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UNBELIEVABLE: 2 - The Untold Story

In 1996, AI beat a grandmaster at chess. In 2024, the stakes are higher

Who comes out tops when humans and AI go head-to-head?

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How India’s Gukesh Dommaraju became chess king in a cricket crazy country

Gukesh, a teenager from Chennai, is the youngest chess world champion. Here’s how he got there.

Al Jazeera

Checkde India! Teen prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion

King's Gambit: D Gukesh checkmates China's Ding Liren to become 18th World chess champ at 18, the 1st teen ever - breaking Kasparov's record (22 yrs) - and 2nd Indian after Vishy Anand as heading for draw, defending champ buckles

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Checkde India! Teen prodigy Dommaraju Gukesh becomes youngest world chess champion

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India's Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, Becomes Youngest-Ever Undisputed World Chess Champion

The prodigy broke a record formerly held by Garry Kasparov.

Sports Illustrated

Ding hangs on in nerve-shredding Game 13 draw with Gukesh as title tilt nears climax

Ding Liren hung on for a high-wire draw with Gukesh Dommaraju on Wednesday in the 13th game of their world title showdown in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Gukesh Dommaraju in tears after Ding Liren resurrects world title defense with dramatic Game 12 win

Ding Liren scored a dramatic win over Gukesh Dommaraju in the 12th game of their world championship showdown to level the match score at 6-all

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Shock Ding Liren blunder in Game 11 leaves Gukesh D on verge of world title

Gukesh Dommaraju snapped a streak of seven straight draws by defeating Ding Liren in Sunday’s 11th game of their world title match in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Ding Liren and Gukesh D play to seventh straight draw in taut world title clash

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a seventh straight draw on Saturday in the 10th game of their world championship match in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Ding Liren escapes after blunder in wild 72-move draw with Gukesh D in Game 7

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju remain deadlocked through seven games of their $2.5m world title match after a fourth successive draw on Tuesday

The Guardian - US

Another tight draw as Ding Liren and Gukesh D battle for world chess title

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a third successive draw in Game 6 of their $2.5m world championship showdown in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Ding Liren lets Gukesh D off hook in Game 5 draw as world title match remains deadlocked

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a 40-move draw in the fifth game of the world chess championship on Saturday in Singapore

The Guardian - US

World Chess Championship: Fourth game drawn; D Gukesh plays with white pieces today against Ding Liren

"I believe in Fischer's quote – 'I believe in making good moves.'"

The Times of India

Gukesh and Ding Liren draw Game 4 of tied World Chess Championship final

Indian teenager and China’s reigning world champion record second draw of 14-game final in Singapore.

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Ding Liren and Gukesh D all square in world title match after 42-move draw in Game 4

Ding Liren, left, and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a draw on Friday in the fourth game of their world title match in Singapore.

The Times of India

'Hoping for many more good days': D Gukesh after drawing second World Chess Championship game

NEW DELHI: Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh on Tuesday expressed his focus on approaching the World Chess Championship "one game at a time" while aiming to create history by becoming the youngest world champion.

The Times of India

World Chess Championship: Human Ding Liren must unsettle brilliantly-wired D Gukesh to retain World chess crown

Man vs Machine has always been a common theme in competitive sport, when human and intuitive play is up against precise and programmed cold bloodedness.

The Guardian - US

From Bobby Fischer to Magnus Carlsen: 22 of the most famous world chess championship games

The 138-year history of the world chess championship is filled with games of rare precision, imagination and brilliance. Go move by move through 22 of them below

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World Chess Championship 2024: Ding Liren v Gukesh Dommaraju pre-match questions, answered

Not sure when the world chess championship starts, who’s tipped to win, and why Magnus Carlsen isn’t playing? We (mostly) have the answers

The Independent UK

‘Man vs machine’ race shows AI is not about to overtake humans – but it’s catching up

World’s first autonomous racing league A2RL demonstrates the phenomenal progress driverless technology has recently made, writes Anthony Cuthbertson from Japan, with one team saying it will match the best human racers ‘in one year’

The Times of India

World Chess Championship: Has charm of dethroning a world champion reduced?

Gukesh deserving challenger despite Carlsen's absence Ding's problems

The Guardian - UK

Chess: England out of the medals at European senior championships

England has been the most successful nation in senior events, but competition has become stiffer in Europe, while the US has won the world over-50 teams two years running

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Garry Kasparov still has it at 61 as he holds his own against the US elite

The former world champion scored 4.5/9 in the 9LX tournament and also revealed new details about his 1997 match with the IBM Deep Blue supercomputer

Fortune

The creator of Moore’s law said it couldn’t ‘continue forever’—and would be astounded by the chips Intel and its competitors are making now

The creator of Moore’s law acknowledged it couldn’t “continue forever“—but underestimated how human ingenuity keeps powering advances.

Fortune

Here’s the real reason 75% of corporate AI initiatives fail

'Adding AI to a business model of the past doesn’t lead to competitiveness—it simply solidifies old processes,' writes the author of The Humanchine.

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