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Grand Chess Tour Romania 2025 - Bucharest

World Champion chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju of India holds his playing order number during the official opening ceremony of the Grand Chess Tour 2025 tournament in Bucharest, Romania, May 6, 2025. Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Grand Chess Tour Romania 2025 - Bucharest

World Champion chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju of India makes a move during a demonstrative simultaneous chess game with Romanian children and teenager players at the official opening ceremony of the Grand Chess Tour 2025 tournament in Bucharest, Romania, May 6, 2025. Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Grand Chess Tour Romania 2025 - Bucharest

Chess grandmaster Fabiano Caruana of the Unated States, winner of Grand Chess Tour 2023, attends the official opening ceremony of the Grand Chess Tour 2025 tournament in Bucharest, Romania, May 6, 2025. Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Station Narva festival

Narva, 07.09.2024. Music and City Culture Festival Station Narva. Attractions of Narva. The monument of Paul Keres, Estonian chess legend and International Grandmaster. Photo: Martin Pedaja/Postimees

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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-GRAND CHESS TOUR 2024

(240626) -- BUCHAREST, June 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chess grandmaster Anish Giri of the Netherlands makes a move at a demonstrative simultaneous chess game with Romanian children and teenager players during the opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-GRAND CHESS TOUR 2024

(240626) -- BUCHAREST, June 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chess grandmaster Wesley So (L) of the United States makes a move at a demonstrative simultaneous chess game with Romanian teenager players during the opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-GRAND CHESS TOUR 2024

(240626) -- BUCHAREST, June 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Indian former chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand and Romanian former sword fencer Ana Maria Branza make the first symbolic moves during the opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-GRAND CHESS TOUR 2024

(240626) -- BUCHAREST, June 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Indian former chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand reacts during the opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-GRAND CHESS TOUR 2024

(240626) -- BUCHAREST, June 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Indian former chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand and Romanian former sword fencer Ana Maria Branza make the first symbolic moves during the opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-GRAND CHESS TOUR 2024

(240626) -- BUCHAREST, June 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Indian former chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand reacts during the opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)

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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-GRAND CHESS TOUR 2024

(240626) -- BUCHAREST, June 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Indian former chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand and Romanian former sword fencer Ana Maria Branza make the first symbolic moves during the opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)

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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-GRAND CHESS TOUR 2024

(240626) -- BUCHAREST, June 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chess grandmaster Wesley So (L) of the United States makes a move at a demonstrative simultaneous chess game with Romanian teenager players during the opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)

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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-GRAND CHESS TOUR 2024

(240626) -- BUCHAREST, June 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Indian former chess grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand and Romanian former sword fencer Ana Maria Branza make the first symbolic moves during the opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)

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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-GRAND CHESS TOUR 2024

(240626) -- BUCHAREST, June 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chess grandmaster Anish Giri of the Netherlands makes a move at a demonstrative simultaneous chess game with Romanian children and teenager players during the opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)

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Malta's new president takes office

STORY: Malta's new president takes office SHOOTING TIME: April 4, 2024 DATELINE: April 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:18 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: Malta's new president Myriam Spiteri Debono was sworn in as the 11th President of Malta on Thursday, following a unanimous parliamentary resolution. She took her oath of office in a special parliamentary sitting held at the Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta, the official seat of the President of the Republic. Spiteri Debono, 71, is the third woman to hold this office, after having been the only woman who ever served as speaker of the House of Representatives. She succeeds George Vella, who held office for the past five years. In her first speech as president, she said she would work for electoral reforms that would facilitate the representation of more than two political parties in Parliament, ensuring that even the smallest groups of society are represented fairly. She called for more accepta

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MALTA-VALLETTA-NEW PRESIDENT-SWEARING IN CEREMONY

(240404) -- VALLETTA, April 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Malta's new president Myriam Spiteri Debono waves to the crowd on the balcony of the Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta, Malta, April 4, 2024. Malta's new president Myriam Spiteri Debono was sworn in as the 11th President of Malta on Thursday, following a unanimous parliamentary resolution. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-NEW PRESIDENT-SWEARING IN CEREMONY

(240404) -- VALLETTA, April 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Malta's new president Myriam Spiteri Debono waves to the crowd with her husband on the balcony of the Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta, Malta, April 4, 2024. Malta's new president Myriam Spiteri Debono was sworn in as the 11th President of Malta on Thursday, following a unanimous parliamentary resolution. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-NEW PRESIDENT-SWEARING IN CEREMONY

(240404) -- VALLETTA, April 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Malta's new president Myriam Spiteri Debono (2nd L) waves to the crowd on the balcony of the Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta, Malta, April 4, 2024. Malta's new president Myriam Spiteri Debono was sworn in as the 11th President of Malta on Thursday, following a unanimous parliamentary resolution. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - A patient of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center makes a move as he plays against grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with the patients of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky (R) plays chess with the patients of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center as Ukrainian chess grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin (L) gives the pieces of advice, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - A patient of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center makes a move as he plays against grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky (R) plays chess with the patients of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center as Ukrainian chess grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin (L) gives the pieces of advice, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - A patient of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center makes a move as he plays against grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky moves a knight as he plays chess with the patients of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Ukrainian chess grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin (R) advises a patient of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center playing with grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - A patient of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center with a prosthetic leg sits at a chessboard during a game against grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Ukrainian chess grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin (L) advises a patient of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center playing with grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky (R) plays chess with the patients of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Ukrainian chess grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin (R) advises patients of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center playing with grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky (L) plays chess with the patients of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center as Ukrainian chess grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin gives the pieces of advice, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky (R) plays chess with the patients of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky (L) shakes hands with a patient of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with UNBROKEN patients in Lviv

LVIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 20, 2024 - Chess pieces are seen on the board as grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky plays chess with the patients of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center, Lviv, western Ukraine.

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Chinese player Wei Yi wins 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament

STORY: Chinese player Wei Yi wins 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 28, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: THE HAGUE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the final round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands STORYLINE: Chinese grandmaster Wei Yi claimed the Tata Steel Chess Tournament title for the first time in the Netherlands on Sunday, beating Gukesh Dommaraju from India in a sensational tiebreak decider. It was the 86th edition of the prestigious chess tournament held at Wijk aan Zee, a village on the Dutch west coast. In the final, the 24-year-old grandmaster Wei, 16th in the FIDE world ranking, defeated Gukesh with a draw with the black pieces and a victory with white. In the 13th and final regular round of the tournament earlier on Sunday, Wei beat Vidit Santosh Gujrathi from India, defending champion Anish Giri from the Netherlands defeated compatriot Max Warmerdam, Nodirbek Abdusattorov from

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Chinese players win at 18th World Xiangqi Championship

STORY: Chinese players win at 18th World Xiangqi Championship SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 24, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:25 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the competition STORYLINE: The 18th World Xiangqi Championship, hosted in Houston, is drawing to a close with an electrifying finale that crowned new champions -- Meng Chen and Tang Sinan of Team China. Demonstrating the global appeal of Xiangqi, which is often referred to as Chinese chess, the one-week prestigious event ended on Saturday night, marking the first time the tournament has been held on American soil. In the edge-of-the-seat men's final held on Friday, Vietnamese star Lai Ly Huynh clashed with Chinese grandmaster Meng in a game brimming with skillful plays and opportunities. Lai appeared poised to clinch his first world championship title, dominating the early stages of the match. However, a pivotal error in the endgame led to a draw, pushing the match into a high-stakes sudden-death t

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MTV Video Music Awards 2023 - Arrivals - NJ

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five arrive at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anish Giri wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023

STORY: Anish Giri wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: WIJK AAN ZEE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023 STORYLINE: Dutch chess player Anish Giri won the prestigious Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023, which concluded in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, on Sunday. In the 13th and final round of the 85th edition of the tournament at the Dutch west coast, the runner-up in 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2021 won playing with white against Romanian Richard Rapport. Giri finished first with 8.5 points. Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan and Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen ended joint second with 8 points and China's Ding Liren had to settle for 11th place with 5.5 points. Giri took over the title from Carlsen, who had won eight times in Wijk aan Zee. Twenty-eight-year-old grandmaster Giri had a strong tournament, remained unbeaten and beat both world No. 1, Carlsen, and world No. 2, Ding Liren. Xi

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Computer software beats top shogi pro

HIMEJI, Japan, May 21 Kyodo - Amahiko Sato (front), a Meijin grandmaster, or top professional player of shogi Japanese chess, loses to shogi software "Ponanza" on May 20, 2017, in the final round of the human vs. computer two-match shogi series, at Himeji Castle in western Japan. Sato had also lost in the first round.

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Flower arrangement grandmaster Adachi dies at 69

TOKYO, Japan - Flower arrangement grandmaster Toko Adachi (photo taken in March 1994) died of acute liver failure at a Tokyo hospital on March 19, her family said March 13. She was 69. Adachi established her own original style known as ''Kagei-Adachi-Ryu'' in 1973 by melding Japan's traditional flower arrangement with Western-style arts.

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AI-powered Chinese chess robot challenges grandmasters in Shenzhen

STORY: AI-powered Chinese chess robot challenges grandmasters in Shenzhen DATELINE: Oct. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: SHENZHEN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese chess robot competing with grandmasters STORYLINE: SenseRobot, an AI-powered Chinese chess robot, competed with two professional human rivals with one draw and one win respectively in Shenzhen, south China on Saturday. After losing the game to SenseRobot, Liu Dahua, a Chinese chess grandmaster, spoke highly of the robot's ability to see the big picture in the game. The robot, developed by Chinese artificial intelligence software company SenseTime, has been installed over 100 endgame settings and 26 levels of matches. It can offer Chinese chess teaching service. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shenzhen, China. (XHTV)

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Google's AI defeats S. Korean Go master

South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se Dol (L) attends a press conference on March 15, 2016, in Seoul, after Google's artificial intelligence program AlphaGo defeated him in the fifth and final round to win the historic tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Google's AI defeats S. Korean Go master

South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se Dol attends a press conference on March 15, 2016, in Seoul, after Google's artificial intelligence program AlphaGo defeated him in the fifth and final round to win the historic tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean papers report on go grandmaster's win against AlphaGo

Photo shows South Korean newspapers dated March 14, 2016 reporting on South Korean go grandmaster Lee Sedol's first win against Google's artificial intelligence system AlphaGo the previous day, in the fourth match of a five-game series. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flower arrangement grandmaster Adachi dies at 69

TOKYO, Japan - Flower arrangement grandmaster Toko Adachi (photo taken in March 1994) died of acute liver failure at a Tokyo hospital on March 19, her family said March 13. She was 69. Adachi established her own original style known as ''Kagei-Adachi-Ryu'' in 1973 by melding Japan's traditional flower arrangement with Western-style arts. (Kyodo)

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Nikita Vitiugov

Chess grandmaster Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov (pictured) of Russia and Richard Rapporf of Hungary in action during the match category Masters Prague International Chess Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, March 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Richard Rapport

Chess grandmaster Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov of Russia and Richard Rapport (pictured) of Hungary in action during the match category Masters Prague International Chess Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, March 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Nikita Vitiugov, Richard Rapport

Chess grandmaster Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov (left) of Russia and Richard Rapport of Hungary in action during the match category Masters Prague International Chess Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, March 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Nikita Vitiugov

Chess grandmaster Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov (pictured) of Russia and Richard Rapport of Hungary in action during the match category Masters Prague International Chess Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, March 15, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Thai Dai Van Nguyen

Czech chess grandmaster Thai Dai Van Nguyen (right) sits in Chess Tram during the Prague International Chess Festival in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. The festival will run from March 6 to 16. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)