexist and belittling” represe...
Animoca Brands and Lympo Partner With Play Magnus Group on Chess Blockchain Game Anichess
[PRESS RELEASE – Tallinn, Estonia, 15th August 2022] Animoca Brands and its subsidiary Lympo, a leading global sports NFT ecosystem, announced today that they are developing Anichess in partnership wi...
Blockchain gaming titan partners with chess Grandmasters to build a chess-inspired game
Animoca Brands and its subsidiary, Lympo, made the announcement today, August 15 that they are in the process of developing a chess-inspired blockchain game ‘Anichess’ together with Play Magnus Group ...
GameFi Projects Want To Become as Timeless as Chess: Alliance DAO Contributor Says
Despite the bear market, GameFi is dominating venture capital interest But there are some teething problems that venture capitalists face The growing GameFi sector accounts for a significant chunk of ...
The Weekend Shift: Crypto, Chess and Business
Welcome to the 77th Weekend Shift! What’s the deal? Over the weekend, we’ll update this post with some of the most interesting articles, podcasts, charts, and opinion pieces we’re too busy to write ab...
Chess Nerds and Crypto Nerds Assemble! FTX Crypto Cup 2022 Kicks Off
Chess and crypto are becoming familiar bedfellows. They have got a love-in going on again for the upcoming FTX Crypto Cup 2022. It will be held in August in Miami, USA. The first FTX Crypto Cup was up...
Bear market? “So what,” says World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov
Garry Kasparov, the Russian chess grandmaster and chair of the Human Rights Foundation, doesn’t appear at all bothered by the current crypto bear market. Kasparov, who is also a long-time Bitcoin supp...
What Is Behind Tranchess’ (CHESS) Recent Spike?
Gamza Khanzadaev Binance-backed project was dangling at the bottom, but then it burst CHESS is the governance token of Tranchess project, launched in 2021 with the support of Binance Labs, Three Arrow...
Chess Players Win Bitcoin Prize as Crypto Penetrates More Sports
Chess grandmasters have never been happier. In a recent chess tournament, prizes included crypto and an NFT trophy. This is just one example of how crypto companies are now starting to sponsor huge sp...
Why This World Chess Champion Believes Bitcoin Is Very Likely To Replace The Dollar Within A Decade ⋆ ZyCrypto
Advertisement     Key Takeaways Russian Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov says Bitcoin and crypto could replace the dollar. Cryptocurrencies are a tool for achieving hu...