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The World Chess Network (WCN) was a commercial Internet chess server devoted to the play and discussion of chess that launched in 1997 and closed ten years later in 2007 when it was bought by Internet Chess Club and merged with Chess Live to form World Chess Live. As a typical chess server, the network provided basic services such as the ...
Chess Live was a subscription Internet chess server. Initially affiliated with the United States Chess Federation , it opened on August 8, 2000, under the name US Chess Live . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It closed on 29 May 2007, when it was bought by Internet Chess Club and merged with World Chess Network to form World Chess Live .
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The 2024 World Chess Championship is set to kick off this week, a showdown between 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju of India and reigning champion Ding Liren of China.
The world No1 appeared at the event on Wall Street to defend his titles at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships while wearing a shirt, blazer and dark jeans over smart black shoes.
The Chess World Championship is an extraordinary, singular event. Its first edition was held 138 years ago but, in that time, just 17 players have become world champion.
The idea behind WCN was to spread chess news all over the world, to show chess players that the effort they put into chess is noticed, and to show non‐chess players that chess inspires and engages all kinds of people: chess is so much more than just an ancient board game.
On 29 May 2007, the World Chess Network was bought by the Internet Chess Club. It was then merged with Chess Live, another Internet chess server acquired by Internet Chess Club from GamesParlor. The result of the acquisition and merger was the formation of World Chess Live, a new Internet chess server that merged features of both services. [7]