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Grand Chess Tour Romania 2025 - Bucharest

Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov of Russia 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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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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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 (L) of Russia makes a move of an opening symbolic match against Constantin Bracon, a Romanian disabled person, 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

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 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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Annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament - India

Chess players Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of Indian and Norway's Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Chess Champion, compete on the first day of the 6th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. on November 13, 2024 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group)

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Annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament - India

Chess players Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of Indian and Norway's Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Chess Champion, compete on the first day of the 6th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. on November 13, 2024 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group)

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Annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament - India

Chess player Norway's Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Chess Champion, competes against Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa on the first day of the 6th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Kolkata, India, November 13, 2024. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament - India

Chess player Norway's Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Chess Champion, competes against Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa on the first day of the 6th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Kolkata, India, November 13, 2024. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament - India

Chess players Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of Indian and Norway's Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Chess Champion, compete on the first day of the 6th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. on November 13, 2024 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group)

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Annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament - India

Chess players Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of Indian and Norway's Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Chess Champion, compete on the first day of the 6th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. on November 13, 2024 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group)

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Annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament - India

Chess player Norway's Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Chess Champion, competes against Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa on the first day of the 6th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Kolkata, India, November 13, 2024. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament - India

Chess player Norway's Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Chess Champion, competes against Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa on the first day of the 6th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Kolkata, India, November 13, 2024. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament - India

Chess players Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of Indian and Norway's Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Chess Champion, compete on the first day of the 6th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. on November 13, 2024 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group)

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Annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament - India

Chess player Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of Indian competes against Norway's Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Chess Champion on the first day of the 6th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. on November 13, 2024 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group)

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Annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament - India

Chess player Norway's Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Chess Champion, competes against Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa on the first day of the 6th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. Kolkata, India, November 13, 2024. Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament - India

Chess players Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa of Indian and Norway's Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Chess Champion, compete on the first day of the 6th Tata Steel Chess Tournament. on November 13, 2024 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Eyepix Group)

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(SP)RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-GO CHESS

(240429) -- VLADIVOSTOK, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Players compete during the 3rd Far East Cup Go Tournament at Vladivostok, Russia, on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

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(SP)RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-GO CHESS

(240429) -- VLADIVOSTOK, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Players compete during the 3rd Far East Cup Go Tournament at Vladivostok, Russia, on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

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(SP)RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-GO CHESS

(240429) -- VLADIVOSTOK, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Players compete during the 3rd Far East Cup Go Tournament at Vladivostok, Russia, on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

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(SP)RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-GO CHESS

(240429) -- VLADIVOSTOK, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Players compete during the 3rd Far East Cup Go Tournament at Vladivostok, Russia, on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

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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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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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(SP)THE NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT 2024

(240129) -- WIJK AAN ZEE, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (L) of India competes against Wei Yi of China during the 13th round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Jan. 28, 2024. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)

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(SP)THE NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT 2024

(240129) -- WIJK AAN ZEE, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (L) of India competes against Wei Yi of China during the 13th round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Jan. 28, 2024. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)

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(SP)THE NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT 2024

(240129) -- WIJK AAN ZEE, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ju Wenjun (L) of China competes against Ding Liren of China during the 13th round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Jan. 28, 2024. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)

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(SP)THE NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT 2024

(240129) -- WIJK AAN ZEE, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (L) of India competes against Wei Yi of China during the 13th round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Jan. 28, 2024. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)

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Tata Steel Chess Tournament kicks off in Netherlands

STORY: Tata Steel Chess Tournament kicks off in Netherlands SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: WIJK AAN ZEE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DOMINICK BURGER, Junior player 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SAMUEL LOPES, Junior player 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): Visitor 5. various of the venue STORYLINE: The 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament began on Saturday in Wijk aan Zee, a coastal town in the North Holland Province of the Netherlands. Chinese player Ding Liren, who won his first world title in April 2023, drew with Vidit Santosh Gujrathi from India in the first round. Women's world champion Ju Wenjun, also from China, and junior world champion Marc'Andria Maurizzi of France are also present. Dutch player Anish Giri is defending his title. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DOMINICK BURGER, Junior player "I'm just expecting to play some nice games and also look at some nice games and ha

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(SP)THE NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT 2024

(240114) -- WIJK AAN ZEE, Jan. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Contestants take part in the first round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Jan. 13, 2024. The tournament will last till Jan. 28. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)

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(SP)THE NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT 2024

(240114) -- WIJK AAN ZEE, Jan. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ding Liren (L) of China competes against Vidit Santosh Gujrathi of India during the first round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Jan. 13, 2024. The tournament will last till Jan. 28. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)

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(SP)THE NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT 2024

(240114) -- WIJK AAN ZEE, Jan. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jorden van Forest (R) of the Netherlands competes against Alireza Firouzja of France during the first round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Jan. 13, 2024. The tournament will last till Jan. 28. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)

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(SP)THE NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT 2024

(240114) -- WIJK AAN ZEE, Jan. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ding Liren of China competes during the first round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Jan. 13, 2024. The tournament will last till Jan. 28. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)

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(SP)THE NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT 2024

(240114) -- WIJK AAN ZEE, Jan. 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ju Wenjun (R) of China competes during the first round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Jan. 13, 2024. The tournament will last till Jan. 28. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/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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Ukrainian Chess Championship among children under 8 takes place in Vinnytsia

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - AUGUST 14, 2023 - A participant of the Ukrainian Chess Championship among children under 8 held at Vinnytsia City Childrens and Youth Sports School no. 6, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine

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