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Soborna Square in OdesaSoborna Square in Odesa

Elderly men play chess in Soborna Square in Odesa, Ukraine, on May 27, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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Soborna Square in OdesaSoborna Square in Odesa

Elderly men play chess in Soborna Square in Odesa, Ukraine, on May 27, 2025. (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

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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

Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov of Russia 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

Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov of Russia 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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(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) -- A Romanian teenager player makes a move at a demonstrative simultaneous chess game with chess grandmasters after 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) -- A Romanian teenager player makes a move at a demonstrative simultaneous chess game with chess grandmasters after 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) -- A Romanian teenager player makes a move at a demonstrative simultaneous chess game with chess grandmasters after 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) -- 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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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-GRAND CHESS TOUR 2024

(240626) -- BUCHAREST, June 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A Romanian teenager player makes a move at a demonstrative simultaneous chess game with chess grandmasters after the opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, June 25, 2024. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)

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Croatian students impressed by Chinese embassy's open day event in Zagreb

STORY: Croatian students impressed by Chinese embassy's open day event in Zagreb SHOOTING TIME: May 15, 2024 DATELINE: May 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:52 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chinese Embassy in Croatia 2. various of Qi Qianjin, Chinese Ambassador to Croatia, giving a lecture about Chinese foreign policy 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): QI QIANJIN, Chinese Ambassador to Croatia 4. various of cultural performances 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BRUNO OSTOJIC, President of the Diplomatic Club of the Libertas International University 6. various of students participating in cultural activities 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JAKOV ZUCIC, President of the Diplomatic Club at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Zagreb 8. various of students playing Chinese chess game 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MAK OSTOJIC, Student at the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Zagreb STORYLINE: The Chinese Embassy in Croatia held an open day event in Zagreb on Wednesday, enriching loca

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Lebanon's first Xiangqi championship held in Beirut

STORY: Lebanon's first Xiangqi championship held in Beirut SHOOTING TIME: April 21, 2024 DATELINE: April 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of participants 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HANI MIKATI, Participant 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ELIAS ABOU JAOUDE, Head of the Xiangqi Committee in Lebanon 4. various of participants STORYLINE: Lebanon's first annual tournament of Xiangqi, or Chinese chess, was held Sunday in the Jal El Dib area, north of the capital Beirut. Some 70 players of all ages participated in the game. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HANI MIKATI, Participant "We are here with the Chinese players, learning from their years of experience in the Chinese chess. And we are learning about the Chinese culture through the Chinese chess game, which is a very old and traditional game in China, and the insightful player is the one who wins at the end." SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ELIAS ABOU JAOUDE, Head of the Xiangqi Committee in Lebanon "Xiangqi, which is the Chinese chess,

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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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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-CHESS-GRAND TOUR

(230506) -- BUCHAREST, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- World Chess Champion Ding Liren (top) of China makes a move during a simultaneous chess game against challengers during the official opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2023 in Bucharest, Romania, May 5, 2023. (Photos by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)

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(SP)ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-CHESS-GRAND TOUR

(230506) -- BUCHAREST, May 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- World Chess Champion Ding Liren (top) of China makes a move during a simultaneous chess game against challengers during the official opening ceremony of Grand Chess Tour 2023 in Bucharest, Romania, May 5, 2023. (Photos by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)

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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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Xiangqi grandly debuted with its 18th world championship kicking off in U.S. Space City

STORY: Xiangqi grandly debuted with its 18th world championship kicking off in U.S. Space City SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 20, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of players and competition STORYLINE: In a significant moment for Xiangqi, an ancient Chinese board game, world-class competitors and enthusiasts gathered in Houston, also known as the U.S. Space City, in Texas, for the commencement of the 18th World Xiangqi Championship on Sunday night. Demonstrating the global appeal of Xiangqi, which is often referred to as Chinese chess, the prestigious event also represents the first time the tournament has been held on American soil. The week-long competition, together with the 4th World Youth Xiangqi Championship being held concurrently, attracts a total of 84 participants from 13 countries and regions, according to the organizers. The World Xiangqi Federation (WXF), the American Xiangqi Association, the Houston Xiangqi Association, and the

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Chinese chess competition held in Lebanon

STORY: Chinese chess competition held in Lebanon DATELINE: Oct. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:15 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the competition 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ELIAS ABOU JAWDE, Head of Lebanon's Chinese Chess Committee 3. various of the competition 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AMINE KORKOMAZ, Lebanese Chinese chess player 5. various of the awarding ceremony STORYLINE: A Xiangqi (Chinese chess) competition was held in Beirut on Saturday, attracting around 70 Lebanese and Chinese players to compete. The event was co-organized by the Confucius Institute at Saint Joseph University (USJ) and Lebanon's Chinese Chess Committee. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ELIAS ABOU JAWDE, Head of Lebanon's Chinese Chess Committee "This competition aims to promote the intellectual development of the youths and strengthen their self-confidence. Chinese chess can help strengthen self-confidence. Through this game, the youths will have a better understanding of the Chinese culture. We are the only committee of C

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Latest Images From Space Station

Handout photo dated July 15, 2023 shows from left, Expedition 69 Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg of NASA each contemplate their next move during an orbital game of chess inside the International Space Station's cupola. The orbital lab was soaring 259 miles above the Colombia-Venezuela border at the time of this photograph. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-CHINA-WIPO-COOPERATION-50TH ANNIVERSARY

(230707) -- GENEVA, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A participant competes with an AI chess robot in the game of Chinese chess during activities marking the 50th anniversary of cooperation between China and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, on July 6, 2023. A series of activities marking the 50th anniversary of cooperation between China and the WIPO was held Thursday in Geneva. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

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