Ripple CEO Criticizes Political Divide On Crypto: ‘Republicans Playing Chess,...

Chess.com, one of the most popular chess internet sites, has announced it will host a contest called “Cryptochamps,” a crypto-themed chess tournament. The event, which will be sponsored by Coinbase, will feature several important cryptocurrency personalities and will offer prizes that will be donated to charity next month. Crypto Meets Chess at Cryptochamps Chess.com, the largest chess-playing site on the internet, just announced it will host a new cryptocurrency-themed tournament called Cryptochamps. Powered by Coinbase, the online event will pit important crypto influencers....

On Monday, cryptocurrency exchange FTX announced its latest partnership with chess company Play Magnus Group — a Norway-listed chess company founded by Grandmaster and world chess champion Magnus Carlsen. According to the deal, FTX will become the official partner of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. Featuring top 10 players from around the world, the sixth […]

Playing games is one of the important aspects of growing up. Everyone in this world would have played lots of games while they were kids. Games can either be well known outdoor games, board games or even made up games. However, there are few universally played board games which are available in toy stores across the world. Games like Chess, Monopoly, Battleship and Checkers are some of those games. As we grow up, we somehow stop playing them, unless we have plenty of time or got some kids running around at home who would want us to play with them. But who said the same has to be confined....

Following the competition, a replica of Carlsen's NFT trophy was auctioned off to a fan for 6.88 ETH. For the first time in chess history, grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has been awarded a nonfungible token (NFT) trophy for winning an international chess tournament, Meltwater Champions Chess Tour (MCCT). The tournament minted a number of NFT trophies and collectibles to indefinitely preserve the game’s most defining moments. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Carlsen shared his appreciation of the cryptocurrency ecosystem for supporting virtual chess tournaments. The chess champion cited MCCT’s recent....

FIDE, the International Chess Federation, has become the first global sports federation to launch its own NFT marketplace. It announced a partnership with core developers of FreeTON, TON Labs, to launch ChessNFT.com – a new chess non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem. Full marketplace functionality is scheduled for later this month, to coincide with the upcoming World Championship in Dubai. ChessNFT hopes to welcome a new demographic to the world of blockchain, attracting both players and fans of chess alike. Users will be able to bid on and purchase chess-related NFTs featuring....